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Thailand Thaksin
Thai court acquits former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra
Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been acquitted of a royal defamation charge in a case that could have sent him to prison for up to 15 years.

Fri, 22 Aug, 2025

Ivory Coast Politics
Ivory Coast president announces bid for fourth term after changing constitution
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has said he will seek a fourth term leading the West African nation, which is due to hold elections in October. His candidacy is contested after he changed the constitution to remove the presidential term limit.

Tue, 29 Jul, 2025

Japan US Tariffs
Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba vows to stay in power despite growing calls to resign
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in power to oversee the implementation of a new Japan-US tariff agreement, despite media speculation and growing calls for him to resign after the historic defeat of his governing party.

Wed, 23 Jul, 2025

Bangladesh Politics
Bangladesh tribunal indicts ousted PM Hasina over deaths of protesters
A special tribunal has indicted Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by accepting charges of crimes against humanity filed against her in connection with a mass uprising in which hundreds of students were killed last year.

Thu, 10 Jul, 2025

Thailand Politics Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Thai court suspends PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra over leaked phone call
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office pending an investigation over a leaked phone call with a former Cambodian leader.

Tue, 01 Jul, 2025

Q&A: What happens next with inaccurate pensions?
Q&A: What happens next with inaccurate pensions?
Retired senior civil servants and government ministers will be asked to pay back tens of thousands of euros for inaccurate pension deductions

Wed, 11 Jun, 2025

Poland Politics
Polish PM Donald Tusk survives vote of confidence as he bids to reassert control
Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government has survived a vote of confidence in the Polish parliament, with supporters rising and applauding him and chanting his name.

Wed, 11 Jun, 2025

Israel Draft
Netanyahu’s government faces possible collapse as opposition aims to dissolve it
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faces a major test after the opposition submitted a bill to dissolve it, with his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners threatening to support the measure and force early elections.

Wed, 11 Jun, 2025

New Zealand Haka Protest
New Zealand parliament suspends three Maori Party politicians over haka protest
New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from parliament for three politicians who performed a Maori haka to protest over a proposed law.

Thu, 05 Jun, 2025

South Korea Election
Liberal opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung elected president of South Korea
South Korean media outlets including Yonhap news agency and SBS television station reported early on Wednesday that Mr Lee has won the election

Tue, 03 Jun, 2025

South Korea Election
Exit poll shows liberal candidate Lee forecast to win South Korean election
Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung is forecast to win South Korea’s snap presidential election, a joint exit poll on Tuesday showed.

Tue, 03 Jun, 2025

New Zealand-Haka Protest
Parliament to debate suspending Maori politicians who performed protest haka
A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended the unprecedented suspensions of three Maori politicians for performing a protest haka in the debating chamber last year.

Thu, 15 May, 2025

Germany Far Right Group Ban
Germany bans the largest ‘Reich citizen’ group and arrests four leaders
The German government has banned the largest “Reich citizen” group, an extremist far-right organisation that calls itself the “Kingdom of Germany” and seeks to undermine the country’s democratic order, and arrested four of its leaders.

Tue, 13 May, 2025

France Germany
Merz stresses European unity during first trip as German chancellor to Paris
Friedrich Merz plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor on Wednesday, urging India and Pakistan to de-escalate their tensions, vowing support for Ukraine and announcing plans to travel to Kyiv soon.

Wed, 07 May, 2025

Germany New Chancellor
Who is Friedrich Merz, the man elected as Germany’s next chancellor?
Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany’s chancellor — hours after he failed to win the first round in parliament in a historic defeat.

Tue, 06 May, 2025

Germany New Chancellor
Friedrich Merz wins on second ballot to become Germany’s chancellor
Friedrich Merz has finally succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round.

Tue, 06 May, 2025

Germany New Chancellor
German parliament to vote again on next chancellor after Merz’s first round loss
German legislators are set to vote on the country’s next chancellor again, hours after conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to win the first round in parliament in a historic defeat.

Tue, 06 May, 2025

Germany New Chancellor
Friedrich Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor fails first ballot
Conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor since the Second World War failed in the first round of voting in parliament on Tuesday by six votes, a vote he had been widely expected to win smoothly.

Tue, 06 May, 2025

Romania Politics
Romania appoints interim PM after coalition’s defeat in presidential race
Romania’s interim president has appointed a new prime minister a day after Marcel Ciolacu stepped down following the failure of his coalition’s candidate to make the runoff in a rerun of the presidential election.

Tue, 06 May, 2025

Bangladesh Politics
Bangladesh’s ex-PM Khaleda Zia’s return to country adds pressure for elections
Bangladesh’s ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia returned to the country from London on Tuesday after four months of medical treatment, adding to pressure for its interim leaders to hold elections.

Tue, 06 May, 2025

Germany New Government
German parliament votes on whether to approve Friedrich Mertz as chancellor
German legislators are set to vote on whether conservative leader Friedrich Merz will become the country’s tenth chancellor since the Second World War.

Tue, 06 May, 2025

Romania Election
Romanian premier resigns after candidate fails to advance to presidential runoff
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced his resignation on Monday, a day after the governing coalition’s joint candidate failed to advance to the runoff in the European Union country’s critical presidential election rerun.

Mon, 05 May, 2025

Dáil finally appoints committees after delay due to speaking rights row
Dáil finally appoints committees after delay due to speaking rights row
As the largest opposition party, Sinn Féin will chair the powerful Oireachtas committee on public accounts (PAC) as well as six other important committees 

Wed, 30 Apr, 2025

Germany New Government
Centre-left party approves German coalition deal
Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats have approved a deal to join a new coalition government, paving the way for parliament to elect conservative leader Friedrich Merz as the country’s new chancellor.

Wed, 30 Apr, 2025

Is he in, or out? Social Democrats need to decide where they stand on Eoin Hayes
Is he in, or out? Social Democrats need to decide where they stand on Eoin Hayes
Though he remains indefinitely suspended, if the Social Democrats are happy to use him in their Dáil calculations, it could be a move towards bringing him back into the fold

Thu, 10 Apr, 2025

New Zealand Treaty Law
New Zealand rejects proposed law to redefine treaty principles bill
New Zealand legislators dealt an overwhelming defeat to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s founding treaty between Maori tribes and the British Crown.

Thu, 10 Apr, 2025

Germany New Government
Germany’s Friedrich Merz agrees deal to form new government with rival party
The leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party Friedrich Merz has sealed a deal to form a new government with the country’s Social Democrats.

Wed, 09 Apr, 2025

Germany Government
Germany’s conservative and centre-left parties to present new government deal
Conservative and centre-left parties will present a deal to form a new German government on Wednesday after weeks of negotiations. The agreement paves the way for new leadership in Europe’s biggest economy after months of political drift.

Wed, 09 Apr, 2025

Dail confidence motion
Elaine Loughlin: Verona Murphy clings on but further trouble lies ahead
Her perceived ineptitude was perhaps part of the reason why the coalition leaders shied away from providing a full-throated support of the Ceann Comhairle 

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Turkey Politics
Thousands take to streets of Istanbul to protest over mayor’s arrest
Hundreds of thousands of protesters again congregated in Istanbul on Saturday to how their support for the city’s imprisoned mayor and demand his release.

Sat, 29 Mar, 2025

Turkey Politics
More journalists detained by Turkey after covering anti-government protests
Elif Bayburt, who works for the Etkin News Agency, and Nisa Suda Demirel, from the Evrensel news website, were the latest to be arrested in early morning sweeps that have targeted political activists and trade unionists as well as journalists

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025

APTOPIX Turkey Politics
Turkey’s president hits out at protesters for ‘sinking the economy’
The party of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has called for a boycott of companies that it says support Mr Erdogan’s government

Wed, 26 Mar, 2025

Niger Politics
Military junta leader sworn in as president of Niger
Niger’s military junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five years under a new charter that replaces the West African nation’s constitution.

Wed, 26 Mar, 2025

Turkey Politics
Turkey’s opposition leader visits jailed Istanbul mayor following new protest
The head of Turkey’s main opposition party visited jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Tuesday after six nights of massive protests calling for his release.

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025

APTOPIX Turkey Politics
Turkey detains journalists as protests over Erdogan rival jailing rock country
Turkish authorities detained several journalists from their homes, a media workers’ union reported, in what it said was a crackdown amid escalating protests triggered by the imprisonment of the mayor of Istanbul and top rival to President Recep ...

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

Turkey Politics
Protests intensify on second day of questioning for detained Istanbul mayor
Hundreds of supporters have gathered in front of an Istanbul courthouse where detained Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is undergoing questioning over allegations of corruption and terror links.

Sat, 22 Mar, 2025

Turkey Politics
Mayor of Istanbul faces police questions on ‘terror’ charges
Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu appeared before police for questioning on terror-related charges on Saturday, a day after his interrogation over corruption allegations.

Sat, 22 Mar, 2025

Turkey Politics
Turkey’s opposition urges peaceful protests over Istanbul mayor’s arrest
The leader of Turkey’s main opposition on Friday renewed a call for supporters to take to the streets for peaceful demonstrations against the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Fri, 21 Mar, 2025

Turkey Politics
Thousands rally outside Istanbul city hall for second night over mayor’s arrest
Thousands of people have gathered outside Istanbul’s city hall for a second consecutive night to rally against the arrest of the city’s mayor.

Thu, 20 Mar, 2025

Turkey Politics
Turkey detains 37 over 'provocative' social media posts following mayor’s arrest
The authorities are pressing ahead with a crackdown on dissenting voices that escalated with the arrest on Wednesday of the mayor of Istanbul, a potential challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Thu, 20 Mar, 2025

Turkey Politics
Istanbul mayor – a key Erdogan rival – arrested over alleged corruption
Turkish police have arrested Istanbul’s mayor – a popular opposition leader and key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – and several other prominent figures as part of investigations into alleged corruption and terror links.

Wed, 19 Mar, 2025

Israel Netanyahu
Israeli far-right party says it is returning to Netanyahu’s government
Israeli far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir’s party says it is returning to prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. His party had left the coalition after Mr Netanyahu agreed to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in January.

Tue, 18 Mar, 2025

Germany Politics
Germany’s likely next leader seeks approval for huge defence package
Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is asking legislators to allow the country to put “whatever it takes” into defence as doubts mount about the strength of the trans-Atlantic alliance.

Tue, 18 Mar, 2025

Canada-Carney-Prime-Minister
Ex-Bank of England governor Mark Carney sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister
Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister on Friday, and will now try to steer his country through a trade war brought by US President Donald Trump, a threat of annexation and an expected federal ...

Fri, 14 Mar, 2025

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