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1 – 10 of 126The bill seeks to amend the 1959 Personal Status Law (PSL). It has triggered significant objections from civic society and women's rights organisations but the governing Shia…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289714
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In contrast, just days earlier, the Council of Europe (CoE) dropped a vote on Kosovo’s membership of the organisation from its meeting agenda after key states advanced additional…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287707
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It is also the first summit that Bahrain has hosted since signing the US-sponsored Abraham Accords in 2020 establishing diplomatic ties with Israel.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287034
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His Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) now has fewer governing partners. The reconfiguration included cutting ties with Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Nepali Congress, the largest…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285735
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Catholics are a sizeable minority religious group in the country, numbering roughly 7 million out of a population of nearly 100 million. Vietnam and the Vatican have not had…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286468
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During his trip, he also held a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Anwar has sought to reinvigorate Malaysia’s foreign policy since assuming office in November 2022…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282135
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However, academic research shows no regional pattern in terms of their political identity or voting behaviour. This is also the case among Catholics. Studies also show that the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284073
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Some projections indicate that this group could outnumber Catholics for the first time by the early 2030s. Since the late 1980s, evangelicals have become increasingly active in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284302
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The campaign is led by politician-turned-businessman Durga Prasai, who increasingly rails against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (‘Prachanda’). Prasai insists that it will…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283976
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In November, a New York court unsealed an indictment by US prosecutors in which an Indian national is accused of conspiring to murder the individual under the direction of an…