Georgia's ruling party will ask the Constitutional Court to ban the three largest opposition parties, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in what would mark a sharp escalation in the drift towards authoritarian rule in the EU candidate nation.

Imprisoned Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu said he’s been placed in isolation as the country prepares to hold an election from which opponents of President Samia Suluhu Hassan have been barred.

Coastal Republicans in the past have mounted stiff opposition to drilling off their coastlines, especially in states like Florida and South Carolina, where tourism is a major draw. Opposition only grew after the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010, which spilled millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf.

Over a dozen Arizona cities’ Chamber of Commerce organizations signed on to show their support for BNSF Railway’s proposed $3.2 billion railway hub northwest of Phoenix.

The trade body for the UK's solar power industry says Derbyshire County Council's opposition to solar farms on agricultural land is based on ideas which sometimes "are at a tangent to reality". Councillors voted overwhelmingly this month to oppose solar projects on farmland across Derbyshire calling them "Chinese-manufactured eco deserts".

A Turkish court has dismissed a case challenging the legitimacy of the main opposition party's 2023 internal election.

A Turkish court issued a fresh arrest order for Istanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Monday on suspicion of "political espionage", marking a new stage in an unprecedented crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's opponents.

The professionalization of local politics will be costing the public purse more money next year as the government has agreed to create a new budget item to support the official opposition.

City leaders in Shafter held a public meeting with the California High-Speed Rail Authority to discuss proposed changes and improvements within the city.