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Pakistan election officials reject former prime minister Khan's candidacy in parliamentary election (apnews.com)
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Election officials in Pakistan rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday as a candidate in the country’s February parliamentary election. His lawyers have said they will appeal....
Taiwan’s presidential candidates emphasize peace in relations with Beijing (apnews.com)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s presidential candidates expressed desire for peaceful relations with Beijing, which has described Jan. 13 elections on the self-ruled island as a choice between war and peace and stepped up harassment of the territory that China claims as its own....
Thousands accuse Serbia's ruling populists of election fraud at a Belgrade rally (apnews.com)
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Serbia’s capital on Saturday, chanting “Thieves!” and accusing the populist authorities of President Aleksandar Vucic of orchestrating a fraud during a recent general election....
Anti-corruption authorities to investigate Zambia's foreign minister over cash-counting video (apnews.com)
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Anti-corruption authorities in Zambia said they will investigate after a video posted on social media allegedly showed the foreign minister receiving piles of cash from a Chinese businessman....
Mexican president inaugurates centralized 'super pharmacy' to supply medicines to all of Mexico (apnews.com)
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is inaugurating a ‘super pharmacy’ in a bid to end the woes of patients throughout the country who are often told they need a specific medicine — but the hospital in question doesn’t have it....
Argentina formally announces it won't join the BRICS alliance in Milei's latest policy shift (apnews.com)
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina formally announced Friday that it won’t join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, the latest in a dramatic shift in foreign and economic policy by Argentina’s new far-right populist President Javier Milei....
A rebel group in the Indian state of Assam signs a peace accord with the government (apnews.com)
NEW DELHI (AP) — A rebel group that fought for decades to free India’s northeastern state of Assam from New Delhi’s rule on Friday signed a peace accord with the government pledging to end the insurgency in the region....
After serving jail term over security law, a Hong Kong pro-independence activist seeks asylum in UK (apnews.com)
HONG KONG (AP) — An activist who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was jailed under a sweeping national security law fled to Britain to seek political asylum, according to his social media posts Friday....
Students launch 24-hour traffic blockade in Serbia's capital ahead of weekend election protest (apnews.com)
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A group of university students on Friday launched a 24-hour blockade of a main street in Serbia’s capital during New Year’s holiday rush as protests continued in the troubled Balkan country after reports of irregularities that marred a recent election....
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Rebels in Congo take key outpost in the east as peacekeepers withdraw and fighting intensifies (apnews.com)
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Armed rebels seized a town in eastern Congo on Thursday after violently clashing with the army, which has taken on an expanded role as peacekeeping forces withdraw from the mineral-rich, conflict-stricken region....
As ties warm, Turkey's president says Greece may be able to benefit from a Turkish power plant (apnews.com)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is considering allowing neighboring Greece to benefit from a nuclear power plant it plans to build near its Black Sea coast, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Friday....
Post-summit news conferences highlight the divide between China and the EU (apnews.com)
BEIJING (AP) — From trade to human rights, the leaders of China and the European Union differed on a wide range of issues at a summit this week in the Chinese capital....
Putin will seek another presidential term in Russia, extending his rule of over two decades (apnews.com)
Vladimir Putin on Friday moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding grip on Russia for at least another six years, announcing his candidacy in the presidential election next March that he is all but certain to win....
Who are the Houthis and why hasn’t the US retaliated for their attacks on ships in the Middle East? (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched missiles and hit three commercial ships in the southern Red Sea last weekend, it triggered an immediate question: Will the U.S. military strike back?...
Former president of Mauritania gets 5-year prison sentence for corruption (apnews.com)
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — A Mauritanian court handed down a five-year prison sentence to the country’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz after finding him guilty of money laundering and self-enrichment, his attorneys said Tuesday....
The UK plans to ignore part of its human rights law to revive a Rwanda asylum plan (apnews.com)
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government triggered criticism from opponents and division inside the governing Conservatives on Wednesday with a bill that will let it ignore a part of the country’s human rights law in order to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda....
El Salvador is seeing worst rights abuses since 1980-1992 civil war, Amnesty reports (apnews.com)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador is experiencing one of the worst human rights crises since the country’s 1980-1992 civil war, because of President Nayib Bukele ’s harsh anti-gang crackdown, Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday....
Venezuela's AG orders arrest of opposition members, accuses them of plotting against referendum (apnews.com)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s top prosecutor on Wednesday ordered the arrest of a dozen opposition members, including former National Assembly leader Juan Guaidó and three campaign staffers of presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado....
National security advisers of US, South Korea and Japan will meet to discuss North Korean threat (apnews.com)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The national security advisers of the United States, South Korea and Japan will meet in Seoul this week to discuss North Korea’s growing military threat and other regional security issues as they continue to promote trilateral cooperation in Asia....
Italy reportedly drops out of China Belt and Road initiative that failed to deliver (apnews.com)
MILAN (AP) — Italy has formally withdrawn from China’s global Belt and Road initiative that seeks to deepen relations with foreign countries through infrastructure investments, Italian media reported on Wednesday....
Azerbaijan to hold snap presidential election on February 7, shortly before Russia's vote (apnews.com)
President Ilham Aliyev has ordered Azerbaijan’s Central Election Commission to prepare for an early presidential election on Feb. 7, shortly ahead of Russia’s presidential election on March 17....
Hopes for a Mercosur-EU trade deal fade yet again as leaders meet in Brazil (apnews.com)
SAO PAULO (AP) — Heads of state from South America’s Mercosur trade bloc were in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday for a meeting all but certain to once again disappoint members hoping to finalize a long-delayed deal with the European Union....