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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - May 2017

May 2017

Dec 14, 2018

Theresa Not to Contest 2022 Election

British Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed that she will step down before the country holds its next scheduled national election in 2022.
Earlier this week May survived a no-confidence vote among her Conservative Party lawmakers, triggered by unhappiness in the party at the way she is handling Brexit.
She secured victory by 200 votes to 117 after telling lawmakers at a private meeting that she would hand over power to another Conservative leader before the next election.

Dec 13, 2018

Ranil Wickremesinghe Won Confidence Vote

The former Sri Lankan Prime Minister whose October sacking by the President precipitated a political crisis won a confidence vote in Parliament.
Ranil Wickremesinghe received 117 votes in favor in the 225-member legislative body. The result is expected to increase pressure on President Maithripala Sirisena to reappoint Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister.
Sirisena has vowed not to reappoint him despite criticism that such refusal is against the Constitution.

Theresa May Won Crucial Confidence Vote

British Prime Minister Theresa May won a crucial vote of confidence in her leadership, with 200 votes cast in favour of her and 117 against, out of a total of 317 of her Conservative Party MPs.
The verdict of the confidence vote was formally announced by Graham Brady, Chair of the 1922 Committee made up of Tory backbenchers, who revealed that the Parliamentary Party has confidence in Theresa May as leader of the Conservative Party.

Dec 12, 2018

Countries that Violate Religious Freedom

Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia are among countries added to a US blacklist of nations that violate religious freedom.
Pompeo designated Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan as "Countries of Particular Concern" in a congressionally mandated annual report.

Brexit Renegotiation Ruled Out

Prime Minister Theresa May sought Angela Merkel's support to save her floundering Brexit deal but the European Union ruled out renegotiating the divorce treaty, after May postponed a parliamentary vote she admitted she would lose.

Dec 11, 2018

Armenia's PM Bloc Wins

The electoral bloc of Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan won a landslide victory in the snap parliamentary elections, which were triggered by the reformist leader seeking to cement his political authority in the post-Soviet country.
According to results from 90 per cent of precincts, the bloc led by Pashinyan's Civil Contract Party had 70.45 per cent of the vote, and trailing in distant second place with 8.37 per cent was the Prosperous Armenia Party.

Dec 10, 2018

Maldives Applies to Rejoin Commonwealth

The Maldives has applied to rejoin the Commonwealth, reversing a policy of isolation under leader Abdulla Yameen.
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, wrote to the 53-member bloc seeking readmission two years after Mr. Yameen pulled the atoll nation out of it.

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