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‘An illiberal democracy can be ousted in elections’ | Photo Credit: AFP Hungarian voters have swept their far-right strongman Viktor Orbán out of office, ending his 16-year run as Prime Minister and electoral autocrat. Here are six lessons the world can take from them. First, an illiberal democracy can be ousted in elections. Mr. Orbán…
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After demanding Iran’s unconditional surrender and threatening to erase its civilisation, U.S. President Donald Trump, on April 8, agreed to a two-week ceasefire and to hold direct talks with Tehran on the basis of its 10-point peace formula. Iran has said that it will honour the truce and allow the “safe passage” of vessels through…
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A destroyed part of Gaza City as seen from southern Israel, on January 2, 2025. File | Photo Credit: AP Israeli airstrikes killed at least 50 people, including several children, across the Gaza Strip, hitting Hamas security officers and an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone. As the bombardment continued on Thursday (January 2, 2025) and into Friday…
Members of the Synagogue recover items from the Adass Israel Synagogue on December 06, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday linked an arson attack on a synagogue in Australia to what he called Canberra’s “anti-Israel sentiment”. The police in the Australian city of Melbourne said…
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before Congress on July 24 in hopes of bolstering U.S. support for continuing Israel’s offensives against Hamas and other adversaries. But boycotts of his appearance by some Democratic lawmakers and expected protests outside are highlighting how his hard-line government’s conduct…
A view of the screen showing the result of a vote on a resolution regarding the Israeli military campaign in Gaza, during the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The United Nations’ (UN) top human…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo surgery on March 31 for a hernia his doctors have discovered, a statement from his office said. The Prime Minister will be fully sedated after his doctors discovered the hernia “during a routine examination”. “During this time, Deputy Prime…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo surgery on March 31 for a hernia his doctors have discovered, a statement from his office said. The Prime Minister will be fully sedated after his doctors discovered the hernia “during a routine examination”. “During this time, Deputy Prime…
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U.S. President Joe Biden. File | Photo Credit: Reuters President Joe Biden said on October 20 he thought Hamas was motivated to attack Israel in part by a desire to stop that country from normalising relations with Saudi Arabia. “One of the reasons … why Hamas moved on Israel, is because they knew I was…