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Israel parliament passes laws ahead of Netanyahu return
Dec 27, 2022 (AFP)
Following his November 1 election win, Netanyahu secured a mandate to form a government backed by ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties and an extreme-right bloc. Netan...
Fiji govt accused of stoking fear to stay in power as troops deployed
Dec 23, 2022 (AFP)
AFP reporters witnessed a small number of military vehicles on patrol, a day after Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama announced their mobilisation to maintain "la...
'Give me my youth back': students return to forefront of China protests
Dec 22, 2022 (AFP)
In cities and universities across China in late November, what began as vigils for victims of a deadly apartment blaze expanded into calls for an end to Covid r...
Turkey court acquits 103 ex-admirals accused of 'coup'
Dec 20, 2022 (AFP)
They appeared in court charged with "crimes against the security of the state and the constitutional order" after they signed an open letter in April 2021 in su...
Fiji military refuses opposition plea to intervene in vote: Rabuka
Dec 16, 2022 (AFP)
Opposition leader Sitiveni Rabuka is demanding the count be stopped and an independent audit take place, saying the process had been "clouded with mysterious gl...
Denmark's new govt defends rare left-right alliance
Dec 14, 2022 (AFP)
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her allies on the left won a majority in a November 1 general election, but she chose instead to form a government with a s...
Hong Kong court delays Jimmy Lai security trial by ten months
Dec 13, 2022 (AFP)
Lai, the 75-year-old founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, is facing up to life in prison for "colluding with foreign forces", a crime under the s...
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed over lease violation
Dec 10, 2022 (AFP)
Lai, the 75-year-old founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, had recently completed a 20-month jail term resulting from multiple convictions for his...
US, Brazil plan Biden-Lula meeting in Washington
Dec 02, 2022 (AFP)
"I can confirm that we are planning for a visit," White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters. "We look forward to welcoming presi...
Hong Kong delays trial of pro-democracy tycoon; Protester shot by police jailed for 6 years
Dec 01, 2022 (AFP)
Lai and several executives from the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper are being prosecuted for "colluding with foreign forces", an offence under the law impos...
Ecuador's president plans referendum on security, politics and environment
Nov 29, 2022 (AFP)
"Ecuadorans will be able to decide on eight questions that will bring more security, better representation and will allow care for the environment," Lasso wrote...
China moves to curb and censor rare, nationwide protests as arrests begin
Nov 28, 2022 (AFP)
AFP witnessed police leading two people away from a site in Shanghai where demonstrators gathered over the weekend, while China's censors worked to scrub signs ...
China a 'systemic challenge' to UK values: PM Sunak
Nov 28, 2022 (AFP)
In his first major speech on foreign policy, Sunak said that the so-called "golden era" of UK-China relations trumpeted by former prime minister David Cameron w...
European broadcasters condemn Chinese 'intimidation' of media
Nov 28, 2022 (AFP)
"The EBU condemns in the strongest terms the intolerable intimidation and aggression directed against EBU member journalists and production crews in China," the...
Belarus Nobel winner facing long jail term for 'smuggling': NGO
Nov 28, 2022 (AFP)
Sixty-year-old Bialiatski, who founded Viasna, and several other political activists are accused of smuggling a "large amount of cash" into Belarus to allegedly...
Britain must do more to promote its values abroad: Sunak
Nov 27, 2022 (AFP)
"Freedom and openness have always been the most powerful forces for progress," Sunak will tell dignitaries gathered at the Guildhall for the annual Lord Mayor's...
Opposition leader Anwar named next Malaysia PM
Nov 24, 2022 (AFP)
The 75-year-old was scheduled to be sworn in at 5 pm (0900 GMT), becoming the country's fourth leader in as many years. His ascension will cap a turbulent polit...
Machinery of the state
Nov 23, 2022 (SPX)
This research served as a catalyst for Hassan, who joined MIT as an associate professor of political science in July, to investigate what she calls the "politic...
Australian tells of Myanmar jail squalor, torture fear
Nov 22, 2022 (AFP)
Sean Turnell, who returned home to Sydney on Friday after being released as part of an amnesty of almost 6,000 prisoners, gave the first public details of his i...
Six staffers from Hong Kong's Apple Daily plead guilty to foreign collusion
Nov 22, 2022 (AFP)
Their convictions were part of a landmark case in which the city's sweeping national security law, imposed by Beijing in 2020 to crush dissent, was used against...
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