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Pakistan premier Khan foils attempt to sack him as nation poised to vote

Islamabad— Pakistan will go to the polls to elect a new government within three months after Prime Minister Imran Khan foiled an attempt to...

Tug-of-war over ruling party assembly

Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao has directed PDP-Laban members to "ignore" Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi's call for a national assembly by the end of the month,...

Maduro eyes victory in Venezuela poll amid opposition boycott

Venezuelans vote Sunday in legislative elections set to tighten President Nicolas Maduro's grip on power and further weaken his US-backed opposition rival Juan Guaido,...

World Roundup: – SoKor parliament shuts down; solons go into isolation

South Korea’s parliament was shut down on Thursday and a group of lawmakers were in self-quarantine as the country recorded more than 400 new...

Venezuela’s inflation rate still high at 3,500%

Caracas"•Venezuela ended June with a year-on-year inflation of 3,500 percent, according to a statement published Wednesday by the opposition-controlled legislature. The figures show inflation is...

Venezuela threatens early elections to pressure opposition

Caracas—Threatening to bring forward parliamentary elections is the latest card played by Venezuela’s regime to put pressure on the US-backed opposition at the negotiating...

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South Korean animal rights activists hold likenesses of dead dogs during a protest against the dog meat trade in front of the National Assembly...

Guaido’s deputy arrested in Venezuela

Caracas"•Venezuela­—Intelligence agents arrested on Wednesday a senior leader of the opposition-dominated National Assembly, in the latest action against the lawmakers who joined a failed...

New blackout hits swaths of Venezuela including the capital Caracas

Caracas"•A new blackout swept across Venezuela on Monday, including much of Caracas, sowing alarm two weeks after a nationwide outage that paralyzed the country. The...

Opposition leader Guaido calls for march

Caracas"•Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday called for a nationwide march on Caracas to crank up the pressure on embattled President Nicolas Maduro,...

Cubans back new constitution

Havana"•Cubans voted overwhelmingly in favor of constitutional reforms that cement the role of socialism in the island nation, the electoral commission said Monday. Some 6.8...

Accept US aid, say marchers in Venezuela

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The first woman in the National Assembly

By Julianne Edon Gabis All throughout history, women have been denied of entry to fields traditionally held and dominated by men. Not only until the...

New protests called against Maduro

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