#separatism

#separatism

In January, Alberta premier Danielle Smith issued an extraordinary threat. Unless Prime Minister Mark Carney gave Alberta more influence over judicial appointments, her government would withhold funding from the courts. In an open letter, Smith argued she wanted judges who reflected Alberta's "distinct legal traditions"-though what those traditions are is unclear.

W hen does a separatist movement become a threat to Canada's national security? This is a question hanging in the air in Alberta. People are asking how it can possibly be that the very same individuals who are leading the separatist movement can also be three meetings deep into a relationship with senior officials of the Donald Trump administration in Washington, with a fourth scheduled for this month.

An ally former Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik won a snap presidential election in Bosnia and Herzegovina's Serb-majority Republika Srpska, preliminary results from the election commission showed on Sunday. "According to preliminary, unofficial and incomplete results, Sinisa Karan won 50.89% of the votes," Jovan Kalaba, the commission's president, said at a news conference. Karan from the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) previously served as minister of internal affairs and was considered Dodik's right-hand man.

Pakistan's military claims to have killed 33 fighters who attempted to infiltrate Balochistan from Afghanistan, labeling them as Indian-sponsored separatists without offering evidence.

Eyewitnesses described gunmen dressed in military-style uniforms emerging from nearby forests and attacking Baisaran meadow, a popular hiking spot in southern Anantnag.