Politics

According to a military statement cited by Russian state news media, Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov landed in North Korea on Friday. Belousov would speak with many North Korean “military and military-political officials” during his formal...

In an attempt to advance political representation for sexual and gender minorities in the Himalayan country, two transgender candidates are running for office for the first time in Nepal’s local by-elections. Nepal boasts some of the...

Following a campaign characterised by vitriol over the housing and cost-of-living issues, Ireland will vote on Friday with the incumbent coalition parties tied with the opposition party Sinn Fein. Voters will select new representatives for the...

Today, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) hosted the fifth Senior Officials Talk between Bangladesh and Australia. The delegations on each side were led by Sarah Storey, First Assistant Secretary, South and Central...

The White House announced Monday that US President Joe Biden will attend Donald Trump’s January inauguration, citing it as a “commitment to our democratic values” even though Trump did not attend Biden’s own swearing-in. Following his...

Although the troubled chancellor will have a difficult time winning a second term, Olaf Scholz will be formally nominated on Monday to lead his centre-left Social Democrats into Germany’s February emergency elections. Scholz is now the...

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today stated that if a sudden election is held without creating a legal and institutional framework, the core spirit and objectives of the student-public movement will remain at risk. TIB Executive Director...

According to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ottawa is treating the arrest of a former member of Canada’s top special forces in Afghanistan “very seriously” on Saturday. According to Canadian network CTV News, retired soldier David Lavery...

As the Republican president-elect appoints a number of hard-liner and seasoned individuals to his upcoming cabinet, Donald Trump revealed Tuesday that Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, will head a new US “government efficiency”...

Sri Lanka’s new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary seats to a house majority in elections on Thursday. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 55, who...