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Republican movements catch wind in Caribbean after queen's death
Sep 19, 2022 (AFP)
The queen's death has put the wind at the back of republican movements in a region once dominated by the British empire, analysts say, as calls continue for the...
Booming gun ownership triggers fears for Brazil vote
Sep 14, 2022 (AFP)
Clutching his bulky black rifle at a firing range in the Rio de Janeiro suburbs, a handgun strapped to his thigh, Freitas proudly repeats one of far-right Presi...
All eyes on army as Brazil heads for elections
Sep 09, 2022 (AFP)
The far-right president, an ex-army captain, has enthusiastically courted the military's support and has put it forward as a referee in the elections, raising f...
Iraq powers agree to work towards snap elections following unrest
Sep 05, 2022 (AFP)
The president, prime minister and parliament speaker met with representatives of political parties to chart an exit from an 11-month-long political paralysis. T...
Brazil judge suspends easing of gun laws, citing election violence fears
Sep 05, 2022 (AFP)
"The start of the election campaign exacerbates the risk of political violence," which "makes the need to restrict access to weapons and ammunition extremely an...
Bolsonaro's Brazil: four 'dystopian' years
Sep 05, 2022 (AFP)
As a result, he is seen by supporters as a man who is true to his word, with a poll this week showing Bolsonaro closing in on rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva --...
In Liz Truss's seat, pride collides with UK's economic pain
Sep 05, 2022 (AFP)
"I say good luck to her -- and she might need it!" said Michael Harris, a supporter in Swaffham on the fringes of her seat in southwest Norfolk. "We can't keep ...
Iraq anti-govt activists demand political change after unrest
Sep 02, 2022 (AFP)
Brandishing banners and Iraqi flags, the non-partisan protesters streamed into west Baghdad's al-Nusoor square, demanding a complete political overhaul, accordi...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi sentenced to three years for electoral fraud: source
Sep 02, 2022 (AFP)
The latest sentence handed down by the closed court takes the total jail time the Nobel laureate and democracy figurehead is facing to two decades. She was "sen...
Iraq president encourages early elections to end crisis
Aug 30, 2022 (AFP)
Early elections, less than a year after the last polls, have been a key demand of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr, whose supporters battled state security for...
Iraq's nearly year-long political stalemate
Aug 29, 2022 (AFP)
Here is a timeline of the main developments since elections in October last year, as rival Shiite factions jostle for power and political deadlock leaves Iraq w...
Iraq's Sadr proposes 'all parties' leave government posts
Aug 27, 2022 (AFP)
Since the aftermath of the US-led invasion of 2003 that toppled longtime dictator Saddam Hussein, Iraq has been governed under a sectarian power-sharing system....
Court suspends Thai PM Prayut from office
Aug 24, 2022 (AFP)
The court agreed unanimously to hear a case brought by opposition parties who argue Prayut has reached the end of his eight-year term limit as prime minister. J...
Brazil's Bolsonaro a 'cheap copy of Trump': Lula
Aug 23, 2022 (AFP)
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the leftist who led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, accused the far-right incumbent of taking a page from Trump's script, attacking the Sou...
Malaysia's Najib Razak: from PM to prison
Aug 23, 2022 (AFP)
But after running the country for nine years he now faces more than a decade in jail for corruption in a spectacular fall over his links to the misuse of billio...
Sadr supporters launch sit-in outside top Iraq judicial body
Aug 23, 2022 (AFP)
Caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi cut short a visit to Egypt, where he had been due to take part in a five-nation summit, to return home to monitor de...
Myanmar junta chief says military open to negotiations with Suu Kyi after her trial
Aug 19, 2022 (AFP)
Suu Kyi, 77, has been detained since the generals toppled her government in a coup on February 1 last year and plunged the Southeast Asian nation into chaos. Sh...
Iraqi leaders, bar Sadr, agree to work on political roadmap
Aug 17, 2022 (AFP)
They also pledged to keep talking, and urged Sadr to join what Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi called the "national dialogue". Ten months after a general elec...
Indonesia celebrates first independence day at future capital
Aug 17, 2022 (AFP)
Nusantara, which is 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) from Jakarta, is set to become the new political centre of the world's fourth-largest country. It is a legacy...
Iraqi crisis talks go ahead without firebrand cleric
Aug 17, 2022 (AFP)
Ten months after a general election, war-scarred Iraq still has no government, new prime minister or new president, because of disagreement over forming a coali...
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