TEHRAN, June 28 - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his government alliance partner have agreed not to extend emergency rule when the current three-month period expires in July, the pro-government Sabah newspaper said on Thursday.
TEHRAN, June 08 - Turkey's state of emergency , in place since a failed coup two years ago, could be lifted after elections this month, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday.
TEHRAN, March 22 - Maldives President Abdulla Yameen lifted a 45-day state of emergency on Thursday imposed amid political upheaval on the Indian Ocean island chain.
TEHRAN, March 20 - The United Nations has called on Ankara to end a state of emergency in place in the country since 2016, saying it has led to “massive and serious” rights violations in the southeastern Kurdish-majority areas.
TEHRAN, March 2 - Ethiopian lawmakers have approved the state of emergency announced by the government last month to control continuing anti-government protests in various parts of the country.
TEHRAN, January 21 - Jamaica has declared a state of emergency in the island's second city Montego Bay, where authorities are battling to stem a wave of killings.
TEHRAN, August 28 - US President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency for Louisiana as the state braces for flooding from the powerful Hurricane Harvey approaching from neighboring Texas, where it has killed several people and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents.
TEHRAN, July 18, YJC - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir declared a three-month state of emergency in his home state, where clashes have raged for months between clan-based militias, the government spokesman said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, July 17, YJC - The government in Turkey has asked parliament to extend the state of emergency , which was first imposed almost a year ago in the wake of an abortive coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
TEHRAN, April 11, YJC - Egypt's parliament on Monday approved the government’s proposal for a three-month state of emergency across the country. As our correspondent Mohamed Shalaby reports from Cairo, the measures are meant to help authorities root out terror groups especially Daesh.
TEHRAN, March 30, YJC - Ethiopia’s parliament has renewed a state of emergency that came into force last year following massive anti-government protests in the Horn of Africa country.
Turkey's parliament will this week debate and then vote on extending emergency rule by a further three months, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said in a speech to his ruling AK Party deputies on Tuesday.