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Thousands Protest Syrian Army Attacks in Diyarbakir - Turkey

DEM Party MP Ceylan Akca Cupolo chanting slogans during the protest. In Diyarbakir, thousands of people protested the Syrian Army’s attacks on the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods, which are predominantly populated by Kurds. The demonstration, organized following a call by the Democratic Institutions Platform, demanded an immediate halt to the attacks against Kurds and called on the international community and human rights organizations to take action. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Thousands Protest Syrian Army Attacks in Diyarbakir - Turkey

Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Co-Chair Keskin Bayindir delivers a speech. In Diyarbakir, thousands of people protested the Syrian Army’s attacks on the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods, which are predominantly populated by Kurds. The demonstration, organized following a call by the Democratic Institutions Platform, demanded an immediate halt to the attacks against Kurds and called on the international community and human rights organizations to take action. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Principles in Action - panel discussion

Moderator Ms. Katri Makkonen, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Ambassador Jan Braathu, Director of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ms. Maria Telalian and OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Christophe Kamp attend the panel discussion at the Helsinki+50 Conference in Helsinki, Finland on July 31, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Principles in Action - panel discussion

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Ms. Elina Valtonen and OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Feridun H. Sinirlioglu, SCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Ambassador Jan Braathu and Director of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ms. Maria Telalian attend the panel discussion at the Helsinki+50 Conference in Helsinki, Finland on July 31, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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US: Long Lines Formed For Elon Musk’s PAC-Hosted Rally In Pennsylvania

Billionaire Elon Musk pledged to give away $1 million every day until the November election to randomly selected registered voters who sign a petition to "support the Constitution" launched by his pro-Donald Trump America Political Action Committee (PAC). Musk held a rally at the Roxian Theatre in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, October 20, where crowds lined up for blocks, waiting to enter the venue.

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Kamala Harris Thrust Into Spotlight As Biden Bows Out

File photo - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about the Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) report in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The PAVE task force today released an action plan that represents wide-ranging sets of reforms to advance equity in the home appraisal process the White House announced. President Biden announced he was suspending his re-election campaign and putting his faith in Harris. Within hours, the vice-president confirmed her own bid for the White House. “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic party, and unite our nation, to defeat Donald Trump,” Harris said. “We have 107 days until Election Day. Together, we will fight. And together, we will win." Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

File photo - United States Senator Joe Lieberman (Democrat of Connecticut), a candidate for the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination, speaks at the Service Employees International Union 2003 Political Action Conference in Washington, DC on September 8, 2003. - Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish politician to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

File photo - United States Senator Joe Lieberman (Democrat of Connecticut), a candidate for the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination, speaks at the Service Employees International Union 2003 Political Action Conference in Washington, DC on September 8, 2003. - Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish politician to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

File photo - United States Senator Joe Lieberman (Democrat of Connecticut), a candidate for the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination, speaks at the Service Employees International Union 2003 Political Action Conference in Washington, DC on September 8, 2003. - Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish politician to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

File photo - United States Senator Joe Lieberman (Democrat of Connecticut), a candidate for the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination, speaks at the Service Employees International Union 2003 Political Action Conference in Washington, DC on September 8, 2003. - Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish politician to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

File photo - United States Senator Joe Lieberman (Democrat of Connecticut), a candidate for the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination, speaks at the Service Employees International Union 2003 Political Action Conference in Washington, DC on September 8, 2003. - Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish politician to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

File photo - United States Senator Joe Lieberman (Democrat of Connecticut), a candidate for the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination, speaks at the Service Employees International Union 2003 Political Action Conference in Washington, DC on September 8, 2003. - Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish politician to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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S. Korea's opposition party calls on presidential office to immediately verify U.S. eavesdropping report

STORY: S. Korea's opposition party calls on presidential office to immediately verify U.S. eavesdropping report DATELINE: April 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Presidential Office 2. various of the main opposition Democratic Party's meeting STORYLINE: South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Monday urged the presidential office to immediately demand "clear information" from Washington on media reports about alleged attempts by the United States to eavesdrop on the South Korean government. Rep. Park Hong-keun, floor leader of the DP, was quoted by Yonhap news agency as saying that "if the report is true, it would be an action that can never be acceptable between allies of 70 years, and an infringement of sovereignty and diplomatic foul play that breaks the bilateral trust head-on." Park requested the National Assembly to immediately convene meetings of its foreign affairs, intelligence and defense committees to discuss the matter. Lee

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Malaysia election

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - Opposition Democratic Action Party candidate Liew Chin Tong shakes hands with a Chinese resident during his parliamentary election campaign in Kluang, in Malaysia's Johor state on April 30, 2013.

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Ozawa spurns Kan's call to leave DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo after holding a one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Naoto Kan, current head of the DPJ, on Feb. 10, 2011. Ozawa said he was urged by Kan to leave the ruling party following his indictment last week over a funds scandal. DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada said the same day that Ozawa had refused to do so voluntarily and that the party will begin the process of taking punitive action against him on Monday.

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Ozawa spurns Kan's call to leave DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan meets reporters at his office in Tokyo after holding a one-on-one meeting with former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa there on Feb. 10, 2011. Ozawa said he was urged by Kan to leave the ruling party following his indictment last week over a funds scandal. DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada said the same day that Ozawa had refused to do so voluntarily and that the party will begin the process of taking punitive action against him on Monday.

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Ozawa spurns Kan's call to leave DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo for a one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Naoto Kan, current head of the DPJ, on Feb. 10, 2011. Ozawa said after their hourlong meeting he was urged by Kan to voluntarily leave the ruling party following his indictment last week over a funds scandal. DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada said the same day that Ozawa had refused to do so voluntarily and that the party will begin the process of taking punitive action against Ozawa on Monday.

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DPJ to seek to take reins of gov't with victory in election

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Democratic Party of Japan opens a one-day convention in Yokohama on Jan. 16. The party is set to adopt an action policy outlining its intention to take the reins of government by defeating the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the next general election, expected to take place this year.

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Opposition leaders take stand against end to U.S. beef import ban

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa (L) and Japanse Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii look at a sheet of paper during a meeting of four opposition parties held in Tokyo on June 13 oppose an imminent decision by the Japanese government to lift its ban on U.S. beef imports over mad cow disease. The opposition leaders said that such action would be totally politically-motivated and would sacrifice food safety.

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DPJ lawmaker Tsuzuki quits

TOKYO, Japan - Yuzuri Tsuzuki, a member of the House of Representatives from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 2 after tendering his resignation. He took the action after the Supreme Court upheld a lower court's suspended sentences for his aides for violating the election law.

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LDP endorses partial revision of postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) policy chief Taro Aso bears a broad smile as he talks to reporters July 3 after the ruling party endorsed a partial revision of one of key bills on deregulation of postal services. The action has paved the way for enactment of the bills by the July 31 end of the ongoing parliamentary session.

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LDP panel issues warning against Tanaka over campaign speech

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) ethics panel hold a meeting at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 8 to discuss what action to take against Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka for her election campaign speech. The panel issued a warning against Tanaka for remarking in the speech that she did not know the identity of the candidate on whose behalf she was making a pitch in Maebashi on July 28.

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Miyazawa says no plans to take action on forex

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa answers questions by reporters Jan. 10 on the split of a Liberal Democratic Party faction he belongs to. Earlier Miyazawa said he is not planning to take any immediate action in the foreign exchange markets amid a weakening of the yen.

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LDP's Kato explains actions in interview with Kyodo News

TOKYO, Japan - Prime ministerial aspirant Koichi Kato speaks about his course of action in an interview with Kyodo News on Nov. 14. During the session, Kato said he is confident of scoring a last-minute victory in an ongoing power struggle within at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

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Father of boy killed in bizarre Kobe case urges legal curbs on perps’ book publication

Mamoru Hase, father of a schoolboy brutally killed in the 1997 serial murders in Kobe, Japan, submits a written request on July 15, 2015, to House of Representatives member Kunio Hatoyama, head of a project team on the relief of crime victims under the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Research Commission on the Judicial System, calling for legal restrictions on the publication of books by perpetrators. Hase took the action after the publication of a memoir by the killer of Jun Hase, seeking to forestall secondary damage to victims and their families. Date: July 15, 2015,Place: Tokyo, JAPAN

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Opposition Legislative Va Por México Against President Of Mexico

president of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, Jesus Zambrano and Marko Cortes of National Action Party during the presentation of the joint legislative and party agenda of the "Va por México" coalition to confront from the Mexican Congress in the LXV Legislature the authoritarianism and populism of the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. On August 21, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Opposition Legislative Va Por México Against President Of Mexico

Alejandro Moreno Cardenas and Marko Cortes of National Action Party, Jesus Zambrano of the Democratic Revolution Party, speak during the presentation of the joint legislative and party agenda of the "Va por México" coalition to confront from the Mexican Congress in the LXV Legislature the authoritarianism and populism of the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. On August 21, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Opposition leaders take stand against end to U.S. beef import ba

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa (L) and Japanse Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii look at a sheet of paper during a meeting of four opposition parties held in Tokyo on June 13 oppose an imminent decision by the Japanese government to lift its ban on U.S. beef imports over mad cow disease. The opposition leaders said that such action would be totally politically-motivated and would sacrifice food safety. (Kyodo)

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DPJ to seek to take reins of gov't with victory in election

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Democratic Party of Japan opens a one-day convention in Yokohama on Jan. 16. The party is set to adopt an action policy outlining its intention to take the reins of government by defeating the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the next general election, expected to take place this year. (Kyodo)

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DPJ lawmaker Tsuzuki quits

TOKYO, Japan - Yuzuri Tsuzuki, a member of the House of Representatives from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 2 after tendering his resignation. He took the action after the Supreme Court upheld a lower court's suspended sentences for his aides for violating the election law. (Kyodo)

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Edano may take legal action to challenge Fukushima crisis report

Democratic Party Secretary General Yukio Edano attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 17, 2016. Edano said a report on how Tokyo Electric Power Co. handled the Fukushima nuclear disaster is inappropriate as it notes the then TEPCO chief instructed staff not to use the term "core meltdown" in describing the situation in the early days of the crisis due to pressure from the prime minister's office. Edano, then chief Cabinet secretary, said, "We may take legal action to challenge it." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ozawa spurns Kan's call to leave DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo after holding a one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Naoto Kan, current head of the DPJ, on Feb. 10, 2011. Ozawa said he was urged by Kan to leave the ruling party following his indictment last week over a funds scandal. DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada said the same day that Ozawa had refused to do so voluntarily and that the party will begin the process of taking punitive action against him on Monday. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa spurns Kan's call to leave DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan meets reporters at his office in Tokyo after holding a one-on-one meeting with former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa there on Feb. 10, 2011. Ozawa said he was urged by Kan to leave the ruling party following his indictment last week over a funds scandal. DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada said the same day that Ozawa had refused to do so voluntarily and that the party will begin the process of taking punitive action against him on Monday. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa spurns Kan's call to leave DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo for a one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Naoto Kan, current head of the DPJ, on Feb. 10, 2011. Ozawa said after their hourlong meeting he was urged by Kan to voluntarily leave the ruling party following his indictment last week over a funds scandal. DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada said the same day that Ozawa had refused to do so voluntarily and that the party will begin the process of taking punitive action against Ozawa on Monday. (Kyodo)

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Abe urges sticking to diplomatic action on N. Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) attends a meeting with his ruling Liberal Democratic Party's executives in Tokyo on April 17, 2017. Amid heightened tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear program, Abe stressed the importance at a parliamentary committee meeting of responding to North Korea's overtures of military power with diplomatic efforts, apparently cautioning against the use of force. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP endorses partial revision of postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) policy chief Taro Aso bears a broad smile as he talks to reporters July 3 after the ruling party endorsed a partial revision of one of key bills on deregulation of postal services. The action has paved the way for enactment of the bills by the July 31 end of the ongoing parliamentary session.

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Miyazawa says no plans to take action on forex

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa answers questions by reporters Jan. 10 on the split of a Liberal Democratic Party faction he belongs to. Earlier Miyazawa said he is not planning to take any immediate action in the foreign exchange markets amid a weakening of the yen.

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LDP's Kato explains actions in interview with Kyodo News

TOKYO, Japan - Prime ministerial aspirant Koichi Kato speaks about his course of action in an interview with Kyodo News on Nov. 14. During the session, Kato said he is confident of scoring a last-minute victory in an ongoing power struggle within at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).