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Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is engaging in a striking expansion of Bangladesh's diplomatic relations as he eyes membership of the new Mecca Joint Defence Agreement. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
PARIS (AFP) -- Gianni Infantino will run in next March's FIFA presidential election, despite the backlash over his now-abandoned plan to bring private investment into the World Cup, soccer's global governing body announced Sunday.
Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won on Monday denied allegations of illegal lobbying for a COVID-19 treatment in 2021, while acknowledging he should have been more careful in his request over the medication at the time.
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National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir informed Police Commissioner Insp.-Gen. Danny Levi that he would not approve appointments of senior police officers until after the election, and in a letter sent to him on Sunday argued that advancing appointments at the current time could harm public trust.
An armed individual attacked Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton on Sunday at the Canfield Fair near Youngstown, according to her campaign and the state highway patrol.
WARSAW — Poland’s nationalist right is turning hostility toward the country’s roughly 1.5 million Ukrainians into a potent political issue, tapping into local resentment over social benefits and wartime history just over a year before a pivotal parliamentary election.
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports to India jumped more than 30 percent in the first eight months of the year from the same period in 2025, driven by strong demand for semiconductors, a government agency said Monday.
STOCKHOLM — Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson must urgently take action to address claims that his potential far-right coalition partner may have been infiltrated by Russia ahead of this month’s general election, the front-runner in the race told POLITICO.
Indonesia's government warns dry weather this month will make conditions in the weeks ahead the toughest for fire crews. (ABC News: Tim Swanston)
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Yonhap) -- Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won on Monday denied illegally lobbying for a COVID-19 treatment in 2021, while acknowledging he should have been more careful in his request over the medication at the time.
In July, as US President Donald Trump was preparing a primetime speech on election security, word went out from executives at Fox News: the network would avoid covering his stock claims about a stolen election.
The government must seriously reflect on the rising enrolments at international and private schools even as local schools struggle to keep primary one classes filled
The government must seriously reflect on the rising enrolments at international and private schools even as local schools struggle to keep primary one classes filled
From doors for cars to doors for people. That’s the change architect Peter McGregor says is needed to provide more housing in the overlooked rear lanes behind inner Sydney’s thousands of terraces.
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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, center left, visits China in July. Thailand adopted language on Taiwan that is closer to Beijing's position during the trip. © Reuters
Ukraine lost around $1.2 billion to fraud, waste and mismanagement in military procurement in 2024 alone, the New York Times has reported, citing confidential government audits and court records.
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. maintained that the security situation for the upcoming Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections is still “under control.”
Lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt welcomes further ‘strong’ cooperation with Musk as French minister says ‘We cannot forget our history’
Independent investigative journalist Nick Shirley spent the better part of a year investigating alleged fraud at nonprofits accused of diverting taxpayer funds meant for immigrant services. California responded by passing a law that makes it harder to look at those nonprofits at all. Now he is suing to have that law…
BERLIN (Reuters) -- The Alternative for Germany surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, exit polls showed, putting a far-right party within reach of power at the state level for the first time since World War II.
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un and his daugther attend a commissioning ceremony of a destroyer, Kang Kon at a port in Wonsan, North Korea Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the No…
Jerusalem – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the evacuation of some settlements in the occupied West Bank deemed illegal under Israeli law, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Sunday.
Defence officials tell the Financial Times that Europe is losing a "battle to halt Russia's 'hybrid' war" against the continent after the foiled Leipzig/Halle airport attack in Germany. They have called for it to "rapidly develop new methods to suppress Moscow's campaign against Nato member states or risk escalation…
Former Israeli ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan and former justice minister Ayelet Shaked announced Sunday that they will not run in the upcoming election, citing the political reality and the difficulty of advancing their vision for a broad unity government.
Yoaz Hendel of the Unity Party and Prof. Yaron Zelekha would cross the electoral threshold with four seats in the upcoming election, according to a new KAN News poll published Sunday evening.
Renters and mortgage holders would be able to access a quarter of their compulsory superannuation contributions for up to three years under a new One Nation policy that Treasurer Jim Chalmers has described as a full-frontal attack on retirement savings.
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A federal magistrate judge has ordered the administration of US President Donald Trump to disclose the names of those who devised a now-defunct fund for victims of politically-motivated prosecution. The lawsuit was filed by multiple plaintiffs, backed by a Soros-funded NGO.
Lee's inclusive Cabinet: Right idea, wrong peopleLee's open-door policy needs better vetting
WASHINGTON (AP) — An armed assailant lunged at the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, Amy Acton, on Sunday during a campaign stop at the Canfield Fair, injuring several people, campaign officials said.
Culture Minister Olivia Grange wants ‘to advance Jamaica’s push for reparations’ for African ancestors who suffered, the ministry said
Culture Minister Olivia Grange wants ‘to advance Jamaica’s push for reparations’ for African ancestors who suffered, the ministry said
The Trump administration is drafting a rule that would allow some married couples with a stay-at-home parent to receive federal child care subsidies, an initiative reportedly championed by Vice President JD Vance, according to the New York Times.
ATHENS, Greece — Greece will press ahead with its strategic defense cooperation with Israel but also wants to deepen relations with other states in the Middle East, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Sunday.
Israel’s High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition by Israeli expatriates seeking to vote in the October 27 election after discovering that they had been excluded from the voter rolls under a little-known Interior Ministry classification that records certain citizens as nonresidents.
At least 10 people have been killed and at least 60 wounded in Mexico when fireworks detonated during a village festival, according to the local government.
The home side’s response to Chelsea’s early goal was to play breathless attacking football
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MARAWI CITY, BARMM. Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reassigned at least two provincial election supervisors with just over a week to go before the historic parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Sept. 14.
When US President Donald Trump warned business leaders in Davos last year that tariffs were coming, he offered a word of friendly advice: “Come make your product in America” and thereby sidestep looming import duties from the get-go. In the months that followed, Trump’s "America First" trade policy took shape.
Documents obtained by the ABC show ECSA was unable to find polling booth managers in several electorates. (ABC News: Trent Murphy)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the evacuation of outposts in the occupied West Bank, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was reported by AFP as saying on Sunday.
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung holds a news conference in June. His economic growth strategy calls for investment in semiconductors, physical AI and large AI data centers. (Yonhap via Kyodo)