Pacific Islands

Solomon Islands preps for tense government talks

Solomon Islands faces a nervous wait to establish a government as opposition parties vie with incumbent Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare’s OUR party to form a coalition with independents after a national election failed to produce a clear winner.

April 24, 2024 7:20 am
 

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Modi calls rivals pro-Muslim

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party have begun attacking opposition rivals, saying they favour minority Muslims, in what analysts see as a bid to invigorate their hardline base after general elections began last week.

April 24, 2024 6:27 am
 

World

Ten dead as Navy helicopters collide mid-air in Malaysia

Ten people have died after two navy helicopters collided in mid-air during a military rehearsal for a Royal Malaysian Navy parade.

April 23, 2024 4:56 pm
 

World

Australia PM criticizes Musk after X post ruling

An Australian court has ordered X to hide some posts commenting on the stabbing of a bishop in Sydney, deepening a war of words between the social media platform’s owner Elon Musk and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

April 23, 2024 2:40 pm
 

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US Report: India faces criticism for Manipur abuses, media harassment

The U.S. State Department’s annual human rights assessment, opens new tab found “significant” abuses in India’s northeastern Manipur state last year and attacks on minorities, journalists and dissenting voices in the rest of the country.

April 23, 2024 1:24 pm
 

Pacific Islands

Solomon Islands faces tense wait for election results

Solomon Islands faces a tense wait for an election result after opposition parties pulled ahead of incumbent Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare’s OUR party, as counting on Tuesday showed independents will be key to forming government.

April 23, 2024 12:12 pm
 

World

Trump trial: Election corruption alleged

New York prosecutors said on the first day of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial that the former president broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, while his defence lawyer said he committed no crime.

April 23, 2024 10:34 am
 

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Israeli troops storm back into eastern Khan Younis

Israeli troops fought their way back into an eastern section of Khan Younis in a surprise raid, residents said on Monday, sending people who had returned to abandoned homes in the ruins of the southern Gaza Strip’s main city fleeing once more.

April 23, 2024 8:36 am
 

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India: Peaceful Election Rerun in Manipur

A re-run of voting at 11 polling stations in India’s restive northeastern state of Manipur concluded peacefully on Monday with a turnout of almost 82%, election commission officials said, days after polling was marred by violence.

April 23, 2024 7:43 am
 

World

Five rockets fired from Iraq towards U.S. military base in Syria

At least five rockets were launched from Iraq’s town of Zummar towards a U.S. military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, two Iraqi security sources told Reuters.

April 22, 2024 4:49 pm
 

World

Haiti's capital under gang attacks ahead of government transition

Armed gangs launched fresh attacks on parts of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince ahead of the installation of a transitional council set to usher in a new government, local media said on Sunday, reporting arson and heavy gunfire in the city centre.

April 22, 2024 3:44 pm
 

Pacific Islands

Sogavare returns for his 7th term

CARETAKER Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has been re-elected for his seventh tenure as the Member of Parliament for East Choiseul.

April 22, 2024 2:45 pm

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