Abbas Ansari, SBSP MLA from Uttar Pradesh, sentenced to two years for hate speech, disqualified from assembly, and seat declared vacant. Abbas Ansari, the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) MLA ...

U.P. MLA Abbas Ansari, son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, has been disqualified as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly after he was convicted in a hate speech case ...

House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas has withdrawn an electoral reform Bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act to provide for a minimum of six years imprisonment against citizens who ...

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas is set to discuss the contentious issue of weapons within Lebanon's “Palestinian refugee camps” during his three-day visit to Beirut ...

While the move does not immediately change the political landscape, it signals that Ramallah is beginning to plan for the day after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who will turn 90 ...

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas appointed a close aide as the first ever vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Saturday (April 26, 2025), positioning him as a ...

The Fatah veteran, who spent more than 10 years in Israeli jails in the 1970s and 1980s, is seen as a successor to Mahmoud Abbas. Sheikh, 64, is a veteran leader of Abbas's Fatah movement ...

The Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee on Saturday night elected Fatah's Secretary-General Hussein al-Sheikh as deputy to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

Palästinenserpräsident Abbas hat seinen engen Vertrauten al-Scheich zu seinem Stellvertreter ernannt. Dieser gilt damit als designierter Nachfolger des 89-Jährigen, der seit 2004 an der Spitze ...

The Palestine Liberation Organization on Saturday announced the appointment of a top aide to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as its first-ever vice president. Hussein al-Sheikh ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a close aide as vice president, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said. Hussein al-Sheikh was named “deputy [vice president] of the ...

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Saturday appointed longtime aide Hussein al-Sheikh as the first-ever vice president of the PLO, a position created two days prior. Seen as paving the way for ...