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Bolivia’s president promises public votes on fuel subsidies

Muhamad yehia LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s socialist President Luis Arce said Tuesday national referenda would be held soon on the removal of politically combustible fuel subsidies and on the constitutionality of presidential reelections, offering for the first time a concrete path out of the country’s economic morass and …

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Nobel laureate Yunus arrives in Bangladesh

  Muhamad yehia DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s next leader Muhammad Yunus arrived home Thursday from an overseas trip and will take office later in the day, as he looks to restore calm and rebuild the country following an uprising that ended the 15-year, increasingly autocratic rule of former Prime Minister Sheikh …

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What polling shows about Minnesota Gov

Muhamad yehia WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate pick, will need to introduce himself to the vast majority of Americans. But his track record in his home state offers clues on what he might bring to the Democratic ticket. In 2022, he won young …

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Who is Yahya Sinwar who succeeds Ismail

Muhamad Yehia The Palestinian Hamas movement announced on Tuesday the appointment of Yahya Sinwar as head of its political bureau, replacing Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in an Israeli strike in Tehran on July July 31, 2024. Sinwar’s name rose to prominence with Hamas’s unprecedented attack on October 7, 2023 …

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Rioters carry out violent, racist attacks across several British cities

Muhamad yehia Riots have swept Britain over recent days, and more outbreaks of far-right, anti-immigrant violence are feared this week, leaving the new UK government scrambling to control the worst disorder in more than a decade. Police officers were injured in Plymouth on Monday night as angry crowds descended on …

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هروب الشيخة حسينة للهند بعد عقود من الإستبداد

محمد خليل قضى قائد الجيش البنغلاديشي، وقر الزمان، نحو أربعة عقود للوصول إلى رأس المؤسسة العسكرية، وأعلن الاثنين أنه «سيتولى المسؤولية كاملة» بعد استقالة رئيسة الوزراء الشيخة حسينة وفرارها من البلاد. وقال وقر إن حسينة (76 عاماً) استقالت والجيش «سيشكّل حكومة مؤقتة»، حسب «وكالة الصحافة الفرنسية». وأضاف الضابط في قوة …

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U.S. military completes withdrawal from key drone base in Niger

Muhamad yehia WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) – The United States military has completed its withdrawal from air base 201 in Niger, officials said on Monday, after Niger’s ruling junta ordered nearly 1,000 U.S. military personnel to leave following a coup last year. Air base 201, a drone base near Agadez …

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Congolese police officers flee to Uganda

Muhamad Yehia KAMPALA, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Nearly 100 police officers from the Democratic Republic of Congo fled to neighbouring Uganda over the weekend as fighting between M23 rebels and the military in Congo’s east intensified, a Ugandan military spokesperson said on Monday. The officers arrived via the Ishasha border …

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Uganda charges opposition lawmakers

Muhamad Yehia KAMPALA, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Police arrested 14 Ugandan opposition officials and supporters on Monday as they marched through their capital towards the Kenyan embassy to protest against Nairobi’s decision to detain and deport a group of their colleagues, local media said. The arrests and last month’s deportations …

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