Myanmar: UN report finds increase in opium cultivation under junta
Jan 27, 2023 10:09 am UTC| Politics
Myanmar has been in a state of unrest for nearly two years since the generals seized power in a coup that overthrew the elected government. A report found that opium cultivation in the country increased under the junta...
NATO chief expects allies to raise defense spending target
Jan 27, 2023 10:02 am UTC| Politics
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he is expecting the alliances member countries to raise their current defense spending target of two percent of its national output. The move is expected to happen during the...
Iran: UK PM Sunak says Tehran must answer for execution of British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari
Jan 27, 2023 10:01 am UTC| Politics
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Iran must give answers regarding the execution of British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari. Sunak said Tehran must provide Akbaris family with answers related to his death and his...
Ukraine war: why Zelensky's corruption purge could be key to the outcome of the conflict
Jan 26, 2023 12:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has announced a sweeping clear-out of senior national and regional government officials and the appointment of a new supervisory board for the state-owned natural gas giant,...
Jan 26, 2023 12:04 pm UTC| Politics
President Joe Biden announced on Jan. 25, 2023, that the U.S. would send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyys repeated requests for more military tanks to help wage its war...
Beirut port disaster: former Lebanon prime minister charged with homicide
Jan 26, 2023 12:01 pm UTC| Politics
The investigation into the Beirut port explosion has taken a new turn, with the judge overseeing the probe charging a former prime minister and two other former ministers with homicide with probable intent. The...
Jan 26, 2023 11:59 am UTC| Politics
Dante was the founder of right-wing thinking in our country. So proclaimed Italys culture minister, Gennaro Sangiuliano, at an electoral meeting of the prime minister Giorgia Melonis party, Fratelli dItalia, in...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight