Tag: Leader
Tunisian forces kill top aide of al Qaeda in Maghreb
TUNIS: Tunisian security forces have killed a top aide of Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), an...
Slain Kosovo-Serb Leader to be buried in Belgrade
BELGRADE: Mourners were gathering in Belgrade on January 18 for the funeral of Oliver Ivanovic, an ethnic Serb political leader in northern Kosovo who...
Catalan parliament to meet, but without sacked leader Carles Puigdemont
BRUSSELS: Catalonia's parliament meets for the first time on Wednesday since it was dissolved following a failed attempt to break from Spain – but...
Kosovo: Serb leader Ivanovic assassinated in Mitrovica
MITROVICA: The leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanovic was assassinated on Tuesday in Kosovska Mitrovica, Blic newspaper wrote citing the politician’s lawyer.
Oliver...
South Africa wants to target investment, graft under new ANC leader
EAST LONDON: South Africa wants to attract foreign investors to help it kick-start economic growth and will crack down on corruption, the new leader...
Cameroon separatist leader apprehended in Nigeria
ABUJA: A leading member of a separatist movement in Cameroon has been taken into custody in the capital of neighbouring Nigeria with his aides,...
Iran’s leader accuses enemies for unrest, US calls that ‘nonsense’
LONDON: Iran’s supreme leader accused the country’s enemies on Tuesday of being behind days of street unrest, as the death toll from anti-government demonstrations passed...
Afghanistan political turmoil deepens as regional leader ousted
KABUL: One of Afghanistan’s most powerful regional politicians was ousted as governor of the northern province of Balkh on Monday, setting up a confrontation that...
PTI stalwart Saloni Bokhari passes away
LAHORE: Founding member and President Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Women's Wing Punjab Saloni Bukhari breathed her last on Friday morning after a long fight with cancer,...
‘Voice of people is voice of God,’ says Zimbabwe’s new leader
HARARE: Zimbabwe’s new leader Emmerson Mnangagwa told a cheering crowd in Harare on Wednesday that the country was entering a new stage of democracy following...
Macron’s party to name new leader in trying times
PARIS: Emmanuel Macron’s political party is to name a new leader on Saturday as the French president faces the first rebellious grumblings in the movement...
Carles Puigdemont – profile of Spain’s exiled leader
Catalonia’s ousted leader Carles Puigdemont, who has fled to Belgium and is facing an EU arrest warrant, has been a convinced secessionist since his...
Catalan leader under pressure to drop independence
Catalonia’s secessionist leader faced increased pressure on Monday to abandon plans to declare independence from Spain, with France and Germany expressing support for the...
Sikh politician becomes leader of Canada’s third biggest political party
OTTAWA: Jagmeet Singh was named the leader of Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP) on Sunday, the country's third biggest political force after Justin Trudeau's...
Breakaway Taliban group denies its leader detained in Pakistan
The leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban is leading his fighters in Afghanistan, his deputy said on Tuesday, contradicting three senior members...
N. Korea leader orders nuclear arsenal on ‘standby’
Leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered North Korea's nuclear arsenal to be readied for pre-emptive use at any time, in an expected escalation of military...
Hong Kong leader blames Facebook ‘hack’ for racy pictures
Hong Kong’s leader Leung Chun-ying said his Facebook page was hacked after reports that scantily-clad women had appeared on his friends list.
The embarrassing accusations...
