Mar 03 Watch 3:14 News Wrap: Haley rebuffs RNC pledge to back Republican presidential nominee In our news wrap Sunday, Haley said she does not feel bound to back the GOP’s eventual presidential nominee, Congressional leaders reached a deal on six spending bills needed to avoid a partial government shutdown, Israel’s military and Gaza health… Continue watching
Mar 03 Sharif becomes Pakistan's new premier as Khan's parliament allies allege election rigging By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Lawmakers in Pakistan’s National Assembly on Sunday elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister for the second time as allies of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan in parliament shouted in protest, alleging rigging in last month’s election. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 3:20 News Wrap: Israel continues bombarding Gaza, 3 first responders fatally shot in Minnesota In our news wrap Sunday, the World Health Organization says southern Gaza’s main hospital is “no longer functional” after an Israeli raid, two police officers and a paramedic died in a shooting in Minnesota, a senior Pakistan official admitted to… Continue watching
Feb 12 Pakistani premier defends delayed election results release, insists vote was fair By Munir Ahmed, Abdul Sattar, Associated Press Anwaarul-Haq-Kakar said it took election authorities only 36 hours to count over 60 million votes while also grappling with attacks by militants. Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch 2:09 News Wrap: Palestinians in Rafah brace for expected Israeli ground assault In our news wrap Saturday, Israel continued bombarding Rafah in southern Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu signaled an impending ground assault, a Russian drone attack killed seven people in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, and a surprising outcome to… Continue watching
Feb 10 Five main takeaways from Pakistan's parliamentary election By Riazat Butt, Associated Press Pakistan's parliamentary election last Thursday was overshadowed by violence, an unprecedented national shutdown of all mobile phone services and allegations of vote rigging. Here are the five things to know. Continue reading
Feb 09 Candidates backed by imprisoned former PM Khan's party take early lead in Pakistan's national election By Riazat Butt, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Candidates backed by Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party had won 85 seats of the 200 National Assembly slots announced by the country's election oversight body by Friday evening. Continue reading
Feb 08 Ex-Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif expresses confidence in vote marred by violence and rival's imprisonment By Riazat Butt, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press A day before the election, at least 30 were killed in bombings at political offices, and sporadic attacks on Thursday appeared aimed at disrupting the balloting. Continue reading
Feb 07 At least 29 are dead after bombings at Pakistani political offices, a day before elections By Abdul Sattar, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press The attacks came the day before the country was set to elect a new parliament and raise concerns for the election in the troubled Western ally, where many voters are already disillusioned by political feuding and a seemingly intractable economic… Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch 6:57 How upcoming elections in South Asia will test democracy in the region By John Yang, Winston Wilde, Azhar Merchant More than 1 billion people are going to the polls in South Asia this year. In a test of democratic values and human rights in the region, voters will choose leaders in five countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, India and… Continue watching