Pakistan court bars Election Commission from removing Imran Khan as PTI chief

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan | File Photo | Photo Credit: AP A top court on Thursday stopped the Election Commission from removing ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party’s chairperson. The top election body last month initiated the process to remove 70-year-old Mr. KhanRead More →

Hold me to account, says Rishi Sunak, as he promises to halve inflation, create growth 

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his first major domestic speech of 2023, at Plexal, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London, on January 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Facing a country beset with problems that range from a cost of living crisis to deteriorating public services, U.K. PrimeRead More →

Venezuela leader says willing to work at normalising U.S. ties

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that he is willing to work towards normalising relations with the United States, despite the continued sanctions crippling his country. Mr. Maduro’s remarks come days after the South American country’sRead More →

Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ to be Nepal Prime Minister for third time

Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari with the newly-appointed Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. Photo: Twitter/@cmprachanda President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Sunday appointed Pushpa Kamal Dahal, leader of the parliamentary party of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), as the next Prime Minister of Nepal. According to a communicationRead More →

Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ appointed Nepal’s new Prime Minister

Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari with the newly appointed Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@cmprachanda President of Nepal Bidhya Devi Bhandari on December 25, 2022 appointed Pushpa Kamal Dahal, leader of the parliamentary party of Communist Party of Nepal – (Maoist Centre), as the next PrimeRead More →

Football World Cup effect: Bangladesh PM calls for direct diplomatic relation with Argentina

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh on December 19, 2022 congratulated the Argentinian football team on winning the FIFA World cup and proposed the two countries should open embassies in each other’s capitals. “I have pleasantly observed that theRead More →

South African president Ramaphosa reelected leader of ruling ANC party

African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures as he is re-elected as president of the organisation in Johannesburg, on December 19, 2022 | Photo Credit: AP South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been reelected as the leader of the ruling African National Congress party. Mr. Ramaphosa beat his rival,Read More →