August 5, 2026
PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan says Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif should have sought a vote of confidence after a coalition ally described him as elected through rigging, and that the government's silence shows confidence has been lost.
January 6, 2026
US envoy says US-backed operation nabs Maduro and wife as fugitives Guterres called on all Venezuelan actors to engage in inclusive and democratic dialogue. PHOTO: FILE UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern on Monday about growing instability in Venezuela following the US arrest of President Nicolas Maduro, while the United States said it had no plans to occupy the Latin American country. The 15-member Security Council met at UN headquarters in New York hours before Maduro was due to appear in Manhattan federal court on drug charges, including conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism. Maduro has denied any criminal involvement. “I am
August 30, 2024
MADRID: European Union foreign ministers agreed on Thursday not to recognize the “democratic legitimacy” of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after the country’s disputed elections, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. Borrell said ministers made the decision after Venezuela’s national electorate repeatedly failed to respond to calls to provide credible evidence to support Maduro’s claims of victory in last month’s election. “We cannot accept the legitimacy of Maduro as an elected president,” Borrell told reporters after the meeting of foreign ministers of the EU’s 27 member states in Brussels. “He will remain president, de facto… But we deny democratic legitimacy
February 29, 2024
DUBAI: Iran holds parliamentary elections on Friday seen as a test of the clerical establishment’s popularity at a time of growing dissent over a range of political, social and economic crises. The vote will be the first official gauge of public opinion since anti-government protests in 2022-23 led to some of the worst political unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Critics from inside and outside the ruling elite, including politicians and former lawmakers, say the legitimacy of Iran’s theocratic system may be in jeopardy because of economic struggles and a lack of electoral options for a largely young population that
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