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International
2/16/2024 2:09:46 PM
Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison Friday, Russia’s prison agency said.
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World
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Africa
2/12/2024 10:13:24 PM
Senegalese civil society and opposition kept up the pressure on President Macky Sall on Monday, the eve of a planned march against the delay to this month's presidential election which has already unleashed deadly unrest across the country.
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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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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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Africa
2/4/2024 10:21:34 PM
Protesters and police clashed in the Senegalese capital Dakar and at least one senior opposition figure was arrested Sunday, a day after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of the presidential election.
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World
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Region
1/29/2024 3:19:17 PM
Syrian media and an opposition war monitor said an apparent Israeli airstrike on a Damascus suburb where Iran-backed fighters have a presence killed two people on Monday.
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World
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Africa
1/20/2024 6:31:56 PM
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, was sworn in for a second five-year term on Saturday after sweeping elections that the opposition branded a sham while calling for protests.
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Africa
1/1/2024 5:28:39 PM
Chad's transitional president General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Monday appointed a former leading opposition leader, who recently returned from exile, as prime minister.
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World
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Africa
12/31/2023 8:53:00 PM
DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has won a second term in office with a landslide victory, according to provisional results announced Sunday, in a vote opposition leaders have dismissed as a "sham".
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Sports
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World
12/31/2023 5:57:11 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed opposition parties for “exploiting” a dispute between two Turkish football clubs and Saudi officials.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/26/2023 6:51:52 PM
The Turkish parliament's committee on Tuesday approved Sweden's bid to join NATO, an opposition lawmaker told AFP, clearing another hurdle for the Nordic country's accession to the US-led defence organisation.
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World
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Africa
12/24/2023 10:02:50 PM
Chad's new constitution was approved by 86 percent of voters in a referendum held a week ago, the African country's electoral commission said Sunday, but opposition leaders challenged the figures.
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World
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International
12/18/2023 12:59:22 PM
An early official vote count of Serbia's weekend election on Monday confirmed victory for the ruling populist party in a parliamentary vote in the Balkan country, but political tensions rose over reported irregularities in the capital, Belgrade.
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World
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Africa
12/16/2023 5:51:19 PM
Kinshasa has summoned the Kenyan ambassador in the Democratic Republic of Congo, media reported, after a Congolese opposition figure in Nairobi announced he was creating a political-military alliance with M23 rebels and other armed groups.
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World
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Africa
11/25/2023 12:49:30 PM
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has won re-election in the first round of a ballot boycotted by nearly all opposition candidates, the election commission said Saturday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/23/2023 12:40:24 AM
US President Joe Biden affirmed the United States firm rejection of the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza to Egyptian territories in a telephone call with Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi Wednesday evening.
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World
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Africa
11/18/2023 10:27:38 AM
Liberian leader and football legend George Weah conceded defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai after a tight presidential run-off, saying it was "time to put national interest above personal interest".
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/29/2023 11:56:00 AM
Israel's war cabinet member Benny Gantz and opposition leader Yair Lapid criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday following his post on platform X (formerly Twitter), in which he blamed security and military intelligence heads for Hamas’ 7 October operation, Israeli media reported.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/26/2023 8:20:53 PM
UK opposition leader Keir Starmer is facing increasing pressure over his stance on the Israeli war on Gaza, testing the leadership determination of the favourite to become UK's next prime minister.
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World
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International
10/17/2023 11:58:19 AM
Three opposition parties that vowed to restore democratic standards in Poland together won over 54% of the votes in the nation's weekend parliamentary election, putting them in a position to take power, according to a complete ballot count reported Tuesday.
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