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In this photo released by Government Spokesman Office, a well-wisher hugs Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha in Samut Songkhram province, Thailand, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Thailand’s highest court is set to rule Wednesday on whether Prayuth has breached ethics clauses in the country’s constitution and should be ousted from his position. (Government Spokesman Office via AP)

Thai prime minister acquitted of ethics breach, retains post

By Grant Peck and Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul - Associated Press

Lesotho's Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, left, and his wife Maesaiah, right are seated in court, in Maseru, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Thabane appeared in court on Monday over the murder of his estranged wife after a weekend in which he was said to be receiving emergency medical care in South Africa. The matter was deferred to the High Court and the prime minister was not formally charged. (AP Photo)

Lesotho court to decide whether PM can face murder charge

By HERBERT MOYO - Associated Press

Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit sits to watch a live television broadcast of a court verdict on whether to dissolute his party at their party's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday ordered the popular opposition Future Forward Party dissolved, declaring that it violated election law by accepting a loan from its leader. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Court in Thailand orders popular opposition party dissolved

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2019, file photo, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, center, leader of the anti-military Future Forward Party is surrounded by his supporters on his arrival at Constitutional Court in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's Constitutional Court on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, acquitted the country's third-biggest political party of seeking the overthrow of the country's constitutional monarchy. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

Thai court acquits opposition party of sedition charge

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2019, file photo, Thailand's Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit talks to his supporters during rally in Bangkok, Thailand. A statement from Thailand's Constitutional Court says it will rule on a sedition case against the popular Future Forward Party that links it to what conspiracy theorists call the Illuminati, which they claim secretly seeks world domination. (AP Photo, File)

Thai court to rule on case linking opposition to Illuminati

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2019, file photo, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, center, leader of the anti-military Future Forward Party is surrounded by his supporters on his arrival at Constitutional Court in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's Election Commission has found Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, that Thanathorn had violated an election law by giving the recently formed party a loan, a ruling that could lead to its dissolution and unsettle the country's political climate. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

Thai election body rules loan to opposition party illegal

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

FILE- In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 file photo, Czech President Milos Zeman arrives for a meeting with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany. The upper house of Czech Parliament has voted Wednesday, July 24, 2019, to bring charges against President Milos Zeman for violating the Constitution.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Czech senators say president violated country’s constitution

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FILE - In this June 18, 2019 file photo, migrants arriving from Guatemala disembark from a raft in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico. Guatemala's office of the presidency said in a Sunday, July 14, 2019 statement that a meeting between Guatemala's President Jimmy Morales and U.S. President Donald Trump would be rescheduled due to legal appeals aimed at preventing Morales from acceding to Trump's requests to allow migrants, including non-Guatemalans, to remain in Guatemala while they apply for U.S. asylum instead of waiting at the Mexico-U.S. border. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Guatemala cancels meeting between Morales and Trump

By SONIA D. PEREZ - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, June 5, 2019 photo, members of the parliament representing military-backed Palang Pracharath party raise their hands approving the nomination of Prayuth Chan-ocha as Thailand's Prime Minister in Bangkok, Thailand. A Thai court said Wednesday, June 26 it will allow 32 pro-military lawmakers to keep their seats while it decides whether they violated election rules by holding shares in media companies, a decision criticized as unfair because the court earlier suspended the leader of the anti-military Future Forward Party, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, over a similar allegation. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thai court lets pro-army lawmakers keep seats during probe

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(First row) President Igor Dodon, Prime Minister Maia Sandu; (Second row) Dodon’s Replacement Pavel Filip and Oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc (SPONSORED)

Will U.S. and Russia agree on something for a change?

By George Petrushevski

FILE - In this March 25, 2019, file photo, Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit attends a press conference at the party's headquarters in Bangkok. The Constitutional Court has accepted a case against Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, who is accused of breaking electoral law by holding shares in a media company. Thanathorn has denied the accusations. Thursday's ruling is likely to increase political tensions. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Thai court blocks anti-junta politician from joining House

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA - Associated Press

A Thai voter with a ballot paper in her hand, poses at a polling station in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, March 24, 2019, during the nation's first general election since the military seized power in a 2014 coup. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Timeline: Key events since Thailand’s last general election

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Pedestrians walk past an election poster promoting members of the Thai Raksa Chart political party in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Feb 13, 2019. The Thai Raksa Chart party, which took the unprecedented and ultimately unsuccessful step of nominating a member of the royal family as its candidate for prime minister, is fighting for its political life as the Election Commission says it has recommended that it be dissolved. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thai party that nominated princess faces court decision

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FILE - This Nov. 23, 2018, file photo shows Felix Tshisekedi of Congo's Union for Democracy and Social Progress opposition party, at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Congo's Constitutional Court early Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, declared the election of Tshisekedi as president, rejecting challenges to the vote by runner-up Martin Fayulu, who had alleged fraud. Tshisekedi, son of the late, charismatic opposition leader Etienne, is now set to be inaugurated on Tuesday.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Congo on brink of 1st peaceful transfer with Tshisekeid win

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO - Associated Press

The Latest: Tshisekedi says his win a victory for all Congo

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 23, 2018, file photo shows Felix Tshisekedi of Congo's Union for Democracy and Social Progress opposition party, at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Congo's Constitutional Court early Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, declared the election of Tshisekedi as president, rejecting challenges to the vote by runner-up Martin Fayulu, who had alleged fraud. Tshisekedi, son of the late, charismatic opposition leader Etienne, is now set to be inaugurated on Tuesday.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Tshisekedi declared Congo’s president, but runner-up revolts

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

Congo Constitutional Court begins election appeal hearing

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and MATHILDE BOUSSION - Associated Press

South Africa poised for cannabis trade despite obstacles

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated March 29, 2018, a Malawian migrant Jonas smokes marijuana on the rooftop of an abandoned building in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. South Africa's Constitutional Court on Tuesday Sept. 18, 2018, upheld a provincial court's ruling for the decriminalisation of marijuana, saying adults can use the drug in private. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen, File)

South African court says marijuana use in private is legal

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Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, second from left, waves to photographers as he is surrounded by security guards before the inaugurating a soccer field in Mixco, Guatemala, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Morales' government will defy a ruling by the country's top court and block the return of Ivan Velasquez, who is leading a U.N.-backed anti-corruption commission. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala govt bars anti-graft chief, defying court ruling

By SONIA PEREZ D. - Associated Press