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1 – 10 of 250Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe seeks another term, this time as an independent rather than a representative of his United National Party (UNP). A recent survey on voting…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289597
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Meanwhile, Kim Yong-hyun has become the first sitting South Korean defence minister publicly to voice support for nuclear weapons acquisition. Both sides have engaged in bellicose…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289747
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Shortly after her departure, Chief of Army Staff Waker-uz-Zaman said an interim government would be formed. President Mohammed Shahabuddin yesterday dissolved parliament. His…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288826
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This coincided with other tensions between Meloni and Brussels. Meloni was strongly critical of an EU rule-of-law report on Italy, and was furious that she was sidelined from the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289048
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Local groups such as the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), which initiated the demonstrations, accuse the Pakistani state of widespread human rights abuses in the province and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289068
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It was the first attended by the Taliban. Their delegation was led by Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban and a close ally of supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288423
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Two days later, the government confirmed that it would implement the revised system. In the week leading up to the court hearing, numerous people were killed in protest-related…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288570
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The stated aim is to combine the “kinetic efforts” of the armed forces, “effective legislation” to bolster the prosecution of terrorism-related cases and “socio-economic measures”…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288264
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The legislature has faced months of public scrutiny due to wasteful expenditures and graft. Previously, discontent was expressed through social media campaigns, but the recent…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288561
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Pushpa Kamal Dahal (‘Prachanda’), leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), was manoeuvred out of the premiership after a tie-up between Oli’s party -- which…