An official shows how to use a voting machine for future elections in Yangon on September 5, 2023. File | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar’s junta said Monday (August 18, 2025) that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control and … Read more
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro. File | Photo Credit: AP White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said India’s purchases of Russian crude were funding Moscow’s war in Ukraine and had to stop, adding that New Delhi was “now cozying up to both Russia and China.” “If India wants to be treated as a strategic … Read more
A toy lies with debris on the ground at the site of an overnight Russian air attack on a residential area, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in a location given as Kharkiv, Ukraine in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on August 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters/Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office A Russian … Read more
Alaska Summit: Trump, Putin fail to reach deal to end Ukraine war in first meeting since conflict began President Donald Trump failed to secure an agreement from Vladimir Putin on Friday (August 15, 2025) to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, falling short in his most significant move yet to stop the bloodshed, even after rolling … Read more
Election workers arrange boxes of ballots at the counting center of the Departmental Electoral Tribunal (TED) following the general election for president and members of Congress, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, August 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Early results show Bolivia’s presidential vote headed for first-ever runoff between centrist and right-wing candidates. Center-right Senator Rodrigo … Read more
Secretary of State Marco Rubio. File | Photo Credit: AP The United States will keep trying to create a scenario to help end Russia’s war with Ukraine, but that might not be possible, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told CBS on Sunday (August 17, 2025). “If peace is not going to be possible here … Read more
After a lacklustre campaign overshadowed by a looming economic collapse, millions of Bolivians voted on Sunday (August 17, 2025) for a new President and parliament in elections that could see a right-wing government elected for the first time in over two decades. The vote, which could spell the end of the Andean nation’s long-dominant leftist … Read more
More than 40 people were missing in a boat accident in Nigeria after a boat conveying 50 persons to a popular market in northwest Sokoto State capsized on Sunday (August 17, 2025), the country’s emergency agency said. The passengers were travelling to Goronyo market, a popular food produce market in the State, when the boat … Read more
A passenger watches as picketing Air Canada flight attendants remained on strike past the deadline in a government-backed labour board’s order to return to work, causing the country’s biggest airline to delay restarting operations at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, August 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Air Canada said it suspended … Read more
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends a signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding for investment in Syria, in Damascus, Syria. | Photo Credit: Reuters Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa [Muhammad al-Jolani] has said the battle to unify his country after years of civil war “should not be with blood”, rejecting any partition and accusing Israel of … Read more
