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Close to 15 million people voted for jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in a presidential primary organized by Turkiye’s main opposition CHP, municipal officials said. In a sign of growing national support, the party announced late on Monday that an estimated 1.7 million members were joined by 13...

Israel's Supreme Court issued an injunction temporarily freezing the dismissal of the head of the domestic intelligence service as protestors returned to the streets for a fourth day. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had lost confidence in Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and intended to...

Indonesia’s Parliament unanimously voted to pass a controversial revision of its military law on Thursday that will allow military officers to serve in more government posts without resigning from the armed forces, despite growing opposition from pro-democracy and rights groups who see it as a...

Turkish authorities detained 37 people for sharing “provocative” content on social media, the interior minister, pressing ahead with a crackdown on dissenting voices that escalated with the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, a potential challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mayor Ekrem...

Peru’s president declared a state of emergency in the capital and ordered the deployment of soldiers to help police address a surge of violence, amid widespread outcry a day after the killing of a popular singer. President Dina Boluarte’s government published a decree saying that the state of...

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has ended a four-day hunger strike that he began in protest of his trial on rebellion and other charges, judicial authorities. A judicial clerk informed the Supreme Court’s panel overseeing the case that Castillo ended the hunger strike Thursday afternoon...

Amid prolonged delays in constituting a committee to nominate bearers for the transitional justice commissions, the CPN (Maoist Centre) has called for immediate action to this effect. Addressing the House of Representatives, CPN (Maoist Centre) Chief Whip Hit Raj Pandey said his party demands...

South Sudanese forces have arrested the petroleum minister and several senior military officials allied with First Vice President Riek Machar as soldiers surrounded his home in the capital, Juba. Deputy army chief, General Gabriel Duop Lam, a Machar loyalist, was held earlier in the week, while...

The United Arab Emirates’ Federal Supreme Court rejected appeals on behalf of dozens of dissidents convicted in a mass trial that faced widespread international criticism. The Emirates’ state-run WAM news agency reported the decision by the Supreme Court’s State Security Chamber, which decided to...

Tunisian activists protested near a Tunis court where prominent figures face charges of conspiring against state security in a trial that the opposition says is fabricated and a symbol of President Kais Saied’s authoritarian rule. Rights groups say the trial highlights Saied’s full control over the...