Announcement comes hours after army chief of staff demanded action to remove him from office Algeria‘s long-serving president Abdelaziz Bouteflika submitted his resignation late Tuesday, ending two decades of rule following weeks of mass protests that prompted key allies to turn against him. The ailing 82-year-old leader stood down shortly ... Read More »
AKP defeat ends 25 years of dominance and sends shockwaves through country For the first time in his 16 years in office, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been punished at the ballot box as his ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) lost control of the capital, Ankara, in fiercely ... Read More »
Name means people ‘beautifully care about each other’, says PM Abe The Japanese government has unveiled “Reiwa” as the name of a new era that will dawn at the start of next month, with the ascension of emperor-in-waiting Naruhito. It comes after the historic abdication of Emperor Akihito, whose “Heisei” ... Read More »
Arab leaders slammed the US decision to recognise the Golan Heights as Israeli territory at a summit in Tunis on Sunday, but struggled for further unity as Qatar’s emir left the meeting early. In a final declaration the Arab League summit said it “affirmed that the Golan is occupied Syrian ... Read More »
Is New Zealand’s civilised response to the Christchurch massacre just down to good stewardship, or is there something else going on? To the rest of the world, New Zealand’s reaction to the Christchurch massacre has been extraordinary. The killing of 50 people at Friday prayers in two mosques by a ... Read More »
US president says Moscow’s soldiers should ‘get out’ Russia has said its troops will remain in Venezuela “for as long as needed” in a blunt rejection of Donald Trump’s demand they leave immediately. In the latest indication the crisis in Venezuela is taking on elements of a proxy battle between ... Read More »
President Michel Aoun on Tuesday thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for his support for the Christians in the Levant region. “We thank you for your position in defense of the Christian minorities in the Levant, and we hope that this support will continue,” Aoun said to Putin, who hosted him ... Read More »
Many international bodies and governments have warned of a ‘new wave’ of escalations in the Middle East after U.S. President Donald Trump signed on Monday a proclamation recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, with condemnations and criticisms pouring from across the globe. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was ... Read More »
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday condemned Israel’s “apparent intentional use of unlawful lethal and other excessive force” against civilian protesters in Gaza and called for perpetrators of all violations in the strip to face justice. The Geneva forum adopted a resolution on accountability by a vote of ... Read More »
Army claims no civilian casualties have occurred since Donald Trump authorised strikes and raids to fight al-Shabaab insurgency in country The US military may be guilty of war crimes for killing large numbers of civilians in a sharply stepped-up campaign of air strikes in Somalia over the past two years, ... Read More »
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