A Russian court has charged four men with acts of terrorism on Sunday. The four men who were from Tajikistan, but had worked in Russia as migrant labourers, according to the New York Times, have been charged with killing 137 people in a concert hall in Moscow on Friday. President Vladimir Putin stated on Monday […]Read More

“If Russia prevails in Ukraine, Global South countries will be the first to experience a spike in violence and cross-border aggressions in their respective regions. For this reason, it makes perfect sense for them to stand behind Ukraine.” That was Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba in an online media interaction from Kyiv.  His message was […]Read More

Houthi Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthis and retaliation by US and allied forces have come as a “double whammy” for India, says Capt. Sarbjeet Singh Parmar, formerly of the Indian Navy and a maritime security specialist. It has caused ships bound for Indian ports to reroute around the Cape of […]Read More

Taiwan has ordered Chinese coast guard ships to “please leave” restricted waters. According to a Reuters report, four Chinese coast guard ships have come to frontlines islands close to Taiwan. “You have entered our country’s restricted waters. Please turn around immediately,” a Taiwan official said via radio in a broadcast message to the Chinese counterparts […]Read More

China is falling behind the US on AI, researchers at the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence told the Chinese premier Li Qiang. According to the South China Morning Post these difficulties were put to the Chinese president as he conducted an inspection tour of the   Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI), a private non-profit organisation […]Read More

Arab-American groups in Chicago have spurned a meeting with the White House, which reached out to them on Thursday. Chicago is a prominent town in Illinois where the Democratic primaries are scheduled to be held next week. In a letter issued to the White House, the groups said there was “no point” in additional meetings […]Read More

President Putin’s approval rating stands at 86% according to the Levada Centre. The centre, which is Russia-based, is considered to be the only independent polling agency in Russia. Russia has been holding presidential polls from May 15 and Putin is expected to comfortably secure another fifth term. The polls will end on March 17. Putin […]Read More

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has stated that scheduled general elections will not happen on May 2 signalling that it might take place later in the year. Speaking to ITV, he confirmed the news. “In several weeks on May 2, we will have elections on local issues, police and crime commissioners, mayors. There won’t be […]Read More

Ukraine has dubbed the elections being held by Russia in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine as “illegal.” A statement issued by the Ukrainian foreign ministry on Friday stated that “holding “elections” of the President of the Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine – the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, […]Read More

Russia has released statistics claiming that nearly 6,000 foreign mercenaries have been killed in the Ukraine war so far. According to the ministry 13,387 “foreign mercenaries” from many countries have fought in Ukraine and Russian forces have killed 5,962 of those volunteer fighters. “The Russian Ministry of Defense continues to track and personally record all […]Read More

Palestinian president Mohamad Abbas has named prime minister Mohamad Mustafa with a mandate to reform the Palestinian Authority (PA) according to the state news agency WAFA. This comes after the US had put pressure on the PA to reform. Mustafa is a US-educated economist from Abbas’s cabinet as it is likely that the president will […]Read More

Japan’s Space One rocket exploded seconds into its launch on Wednesday, according to a Reuters report.  The rocket was carrying a government satellite. “The launch of the first Kairos rocket was executed, but we took a measure to abort the flight,” Space One said in a statement, adding that “details are being investigated.” No casualties […]Read More

The EU has accused Israel of using starvation as a “war arm” in Gaza. EU’s chief diplomat, Josep Borrell told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that the food crisis was “manmade” and that different standards could not be applied to what was happening in Gaza and Ukraine. “Starvation is being used as a war […]Read More

Russia claimed that Moscow’s military has killed 234 Ukrainian-based fighters who were trying to lead an incursion into the country on Tuesday according to an AP report. A Defence Ministry statement blamed the attacks on the “Kyiv regime” and stated that “the Russian military and border forces were able to stop the attackers and avert […]Read More