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Hasina poised for fifth term as voting in Bangladesh polls gets under way

07 Jan 2024

Bangladesh was voting Sunday in an election guaranteed to give a fifth term in office to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after a boycott led by an opposition party she branded...

Novak Djokovic wins the US Open for his 24th Grand Slam title

11 Sep 2023

Halfway through a second set that lasted 1 hour, 44 minutes, a test of tenacity as much as talent amid a US Open final as exhausting as it was exhilarating,...

Indian opposition to boycott inauguration of new parliament

24 May 2023

India's opposition parties on Wednesday said they would boycott the inauguration of a glitzy new parliament building, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a "grave insult" to democracy by excluding...

The sad act

10 Nov 2022

Sarah Taryam, Arts Editor The weepie genre, did you know that such a thing exists? The weepie genre can be found in the world of music, TV and film and...

Iraq presidential vote in doubt after boycotts, candidate suspension

07 Feb 2022

Gulf Today Report A scheduled vote by Iraq's parliament to elect a new national president was thrown into doubt on Monday after key factions announced boycotts and a frontrunner...

Bangladesh’s ruling party set to win vote boycotted by rivals

08 Nov 2021

Gulf Today Report Bangladesh's ruling party is set to win a series of local elections to choose representatives at the village level amid a boycott by the country’s...

Protesting Thai students boycott royal graduation day

30 Oct 2020

Some students sympathetic to Thai protesters said on Friday they were boycotting graduation ceremonies led by King Maha Vajiralongkorn in a show of anger at the monarchy amid growing calls...

Turkey condemns French caricature featuring Erdogan

28 Oct 2020

Top Turkish officials condemned a caricature scorning President Tayyip Erdogan in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, calling it a “disgusting effort” to “spread its cultural racism and...

Macron comments provoke Mideast ire, boycotts of French goods

25 Oct 2020

Calls to boycott French goods are growing in the Arab world and beyond, after President Emmanuel Macron criticised Islam and vowed not to "give up cartoons" depicting the Prophet Mohammed...

Sheikh Khalifa issues decree to abolish the Israel Boycott Law

29 Aug 2020

Following the announcement of the peace accord with Israel, President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has issued a Federal Decree-Law No. 04 of 2020, abolishing...

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