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As South Korea’s impeached president Yoon awaits fate, his party sees signs of revival

SEOUL, Jan 9 : A prolonged period of uncertainty over the fate of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ...

Lebanon’s army chief elected president, showing regional shifts

BEIRUT, Jan 9: Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with ...

Attack on Chad's presidential palace leaves 19 dead

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An attack on Chad's presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three ...

Lebanon set to finally elect president after 2-year vacancy

Observer Online Desk

Lebanese lawmakers are expected to finally elect a president Thursday after more than two years of deadlock, in a much-needed ...

Sri Lanka president to visit China ahead of budget

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Sri Lanka's president will travel to the island's largest bilateral lender China next week ahead of his first national budget, ...

Sri Lanka president to visit China

COLOMBO, Jan 7: Sri Lanka's president will travel to the island's largest bilateral lender China next week ahead of his ...

IU Shibir gets new president, secy

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The Islamic University (IU) unit of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir has announced its new president and secretary on Sunday..A Facebook ...

S Korea's presidential security chief defies Yoon arrest bid as deadline looms

Yoon ignored cabinet opposition to martial law: Prosecutors

SEOUL, Jan 5: The chief of security for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Sunday he could not ...

S Korea investigators ask acting president to clear way for Yoon's arrest

SEOUL, Jan 4: South Korean investigators again asked the country's acting president on Saturday to order the presidential security service ...

S Korean presidential guards prevent arrest of impeached Yoon after tense stand-off

SEOUL, Jan 3: South Korea's presidential guards and military troops prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on ...

Muhib, Mostafizur new JU Shibir president, secy

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Muhibur Rahman Muhib and Mostafizur Rahman have been elected as president and general secretary of the Jahangirnagar University unit of ...

Farhad, Mohiuddin new DU Shibir president, secy

Observer Online Report

SM Farhad and Mohiuddin Khan have been elected as president and general secretary of the Dhaka University unit of Islami ...

Yoon Vows To 'Fight Until End'

South Korea's impeached president resists arrest over martial law bid

SEOUL, Jan 2: Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol remained defiantly inside his residence resisting arrest for a third ...

Bring former chief justice SK Sinha back to country: SCBA president

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Supreme Court Bar Association president Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon has demanded to bring former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha ...

South Korea's impeached president resists arrest over martial law bid

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Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol remained defiantly inside his residence resisting arrest for a third day on Thursday ...

Estonian ex-president Arnold Ruutel dies at 96

Observer Online Desk

Former Estonian president Arnold Ruutel, seen as one of the fathers of the country's return to independence in 1991, has ...

South Korea's presidential aides offer to resign amid political crisis

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Senior aides to South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol offered to resign en masse on Wednesday, a day after ...

UNGA president pledges all-out UN support to resolve Rohingya crisis

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The president of the UN General Assembly (PGA) and also the convenor of International Conference on the Rohingya Crisis has ...

Zahidul, Saddam new president, secy general of Islami Chhatra Shibir

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Zahidul Islam and Nurul Islam Saddam have been elected president and secretary general of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir respectively. They have ...

South Korea court issues arrest warrant for president Yoon

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A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for impeached, suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, investigators said Tuesday, over ...

Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100

Biden declares Jan 9 national day of mourning for Jimmy Carter

ATLANTA, Dec 30: Tributes poured in Monday for Jimmy Carter, the former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose ...

Mehedi president, Mamun secretary of JUJA

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Mehedi Mamun of Daily Bonik Barta and Abdullah Al Mamun of Prothom Alo have been elected as the president and ...

Ex-US president Jimmy Carter dies

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Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to ...

Impeached South Korean president defies summons third time in a row

SEOUL, Dec 29: South Korea's suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol refused a summons to appear for questioning on Sunday, the ...

Georgia's new president sworn in amid political showdown

TBILISI, Dec 29: Georgia inaugurated a far-right governing party loyalist as president Sunday, escalating a political showdown moments after his ...

Putin apologises to Azerbaijani president for 'tragic' plane crash

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the ...

Panama president rules out talks with Trump over canal threat

PANAMA CITY, Dec 27: Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday ruled out negotiations with US President-elect Donald Trump over ...

S Korean lawmakers impeach second president in two weeks

SEOUL, Dec 27: South Korean lawmakers impeached acting president Han Duck-soo on Friday, sinking the country even deeper into political ...

German president dissolves parliament, sets Feb 23 election date

BERLIN, De 27: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved parliament on Friday and confirmed the expected February date for an early ...

South Korea's acting president impeached

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South Korea's parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday, less than two weeks after suspending President Yoon Suk Yeol's ...