Politics

At least 45 US lawmakers urge Washington to boycott Saudi-hosted G20

Among a suite of demands, Congress members called on Riyadh to release jailed activists, end its military campaign in neighbouring Yemen and provide accountability for the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul.

Refugee camp to parliament: meet New Zealand’s first MP of African origin

Eritrean Ibrahim Omer is the first-ever African-origin Member of Parliament to be elected in New Zealand where he moved to from a refugee camp in Sudan.

Pakistan army to probe troops' alleged role in arrest of opposition figure

Country's army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa orders probe after local politicians said that Sindh province's top police official was abducted by paramilitary troops, who coerced him into signing an order to arrest an opposition leader.

As final presidential debate nears, Trump holds rally while Biden preps

Weeks of wrangling over the debate format and structure appeared to have subsided after the Commission on Presidential Debates unveiled a rule change meant to reduce the chaotic interruptions that plagued the first Trump-Biden encounter last month.

Exclusive: Details emerge on UAE spy nabbed by Turkish intelligence

During an 11-year-long espionage career, Jordanian national Mahmoud Ayesh Al Astal posed as a journalist to obtain information about Turkish domestic and foreign politics and passed it on to handlers in the UAE.

Guinea opposition leader declares victory in presidential poll

Cellou Dalein Diallo, 68, made the announcement without waiting for Guinea's electoral authority to publish the official tally from Sunday's presidential election.

Uganda police raid offices of presidential hopeful Bobi Wine

Wine, a musician-turned-legislator whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, was meeting with other leaders of his National Unity Platform party when the police swooped in and cordoned off the area.

Trump's nominee Barrett vows to interpret laws 'as they are written'

After sitting in silence through nearly four hours of opening statements from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the 48-year-old federal appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett laid out her approach to the bench.

France, Germany seek Russia sanctions over Navalny poisoning

Germany and France have directly accused Russia of involvement in the in the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny - a charge that Moscow denies.

Turkish Cypriot coast of Maras to reopen on Thursday

The coastline of Maras will be open for public use as of Thursday morning, the prime minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Ersin Tatar, said in a joint news conference with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkey’s Cavusoglu seeks urgent dialogue with EU over regional conflicts

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, in his interview with Italian news agency Agenzia Nova, talked about regional issues such as Eastern Mediterranean tensions, war in Libya and Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes.

Armenia is 'greatest obstacle' to peace in region: Turkey

Turkey's Defence Minister Hulusi Akar condemns the illegal occupation of Karabakh while addressing a webinar organised by a UK-based think tank.