Chad Votes in Parliamentary Election Boycotted by Opposition As Military Rule Ends
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Elections watchdog warns UK rules are ‘out of date’ and ‘inconsistent’
MPs urged to act as government comes under pressure to close loopholes on foreign donations to political partiesFinancial Times - 23h -
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly: An agenda for peace, security and democracy
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly's 70th anniversary marks a critical moment for transatlantic security and democracy, as the Assembly reaffirms its commitment to collective defense and shared ...The Hill - 1d -
Ugandan activists demand release of an opposition leader facing military trial
Ugandan opposition leaders have demanded the release of a colleague whose military trial faces a legal challenge after the top court ruled that civilians can’t be court-martialedABC News - 2d -
France hands over last military base in Chad
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Young people say they'd elect a 'strong leader'. I say give more of them the vote | Polly Toynbee
Given what gen Z have been through, it’s no wonder they’re not impressed by democracy. But giving them a real stake in it could change everything. For God’s sake don’t give them the vote! Many ...The Guardian - 5d -
Turkey detains journalists and replaces elected mayor amid crackdown on opposition
Turkish authorities have detained a prominent investigative journalist and four of his colleagues and replaced an elected pro-Kurdish mayor with a state appointeeABC News - 6d -
Trump ends DEI in US military and reinstates troops who refused Covid vaccines
President also signs order to eliminate ‘gender radicalism in the military’ and seeks to develop missile defense system . Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Monday that remove ...The Guardian - Jan. 28 -
Trump military executive orders will end DEI, create U.S. missile defense shield
President Donald Trump is expected to sign four executive orders related to the military, including one that will pave the way for a missile defense system for the U.S. NBC News’ Yamiche Alcindor ...NBC News - Jan. 27 -
Belarus strongman set to win 7th term in election opposition calls a farce
Opposition rejects the election as a farce after years of sweeping repression.ABC News - Jan. 26 -
Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko set to win 7th term as opposition calls election a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old ...NBC News - Jan. 26 -
Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko
Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander LukashenkoABC News - Jan. 26 -
'God forbid we should end up like Ukraine': Belarusians indifferent to election
Even "rival" candidates support the current leader staying in power, Steve Rosenberg finds in Belarus.BBC News - Jan. 25 -
Pete Hegseth clears Senate test vote despite opposition from 2 Republicans
Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday to advance his nomination.ABC News - Jan. 24 -
Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator'
The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote.NBC News - Jan. 24 -
'A performance and a sham': Belarusian opposition denounces election
Since the protests in 2020 the Lukashenko government has brutally repressed political opponents.BBC News - Jan. 24 -
Bipartisan bill looks to ‘modernize’ voting rules for new parents in Congress
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.) join Meet the Press NOW to discuss their bipartisan bill on proxy voting for members of Congress who are new parents and how their ...NBC News - Jan. 23 -
Senate votes to advance Pete Hegseth as Trump’s defense secretary despite some Republican opposition – live
Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins have come out in opposition to the former Fox host running the Pentagon. Key Republican senators to vote against Hegseth for US defense secretary ...The Guardian - Jan. 23 -
Scholz's challenger demands tougher migration rules as knife attack spills into German election
Germany’s opposition leader has vowed to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected as chancellor next month, as a knife attack by a ...ABC News - Jan. 23 -
Scholz's challenger demands tougher migration rules as knife attack spills into German election
Yahoo News - Jan. 23 -
Gabon's military government announces presidential election on April 12
Gabon will hold a presidential election on April 12, the council of ministers saidABC News - Jan. 23 -
EU needs to end its military dependency on the US and arm itself 'to survive,' says Tusk
The European Union cannot rely on the United States to defend it and must increase military spending and security preparedness to deter Russia from targeting more of its neighbors after Ukraine, ...ABC News - Jan. 22 -
Fiery Tanzanian politician Tundu Lissu elected to head opposition party
Yahoo News - Jan. 22 -
2025 Baseball Hall of Fame voting results: Ichiro Suzuki elected alongside CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner
The trio will join Dick Allen and Dave Parker in Cooperstown this summerCBS Sports - Jan. 22 -
Thune sets up votes to confirm Hegseth by week’s end
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) put the procedural wheels in motion to confirm embattled secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth by the end of the week. Senate Republicans are moving ...The Hill - Jan. 22 -
Baseball Hall of Fame: Ichiro Suzuki falls 1 vote short of unanimous election, joins CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner in 2025 class
Ichiro, CC and Billy the Kid are headed to Cooperstown.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 21 -
HIV-positive recruits still face barriers to military enlistment, despite federal ruling
Advocates for people with HIV are concerned the Biden administration will not fully implement a ruling that allows enlistment by healthy HIV-positive Americans, leaving the matter to Trump.NBC News - Jan. 16 -
For fear of finding something worse: Trump and the end of the global rules-based order
The impending second presidency of Donald Trump is a challenge to the framework of global politics and diplomacy that it may not survive.The Hill - Jan. 12 -
Chad’s ruling party wins majority in parliamentary election boycotted by main opposition
Chad’s ruling party took the majority of votes in last month’s parliamentary election that the main opposition party boycottedABC News - Jan. 12 -
Comoros holds a parliamentary election boycotted by some opposition parties
Comoros is holding a parliamentary election that some opposition leaders have pledged to boycottABC News - Jan. 12 -
Venezuela's opposition leader defies Maduro to lead protests that end in confusing arrest claims
Aides to Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado say she was detained but they've been contradicted by authorities who accuse government opponents of trying to spark an international crisisABC News - Jan. 10 -
Chad foils attempt to destabilise country - minister
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Attack on Chad's presidential palace leaves 19 dead
State media in Chad say an attack on the presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three woundedABC News - Jan. 9 -
Mozambique opposition leader returns after post-election violence
Venâncio Mondlane went into self-imposed exile after disputed elections in October, saying he feared being assassinated. Mozambique’s opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has returned to the ...The Guardian - Jan. 9 -
How a Venezuelan man new to politics became an opposition leader who says it's his turn to rule
Edmundo González has become a beacon of hope for millions of VenezuelansABC News - Jan. 8 -
Venezuela’s military could desert Maduro after Syrian ally’s fall, opposition leader says
María Corina Machado argues military chiefs fear meeting same fate as Assad’s generalsFinancial Times - Jan. 8 -
Trump says he won't rule out military force to take Greenland
President-elect Donald Trump held a wide-ranging news conference Monday in which he reiterated his insistence that the U.S. should take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, adding that he ...CBS News - Jan. 7 -
Trump doesn't rule out using military force to take control of Panama Canal, Greenland
President-elect Donald Trump held a wide-ranging press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday. He addressed pardons for Jan. 6 defendants and whether he would pursue efforts to put Greenland and the ...CBS News - Jan. 7 -
Trump refuses to rule out using military to take Panama Canal and Greenland
Remarks likely to set off alarm bells around the world as Trump prepares to return to the White House this month. Donald Trump is refusing to rule out using American military force to retake ...The Guardian - Jan. 7 -
Trump won't rule out using U.S. military to control Panama Canal or Greenland
President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly said the U.S. should control the Panama Canal and Greenland, and has also expressed a desire to make Canada a state.CNBC - Jan. 7 -
Trump won't rule out using military to get Panama Canal
President-elect Trump on Tuesday refused to commit to not using the U.S. military to gain control of the Panama Canal, after vowing last month to take over operation of the key passageway. Trump ...The Hill - Jan. 7
