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Macron races to choose new PM

French president Emmanuel Macron raced Wednesday to meet a self-imposed 48-hour deadline to name a new prime minister after he hosted party bosses in a bid to hammer out a consensus and avoid a protracted political crisis...

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Trudeau in Florida to meet Trump as tariff threats loom

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau traveled to Florida on Friday for a dinner with Donald Trump at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago estate, as the incoming US leader promised tariffs on Canadian imports...

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ICC warrant: accountability or polarisation

THE International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on November 21 for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif, citing alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to the ongoing Gaza conflict. This unprecedented move by the Hague-based court has sent...

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ICC warrant for Netanyahu not enough: Khamenei

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that a war crimes case against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the Gaza war was insufficient and that he deserved a ‘death sentence’...

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Ireland election race tightens

Ireland’s election race is set for a tight finish as frontrunner the centre-right Fine Gael led by prime minister Simon Harris has slumped in polls before Friday’s vote...

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Netanyahu warrant also indicts US complicity

IT’S official now. America’s closest ally, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the one accorded more than 50 standing ovations in Congress just months ago, is under indictment by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes. America must take note: the US government is complicit in Netanyahu’s war crimes and...

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Starmer’s economic, foreign policy

IN THE first four months of his stint as UK prime minister, Keir Starmer has shown mixed results. His early tenure has already been tested by the August riots, a stark and unsettling episode triggered by the tragic murder of three young girls in Southport. The unrest has exposed underlying tensions — economic fragility, social divides, and the brittleness...

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Farmers target PM in protest against new UK tax rules

Hundreds of farmers, many in tractors, gathered in Wales on Saturday to protest against UK prime minister Keir Starmer and his government’s decision to change inheritance tax rules for farms...

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Govt should bust nexus of tycoons close to Hasina

POWERFUL business tycoons, who had been close to the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, have swindled $17 billion off the banking sector, as the Bangladesh Bank government has said in an interview with the Financial Times, during the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League. The central banker is reported to have said that the tycoons...

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Crippling UNRWA

THE man has a cheek.  Having lectured Iranians and Lebanese about what (and who) is good for them in terms of rulers and rule (we already know what he thinks of the Palestinians), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been keeping busy on further depriving access and assistance to those in Gaza and the West Bank...

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Ex-defence minister Ishiba to be Japan’s PM

Japan’s next prime minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday outlined his ideas to reshape the nation’s miliary alliance with Washington, after winning the conservative ruling party’s leadership race.

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Trump says will meet Modi

Former US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday he plans to meet next week with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, who will be visiting the United States for several official events...

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Kejriwal quits after release from jail

A top political opponent of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi quit as chief minister of the capital Delhi on Tuesday, days after being released on bail in a corruption case...

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Biden, Starmer put off Ukraine missiles decision

British prime minister Keir Starmer and US president Joe Biden on Friday delayed a decision to let Ukraine fire long-range Western-supplied missiles into Russia, a plan that sparked dire threats from Moscow of a war with NATO...

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Modi campaigns in Kashmir polls after latest soldier deaths

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said ‘terrorism is on its last legs’ in Kashmir while campaigning in the disputed territory on Saturday, a day after two soldiers were killed in a gunfight with suspected militants...

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AG defends judicial reforms to strengthen constitutional institutions

Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman on Thursday defended Bangladesh's interim government’s decision to form reform commissions, stressing that these measures are essential to safeguard constitutional institutions undermined during deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year tenure.

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Greek PM announces plans to boost tackle crises

Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced a new set of policies aimed at boosting citizens’ purchasing power and tackling the country’s housing crisis...

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Canada slaps 100pc tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese electric car imports, matching US measures seeking to fend off a flood of Chinese state-subsidized cars into North America...

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Dozen more cases filed against ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina, aides

Over a dozen more cases, including three on charge of genocide, were filed on Wednesday against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides, taking the number of cases filed against her to 44 since the fall of her government in a student-led uprising on August 5...

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Two more murder cases filed against Sheikh Hasina, Quader

Two separate cases were filed on Monday against former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan over the killings of one Liton Hasan Lalu alias Hasan in the capital’s Mirpur area and Tarik Hossain in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area during the recent anti-discrimination students’ movement....