As Israel continues its war to eliminate Hamas in Gaza, its government is waging a simultaneous battle to root out dissent at home. On Thursday, Israeli authorities detained several high-profile Israeli Arab leaders—among them former parliamentarian Mohammad Barakeh, the chairman of the High Follow-Up Committee, the national representative body of Palestinian citizens of Israel—for organizing … Read more
Prosecutors say a lawmaker with the far-right Alternative for Germany party who was recently elected to the state legislature in Bavaria has been arrested ByThe Associated Press October 30, 2023, 5:51 AM BERLIN — A lawmaker with the far-right Alternative for Germany party who was recently elected to the state legislature in Bavaria was arrested … Read more
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks has received “credible death threats,” she said in a statement on Wednesday, after voting against Representative Jim Jordan for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Jordan, a hardline conservative, was formally nominated by a majority of his party last week but has been unsuccessful … Read more
Comment on this storyComment The lawmaker presiding over Canada’s lower house of Parliament issued an apology Sunday after he said he became aware that the man he had celebrated during a Ukrainian delegation’s visit had served in a notorious Nazi military unit during World War II. Canada’s House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota honored 98-year-old … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch prosecutors demanded a 12-year jail sentence Tuesday for a former Pakistani cricketer accused of incitement to homicide firebrand anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders. The suspect, recognized by Wilders as Khalid Latif, is accused of providing a bounty of some 21,000 euros ($23,000) to anyone who killed Wilders. Latif didn’t seem within … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch prosecutors demanded a 12-year jail sentence Tuesday for a former Pakistani cricketer accused of incitement to homicide firebrand anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders. The suspect, recognized by Wilders as Khalid Latif, is accused of providing a bounty of some 21,000 euros ($23,000) to anyone who killed Wilders. Latif didn’t seem within … Read more