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War in Ukraine
2/26/2024 7:24:32 PM
Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden's bid to join NATO, bringing an end to more than 18 months of delays that have frustrated the alliance as it seeks to expand in response to Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Africa
2/24/2024 10:47:28 PM
Polls suggest South Africa will face a historic turning point in a national election in May as the ruling African National Congress could lose its majority for the first time since coming to power in the country's first all-race vote at the end of apartheid in 1994.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/22/2024 3:39:00 PM
It's common to hear residents chatting in Arabic just as often as English in this Detroit suburb's stores, buildings often sporting bilingual signage out front.
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World
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International
2/21/2024 12:48:54 PM
Pakistan's two dynastic parties have reached a power-sharing agreement that will return Shehbaz Sharif to the premiership, leaving out politicians loyal to jailed former leader Imran Khan despite them winning the most seats in this month's vote.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/20/2024 9:44:22 AM
Arab nations are putting to a vote a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, knowing it will be vetoed by the United States but hoping to show broad global support for ending the Israeli war on Gaza.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/19/2024 12:34:58 PM
The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote Tuesday on an Arab-backed resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, which the United States announced it will veto.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/18/2024 9:56:07 AM
The UN Security Council could hold a vote next week, sought by Algeria, on a resolution seeking an "immediate" ceasefire in Gaza, diplomatic sources told AFP Saturday, although Washington again appeared set to block it.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/16/2024 2:53:30 PM
Egypt was elected as a member of the African Peace and Security Council (PSC) for the 2024-2026 term, receiving an overwhelming majority of 44 out of 46 votes in the elections held on Wednesday and Thursday.
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International
2/14/2024 12:40:11 PM
Al-Ahram Online visited polling stations across Jakarta as the country holds its largest-ever elections, with millions participating in choosing a new president, vice president, and legislators.
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World
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Africa
2/13/2024 9:12:24 PM
Senegalese authorities faced growing anger at home and renewed international pressure on Tuesday, as the government suspended mobile internet and banned a march against the delay to this month's presidential poll.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
2/13/2024 8:30:17 PM
The Israeli war on Gaza is reshaping the preferences of Arab and Muslim voters in this year’s US presidential elections, writes Sahar Zahran in Washington
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/12/2024 12:53:02 PM
A sweeping US foreign aid package, including $60 billion for Ukraine, passed a key procedural vote Sunday, although opposition from right-wing Republicans may block it from becoming law.
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World
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International
2/11/2024 10:13:22 PM
Amid great momentum of Indonesian society and broad youth participation, the Indonesian general elections - which are the largest and most collective in the history of Indonesia - will launch on 14 February for one day, with approximately 205 million voters heading to 823,000 electoral headquarters to choose the President of the Republic, his deputy, and the members of the Council.
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International
2/11/2024 7:24:44 PM
Police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan Sunday after his party urged protests outside election offices where they said rigging had taken place in last week's national vote.
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World
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International
2/7/2024 7:31:20 PM
Indonesia is gearing up for its general elections on 14 February against a backdrop marked by political alliances and the prominence of three major political blocs. Some 205 million voters are eligible to cast their votes and choose the president, vice president, and members of the People’s Shura Council, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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World
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International
2/7/2024 7:01:30 PM
Pakistan's 127 million voters get to elect a new parliament on Thursday. The elections are the twelfth in the country’s 76-year history, which has been marred by economic crises, military takeovers and martial law, militancy, political upheavals and wars with India.
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World
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International
2/7/2024 12:14:31 PM
Azerbaijanis are voting Wednesday in a snap election almost certain to give incumbent President Ilham Aliyev another seven-year term, following his government’s swift reclaiming of a region formerly controlled by ethnic Armenian separatists.
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World
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International
2/7/2024 11:47:47 AM
No-one won the Republican Party primary in the US state of Nevada on Tuesday, with Nikki Haley defeated by "None of these candidates," an embarrassment in a vote in which she was all but unopposed.
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World
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International
2/7/2024 7:46:00 AM
US lawmakers voted Tuesday to reject a standalone Israel aid bill denounced by critics as a "cynical" bid to thwart a cross-party border security and foreign assistance package that would include cash for war-torn Ukraine.
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World
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Africa
2/6/2024 10:51:09 PM
Senegal's opposition on Tuesday denounced a "constitutional coup" after parliament voted to delay the presidential election by 10 months, plunging the country into its worst crisis in decades.
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