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Timeline of past Bangladesh elections and the country’s leaders
Ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was the longest-ruling leader in the country's history.
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Somalia’s Mohamud slams Israel’s ‘interference’, rejects base on Somaliland
Somali president promises to confront Israeli military presence amid reports of base plan in breakaway Somaliland.
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Polls close in Thailand as reformists, conservatives vie for power
No single party is expected to secure a clear majority in Sunday's vote, raising the spectre of political instability.
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Super Bowl set for Patriots-Seahawks showdown as Bad Bunny half-time show sparks controversy
As the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks prepare to go toe-to-toe at the Super Bowl in Santa Clara, California on Sunday, many people will be tuning in to watch a historic – and potentially political…
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Japan votes as Sanae Takaichi seeks mandate for conservative agenda
Opinion polls suggest Takaichi's conservative coalition could win more than 300 of the 465 seats in the lower house.
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Haiti’s transitional council hands power to US-backed prime minister
Move comes after council tried to oust PM Fils-Aime and the US recently deployed warship to waters near Haiti’s capital.
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N. Korea to hold party congress in February, first since 2021
North Korea's leadership will hold a party congress later this month, state media announced Sunday, in what will be the first such major gathering since 2021.
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Barca beat Mallorca to extend Liga lead
Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal scored as Barcelona eased to a comfortable 3-0 win over Mallorca on Saturday to move four points clear at the top of La Liga.
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Thailand votes in three-way race as country struggles with sluggish economic growth
Thai voters once again cast their ballots Sunday in a general election pitting the military-backed ruling conservatives against the poll-leading progressive People's Party and Thaksin Shinawatra's populist…
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Haiti’s transitional council transfers power to US-backed prime minister Fils-Aimé
Haiti’s presidential transitional council on Saturday handed over power to US-backed Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as the country prepares for its first general elections in a decade. The council…
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‘Non-negotiable’: Iran says missiles off the table in talks with the US
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says discussions will remain focused on nuclear issue, not missile programme.
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Trump pushes for peace in Ukraine ‘by June’, Zelensky says
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said Washington has proposed that Russian and Ukrainian negotiators meet in the United States next week to discuss a possible peace deal. “They say…
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