Ruling Saenuri party splits over Park Geun-hye scandal
Dozens of MPs quit Saenuri Party and vow to start new party that observers say might try to recruit outgoing UN chief.
Dozens of politicians have split from South Korea's ruling party over the corruption scandal involving impeached president Park Geun-hye.
Their move on Tuesday could shape presidential elections that might take place in just months.
The 29 anti-Park MPs who left the Saenuri Party plan to create a new conservative party that observers say might try to recruit outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as its presidential candidate.
'Alt-right' groups will 'revolt' if Trump shuns white supremacy, leaders say
Prominent members of the American far right predict that waning influence on the president-elect could trigger discord and vengeance within the movement
Donald Trump will disappoint and disillusion his far-right supporters by eschewing white supremacy, according to some of the movement’s own intellectual leaders.
Activists who recently gave Nazi salutes and shouted “hail Trump” at a gathering in Washington will revolt when the new US president fails to meet their expectations, the leaders told the Guardian.
Turkish man arrested after saying he wouldn't serve President Erdogan tea
Insulting the president is a crime punishable by up to four years in prison in Turkey
Turkish authorities have arrested the cafeteria manager of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper for insulting the president after he said he would not serve tea to Tayyip Erdogan, one of the manager's lawyers told Reuters on Monday.
One doesn't want to offend the "little turkish dictator" or you'll be imprisoned for life
Egypt sets up govt-picked council to oversee media
CAIRO (AFP) -
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has approved a law to set up a council headed by his appointees that oversees the media and ensures compliance with "national security" requirements.
The law, passed by parliament and published in the official gazette on Monday, mandates the council to investigate media funding and fine or revoke permits of those deemed in violation.
Call it what it really is A media censorship committee The problem with blaming coal country for backing Republicans who will strip their health care
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It’s probably fair to say that liberal political writers don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the details of retired coal miners’ pensions. But in mid-December, the issue became a flashpoint when Markos Moulitsas, the editor and founder of Daily Kos, told his readers not to care what happened to 120,000 coal miners in Appalachia whose pensions and health care are about to expire without federal help.
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