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Kazakhstan holds snap parliamentary elections Sunday as the leader of the Central Asian country pushes political reforms that critics say are designed to consolidate power one year after deadly protests. Polling stations opened at 7 a.m.…
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Saqr Ghobash, speaker for the UAE’s Federal National Council, met with Oleksandr Kornienko, first deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, and his accompanying delegation at the 146th Assembly of the…
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Celebrations for the “60th Algeria Independence Day and the 60th Anniversary Ceremony of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Algeria” were held at the Embassy of Algeria in Japan on Tuesday. Taro Honda,…
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Iraq’s firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr made a high-stakes protest Thursday by calling on the 73 lawmakers loyal to him to ready resignation papers to end an eight-month parliamentary paralysis. Parliament in Baghdad has been in…
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A sudden upheaval in Lebanon's exchange rate has angered people ahead of parliamentary elections. Economist Louis Hobeika said the turmoil should motivate people to “vote for change and not re-elect those in power.” He said that the…
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Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday he would not seek re-election in a parliamentary election scheduled for May 15. The statement, made in a television address, throws Sunni Muslim politics in Lebanon into deeper disarray…
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The leaders of 6 opposition parties in Turkey pledged on Monday to restore parliamentary democracy and abolish the executive presidential system imposed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan three years ago. At their meeting in Ankara, the…
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Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad on Monday praised the historical relations that unite his country and Saudi Arabia during a meeting with the Speaker of the Saudi Shoura Council, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Asheikh. The Saudi official…
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Iraq saw a record low election turnout since the US-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, the independent body that oversees the election said Monday. The preliminary results signal widespread dissatisfaction and distrust in…
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Algeria cancelled the accreditation of France 24, the communications ministry said Sunday, a day after parliamentary elections in the former French colony. The move was due to the satellite news channel's "clear and repeated hostility…
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