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Tear gas, pepper spray fired: Protest erupts in Turkey over court ousting opposition – Watch

Turkish police fired tear gas and pepper spray to disperse protesters outside the Istanbul branch of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Monday, after a court ruling unseated its provincial leadership and appointed a trustee replacement. The police have also detained between 10 and 20 people at the scene, as per AFP. The court has […]

‘Time to end Democrat hoax’: Trump calls to close Epstein case; accuses opposition of political agenda

US President Donald Trump (ANI) US President Donald Trump on Friday again slammed bipartisan demands for the release of Epstein files, calling the high-profile investigation into the deceased sex offender “a Democrat hoax.” Trump defended his administration’s handling of the documents while criticising Democrats and framing the case as politically motivated.Taking to his Truth Social […]

Power vacuum in Thailand: Acting PM moves to dissolve parliament; opposition demands fresh elections

Thailand Acting PM Phumtham Wechayachai (Image: X/Phumtham Wechayachai) Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has moved to dissolve parliament, the ruling party said on Wednesday. This comes after the largest opposition bloc announced its support for a rival candidate for the top office.Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was ousted last week by the Constitutional Court, creating […]

‘Freeze their assets’: Canada’s opposition seeks terror tag for Bishnoi gang; cites Kapil cafe attacks

Canada’s Conservative Party has urged Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to add the Lawrence Bishnoi gang to the country’s list of terrorist organisations, Global News reported.The call comes amid a spate of violent incidents and extortion threats in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, which have alarmed the Asian community.Also read: After Kapil Sharma’s café shooting, […]

Myanmar junta ends emergency rule after 4 years: Elections in December; opposition claims move to consolidate military power

Myanmar’s military government on Thursday officially ended the state of emergency imposed more than 4 years ago,.The move signals plans to hold national elections by year-end, though opposition groups have vowed to boycott the poll, which many believe will further entrench military control.Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing signed an order on Thursday cancelling the emergency […]

‘Part of terror network’: Iran hangs 2 men of exiled opposition group; convicts them of targeting civilian infrastructure

Iran on Sunday executed two members of the exiled opposition group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) after convicting them of targeting civilian and government infrastructure. The two men—Behrouz Ehsani Eslamlou and Mehdi Hasani—were hanged after being found guilty of launching attacks using improvised mortar launchers, according to the judiciary’s official news outlet, Mizan Online.Iranian courts charged the men […]

Georgian opposition leader jailed amid crackdown

TBILISI: A court in Georgia on Monday sentenced a prominent opposition leader to eight months in prison, in the latest case critics say is part of a mounting crackdown on dissent.Georgia has been in political turmoil since the ruling Georgian Dream party won parliamentary elections last October.Its results were disputed by the opposition and sparked […]

Four Ivory Coast opposition figures barred from October presidential vote

Representative Image (AI-generated) ABIDJAN: Four prominent opposition figures in Ivory Coast have been excluded from the final electoral list, officials announced on Wednesday, leaving them ineligible to contest presidential elections later this year.Tidjane Thiam, leader of the main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast (PDCI), was struck from the voter roll in April […]

Turkey arrests five mayors from CHP opposition party

Representative image (TOI) ISTANBUL: Turkish police arrested five opposition mayors early Wednesday alongside 17 others as part of a probe into corruption allegations at CHP-held municipalities, a party spokesman told AFP. The latest arrests targeted a former lawmaker and three CHP mayors in Istanbul, and two more in the southern province of Adana, the spokesman […]

Georgia jails opposition leader amid crackdown on dissent

Georgian opposition leader Zurab Japaridze (Image: AP) A court in Georgia on Thursday put opposition leader Zurab Japaridze in pre-trial detention.The move comes as the government looks to crack down on its critics, following huge protests last year. Why has Japaridze been jailed? Japaridze is one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, which […]