Politics

Turkish President Erdogan Re-Elected with 52.6 Percent Votes
4Jul By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Asia, International, News, Politics, Turkey

Turkish President Erdogan Re-Elected with 52.6 Percent Votes

Turkish President Erdogan Re-Elected with 52.6 Percent Votes. In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected with a total of 52.59 per cent of votes in the elections on 24 June. This is evident from the final results published today by the High Electoral Council (YSK).   The candidate of the largest opposition party CHP ended with 30.64 percent in second place. The third was Selahattin Demirtas of the pro-Kurdish party HDP (Democratic Party of Peoples), with 8.4 percent of the votes behind his name, posts MAG Mania. The Electoral Commission also published the results of the parliamentary elections. Erdogan's conservative Islamic party AKP (Party of Justice and Development) won 295 seats in parliament, just not a majority. The AKP, however, forms an alliance with the extr...
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Trump puts NATO Under Pressure Over Defence Budget
4Jul By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Europe, International, News, Politics, US

Trump puts NATO Under Pressure Over Defence Budget

Trump puts NATO Under Pressure Over Defence Budget. US President Donald Trump is putting NATO countries under pressure to spend more money on defence, writes Hope News.   At the NATO summit, next week in Brussels, he will tell the participating nations that the United States is not the "biggest piggy bank in the world", his spokesperson said. Yesterday, it was already known through The New York Times that Trump sent several NATO countries, including the Netherlands, a firm letter urging the countries to increase their defence spending to 2 percent of the gross domestic product, as agreed in 2014. In the letter, Trump would implicitly threaten with a reduced US military presence in Europe. Just last week it became known that the Pentagon is investigating the reduction of American ...
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Malaysian Ex-Prime Minister Sued in Corruption Case
4Jul By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Asia, International, News, Politics

Malaysian Ex-Prime Minister Sued in Corruption Case

Malaysian Ex-Prime Minister Sued in Corruption Case. In Malaysia, former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been formally charged with a large-scale corruption case, published by Express Paper.   Najib, who was head of government from 2009 to 2018, is accused of eclipsing about $ 4.5 billion from the 1MDB government investment fund, of which nearly $ 700 million would have gone to his bank account. Najib had to appear before the court in Kuala Lumpur. He charged him three times with abuse of trust and one charge of abuse of power. For each of the charges a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison applies. His lawyer condemns the court's decision as "political revenge". The 64-year-old Najib surprisingly lost on 9 May the elections of his former mentor and former prime minister (1981-2003...
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