Yemen’s Houthi rebels strike Saudi energy facilities.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group fired missiles and drones at Saudi energy and water desalination facilities, causing a temporary drop in output at a refinery but no casualties, the Saudi energy ministry and state media said on Sunday. Drone strikes hit a petroleum prod…

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Stoltenberg’s NATO term extended by a year.

NATO leaders have agreed to extend by one year Jens Stoltenberg’s term as secretary-general of the alliance to avoid a lengthy leadership debate at a time when Russia’s war on Ukraine poses the biggest security threat in decades. His term was set to expire on 1 October, with…

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First female US secretary of state dies.

Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state and who helped steer Western foreign policy in the aftermath of the Cold War, has died. She was 84 years old. The cause was cancer, Albright's family said in a statement. Albright was a central figure in President…

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Serdar Berdimuhamedov sworn in as Turkmenistan's new president.

Serdar Berdimuhamedov was sworn in as Turkmenistan’s new president on Saturday 19, officially taking the reins of the Central Asian country from his father.  Berdimuhamedov, who was declared the winner of the March 12 presidential election earlier this week, took oath of off…

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Russia announces the arrival of Rossgram.

Russian tech entrepreneurs are set to launch a picture-sharing application on the domestic market to help fill the void left by Instagram, which the authorities blocked this week. The new service, known as Rossgram, will launch on March 28 and have additional functions such …

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Former Pakistani President Rafiq Tarar passes away.

Rafiq Tarar, a veteran Pakistani politician and former Supreme Court judge who served as the country's President from 1997 to 2001, passed away on Monday due to prolonged illness. He was 92. Tarar had served as Pakistan President between 1997 and 2001 after being nominat…

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Former Zambian President Rupiah Banda passes away.

Former Zambian President Rupiah Bwezani Banda, 85, died at home on Friday 11 after a short battle with colon cancer, his family and the presidency said. Banda, Zambia's fourth president who was in power from 2008 to 2011, was diagnosed with cancer two years ago and had b…

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Gabriel Boric font becomes youngest President of Chile.

Gabriel Boric Font has been appointed as the new and 36th President of Chile. The 36-year-old leftist is the youngest leader to hold the office in Chile’s history. He succeeds Sebastián Piñera. Boric will hold the office for the period between 2022-2026. As a student represe…

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Russia issues list of ‘unfriendly’ countries amid Ukraine crisis.

Russia has approved a list of countries and territories taking “unfriendly actions” against Russia, its companies and citizens in the wake of severe economic sanctions over the Ukraine conflict. According to a government statement, the list includes Albania, Andorra, Austral…

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Hungary elects first-ever female president.

The Hungarian parliament has elected Katalin Novak, a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, as the EU member’s first-ever female president.  Novak, who most recently served as a minister for family policy, portrayed her election as a victory for women. She was elected t…

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US journalist and filmmaker Brent Renaud killed in Ukraine.

A US journalist working in Ukraine has been shot dead in the town of Irpin, outside Kyiv, police say. Brent Renaud, 50, was a journalist and filmmaker who was working in the region for Time. Kyiv's police chief Andriy Nebytov said he had been targeted by Russian soldiers.…

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Russia is now the World's Most-Sanctioned Nation.

Russia has vaulted past Iran and North Korea to become the world’s most-sanctioned nation in the span of just 10 days following President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. In a surge of action led by the U.S. and European allies starting Feb. 22, Russia became the target…

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Freedom in the World 2022 Report: Sri Lanka ranked ‘partly free’.

The report titled “Freedom in the World 2022 – The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule” by Freedom House, a US-based NGO that ‘assesses political rights and civil liberties has issued recently. The report used 25 indicators, grouped into the categories of political rights…

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Conservative 'anti-feminist' Yoon Suk-Yeol wins tight South Korean presidential race.

Conservative Yoon Suk Yeol has won South Korea’s presidential election, with the political novice and avowed anti-feminist immediately promising a more hawkish policy on the nuclear-armed North. After a bitter, hard-fought election campaign Yoon, formerly a top prosecutor wh…

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Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on American Supreme Court.

President Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, setting in motion a historic confirmation process for the first Black woman to sit on the highest court in the nation.  She would also be only the sixth woman to serve on the court.  Senate Democratic l…

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U.S. will close its skies to Russian aircraft.

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday 01 March 2022 during his State of the Union address that the U.S. would close its skies to Russian aircraft while promising more pain to Russia and its cadre of oligarchs as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine. The president opened hi…

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World's largest plane destroyed in Ukraine.

The world's largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225, has been destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, generating alarm and sadness among the aviation world in which it occupies almost cult status. The enormous aircraft, named &quo…

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Russian forces enter Ukraine's second-largest city.

Russian forces have moved into Ukraine's second-largest city, resulting in street fighting and damage to Kharkiv's infrastructure. Russian troops had remained on the outskirts of Kharkiv until Sunday, when they moved into the city of 1.4 million people. Videos posted…

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Biden approves $350 million in military aid for Ukraine.

President Joe Biden instructed the U.S. State Department to release up to an additional $350 million worth of weapons from U.S. stocks to Ukraine on Friday as it struggles to repulse a Russian invasion. In a memorandum to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden directed tha…

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Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to “maintain peace”.

Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to “maintain peace” in two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, hours after the Russian president recognised Donetsk and Luhansk as independent entities. In two official decrees, Putin on Monday instructed the country’s defence mini…

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