The ruling caps months of political turmoil that have overshadowed efforts to deal with the new administration of U.S. President Donald Trump at a time of slowing growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. With Yoon’s ouster, a presidential election is required to take place within 60 days, according to the country’s constitution. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo […]
Albanese’s Labor Party won a majority at the last federal election in 2022, but most recent opinion polls show the party neck-and-neck with the opposition Liberal-National coalition when votes from smaller parties are redistributed. “Our government has chosen to face global challenges the Australian way – helping people under cost-of-living pressure while building for the […]
Justice Iqbal Chaudhry announcing a reserved verdict over the petition said that a similar petition being heard by senior judge Justice Shujaat Ali Khan, “It will be appropriate for the same bench to hear this petition”. JI in its petition pleaded that not holding the local government elections, has been a violation of the 18th […]
Following a campaign roiled by a series of violent attacks and interventions by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, the conservative CDU/CSU bloc won 28.7% of the vote, followed by the AfD with 19.8%, the projection published by ZDF public broadcaster showed. “Tonight we will celebrate, and from tomorrow we start working. … The world out […]
Sharaa, who headed the Islamist rebel group that led a lightning offensive that toppled autocratic President Bashar al-Assad in early December, was declared transitional president on Jan. 30. “I estimate that the period will be between four to five years until elections because there is a need for a vast infrastructure, and this infrastructure needs […]
The close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin has led Belarus since 1994. The U.S. and European Union both said in the run-up to the election that it would be a sham because independent media are banned in Belarus and all leading opposition figures have been sent to penal colonies or forced to flee abroad. […]
As per details, the decision came in response to a petition filed by a candidate for the technocrat seat in the Senate elections. Justice S.M. Ateeq Shah, in a six-page verdict, ordered the ECP to decide on the Senate elections by the law. The petition was filed in response to the ECP’s decision to postpone […]
Talking to the media ahead of another round of talks with the government today, Hamid Raza said,” We will share with the government everything in writing today”. He said, that after agreement over the judicial commission, the terms of reference (TORs), can be discussed. “The next round of talks won’t take place in case of […]
“Either the European Commission applies with the greatest firmness the laws that we have given ourselves to protect our public space, or it does not do so and then it will have to agree to give back the capacity to do so to the EU member states,” Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told France Inter radio. […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in an official notification, stated that in compliance with the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s order, the previous November 21 notification has been suspended. The ECP has declared that Adil Bazai will no longer be affiliated with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and will be an independent member of the […]