JERUSALEM (Reuters): Israel's opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday after agreeing terms with several parties, including one led by Defence Minister Benny Gantz, for a proposed new government, a spokesman said.Yair Lapid wearing a suit and tie: Yair Lapid, leader of Yesh Atid party,...
Read moreMOSCOW, June 02 (Reuters): Dmitry Gudkov, a prominent opposition politician and former parliamentarian, was detained by Russian law enforcement officials on Tuesday, TASS news agency reported, part of a broader crackdown on Kremlin critics.While a sitting lawmaker in the lower house of parliament, Gudkov was expelled from the Just Russia...
Read moreTEHRAN, Iran, June 02 (AP): The largest ship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported.The Fars and Tasnim news agencies said efforts failed to save the support ship Kharg, named after the island that serves...
Read moreCANBERRA, June 02 (AP): An Australian court on Tuesday rejected a challenge to the federal government's draconian power to prevent most citizens from leaving the country so that they don't bring COVID-19 home.Australia is alone among developed democracies in preventing its citizens and permanent residents from leaving the country except...
Read moreISLAMABAD, June 02 (AP): A Pakistani television station Monday took a prominent journalist off air, removing him as host of a popular talk show after he criticized the country's powerful military, the journalist and rights groups said.The development comes just days after the journalist, Hamid Mir, made a fiery speech...
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