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Thailand election explained: Why Sunday’s vote is historic with young progressive leader ahead in polls

Military-appointed Senate will play no role in choosing the next prime minister as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to move on from a prolonged period of political and strategic instability, Shweta Sharma writes

The Independent UK

Why do South African teachers still threaten children with a beating? A psychologist explains

Corporal punishment – usually referring to adults hitting children – was abolished in South Africa in 1997. The Constitutional Court had already ruled it incompatible with the bill of rights in 1995. In that judgement, the chief justice said that in his view, “juvenile whipping is cruel, it is inhuman…

The Conversation

South Korea's Constitutional Court removes police chief over martial law involvement

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has formally removed the country’s impeached police chief

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Austria's parliament passes law banning headscarves for schoolgirls under age of 14

Critics say the law could fuel anti-Muslim sentiment and a similar proposal to ban head coverings for girls in 2020 was rejected by the Constitutional Court because it targeted only Muslims.

Euronews

Touadéra says peace deals are proof of progress as CAR readies for election

The Central African Republic is approaching a key election next month, with President Faustin-Archange Touadéra running for a third time under a new constitution that removed term limits. Speaking to RFI in Bangui, he says his country has made real progress – from peace deals with armed groups to the…

Radio France Internationale

Portugal's parliament approves amended foreigners' law with far right support

The law was passed by the centre-right parliamentary majority after the Constitutional Court rejected the original text in July, judging it as being overly severe on family members of immigrants who wanted to join them.

Euronews

South Africa rules law banning a husband from taking wife’s family name is unconstitutional

The decision was met with mixed reactions

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Thailand has another new prime minister and an opening for progress. But will anything change?

Thai politics is often chaotic. But this past week has been especially tumultuous, even by Thailand’s standards.

The Conversation

Acting Thai Government Moves To Dissolve Parliament

Thailand's acting prime minister has moved to dissolve parliament, his party said Wednesday, after the largest opposition party backed a rival candidate to lead the country.

International Business Times

Thailand Power Vacuum Will 'Not Affect' Border Security: Defence Ministry

Thailand's lack of a formal government will not affect border security with Cambodia, the defence ministry said Saturday, as the kingdom scrambles to fill a power vacuum following the dismissal of the prime minister by the Constitutional Court.

International Business Times

Paetongtarn Shinawatra: Glamorous Thai PM Felled By Cambodia Row

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, scion of Thailand's most enduring and controversial political dynasty, was touted as the youthful, glamorous future of the movement, capable of winning over a new generation of voters.

International Business Times

Thai Court To Rule On PM's Fate After Cambodia Phone Call Row

Thailand's Constitutional Court began delivering its verdict Friday on suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who could be thrown out of office over her handling of the country's border row with Cambodia.

International Business Times

Suspended Thai PM In Court For Case Seeking Her Ouster

Thailand's suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrived at court on Thursday to testify in a case seeking to remove her from office over her handling of the kingdom's border row with Cambodia.

International Business Times

Kosovo court faces deadline to end six-month parliamentary deadlock

Kosovo's Constitutional Court must clarify the voting method for the parliament speaker by next Friday, after numerous failed attempts and an ongoing political standoff.

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German Court Rejects Yemenis' Claim Over US Strikes

Germany's highest court on Tuesday threw out a case brought by two Yemenis seeking to sue Berlin over the role of the US Ramstein airbase in a 2012 drone attack, ending a years-long legal saga.

The Independent UK

South Korean court approves arrest of former President Yoon Suk Yeol over martial law decree

A South Korean court has approved the arrest of former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges related to his brief imposition of martial law in December, accepting a special prosecutor’s claim that he poses a risk of destroying evidence

International Business Times

Thailand Set For Another Acting PM After Cabinet Reshuffle

Thailand's king is scheduled Thursday to swear in a new cabinet in a reshuffle that will see a third person in a week take on the role as the country's prime minister.

International Business Times

Thai Veteran Politician Set For Single Day As Acting PM

Thailand's acting prime minister is set to helm the country for only one full day Wednesday, standing in for suspended premier Paetongtarn Shinawatra before being replaced himself in a cabinet reshuffle.

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Why Paetongtarn Shinawatra was removed as Thailand’s PM and what it means for fragile political landscape

Court ruling follows leaked call with Hun Sen as tensions rise over deadly clash and historic land claims

Bangkok Post

Court suspends PM Paetongtarn

The Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty pending its consideration of the case against her involving a controversial phone conversation with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.

International Business Times

Thailand's Ruling Political Dynasty Faces Day Of Legal Peril

Thailand's ruling political dynasty faces fresh legal peril Tuesday with Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra risking suspension from office by the Constitutional Court, and her ex-premier father's separate royal defamation trial due to start.

Al Jazeera

Thailand protesters demand PM’s resignation over leaked call with Hun Sen

Hundreds of protesters gather in Bangkok to demand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s resignation.

The Independent UK

Protesters gather in Bangkok to demand Thai prime minister's resignation over leaked Cambodia call

Hundreds of protesters have gathered in Thailand’s capital demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra

The Independent UK

Polls show clear favourite emerging in race to become South Korea’s next president

Race to replace impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol is heating up, with a left-leaning candidate ahead in polls

Euronews

Nicușor Dan sworn in as Romania's president easing country's political crisis

The May election rerun was held months after the Constitutional Court voided the previous election in which the far-right outsider Călin Georgescu led the first round, following allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference.

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