Ukraine is facing a complete loss of its sovereignty and, potentially, a merger with Poland, former President Viktor Yanukovych has warned. The ex-president, who was ousted in the 2014 Maidan coup, released an extensive address on Friday in which he shared his thoughts about the roots of the ongoing turmoil …
Read More »Ousted Pakistani PM reveals struggle against ‘foreign conspiracy’
In his first tweet since having lost his seat as Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan pointed the finger at unnamed foreign forces that he alleges meddled in the country’s affairs. The no-confidence vote that ousted him was held early Sunday. “Pakistan became an independent state in 1947; but the freedom …
Read More »Left-wing wife of ousted Honduran leader wins presidential election
Asfura conceded the election after 52% of the counted votes showed Castro had a clear majority of 53% over Asfura’s 34% and he publicly congratulated her victory, saying, “I hope that God illuminates and guides her so that her administration does the best for the benefit of all of us …
Read More »Ousted Afghan President Ghani and family ‘welcomed into UAE on humanitarian grounds’ – FM
“The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation can confirm that the UAE has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds,” the statement, posted to the ministry’s website on Tuesday, read in full. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
Read More »Biden congratulates new Israeli PM Bennett after Netanyahu ousted from power
The congratulations from the White House came shortly after a landmark vote in the Israeli legislature on Sunday. “I look forward to working with Prime Minister Bennett to strengthen all aspects of the close and enduring relationship between our two nations,” Biden said in his message. His administration was “fully …
Read More »Myanmar’s ousted leader Suu Kyi makes 1st in-person appearance in court since coup
The deposed politician also had a face-to-face meeting with her legal team that lasted for about 30 minutes, Suu Kyi’s lawyer Thae Maung Maung told Reuters. The ousted leader “wished people good health,” sending an apparent message to her supporters and her National League for Democracy (NLD) party. “She said …
Read More »Liz Cheney ousted from GOP leadership role, Trump blasts her as ‘bitter, horrible human being’
Cheney, the daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney and a staunch neoconservative, repeatedly found herself at odds with her party colleagues over Trump and his administration’s policies. A majority of House Republicans voted to oust Cheney from her position – which she had held since January 2019 – on …
Read More »Myanmar sees largest protest in over a decade as supporters of ousted civilian leadership demand generals reverse coup
The incident, which reportedly happened in the border town of Myawaddy on Sunday, shows the fragility of the situation. The mass protests – the largest Myanmar has seen since the 2007 crisis – have so far been largely peaceful, but the country remains in a volatile state since the start …
Read More »‘Dumbed-down, less balanced CNN’: Ousted Voice of America director airs trouble with US propaganda service
VOA is “rife” with political bias and staffed by people who engage in advocacy rather than journalism, argued Robert R. Reilly in an opinion piece published by the Washington Times on Thursday. Reilly had led VOA in 2001-2002 and again for a few weeks starting in December 2020, until he …
Read More »Democrat Raphael Warnock has ousted Republican Kelly Loeffler in Georgia Senate race, AP & other major media outlets project
Warnock, a 51-year-old Atlanta pastor, was named as the winner by Associated Press, CBC News, CNN, Edison Research and other major election monitors. Warnock has acknowledged his historic win — the first for a Democratic senatorial candidate in Georgia in two decades — in a livestream address to supporters. “We …
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