Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (November 19, 2024) approved an updated nuclear doctrine, saying that Russia could consider using nuclear weapons if it was subject to a conventional missile assault on it supported by a nuclear power. The decision to change Russia’s official nuclear doctrine is … Read more
Germany and Finland say they are “deeply concerned” after an undersea cable linking the countries was severed. The rupture of the 1,170km (730-mile) telecommunications cable – which is being investigated – comes at a time of heightened tension with Russia. The two countries’ foreign ministers said in a joint statement: “Our European security is not … Read more
A woman is taken away by police to search outside the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts building, before the sentencing against the 45 convicted pro-democracy activists charged under the national security law, in Hong Kong, China November 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Dozens of prominent activists were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday … Read more
Alok Kumar Kanungo Naga human remains, including skulls, were taken out of India by European colonial administrators Last month, Ellen Konyak was shocked to discover that a 19th-Century skull from the north-eastern Indian state of Nagaland was up for auction in the UK. The horned skull of a Naga tribesman was among thousands of items … Read more
Hezbollah, a heavily armed movement backed by Iran, endorsed its long-time ally Berri to negotiate over a ceasefire. | Photo Credit: Reuters “Lebanon and Hezbollah have agreed to a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire with Israel with some comments on the content,” a top Lebanese official told Reuters on Monday (November 18, 2024), describing the … Read more
Reuters President Joe Biden’s apparent green light for Ukraine to strike Russia with US-made long-range missiles has caused consternation among some of Donald Trump’s allies. Trump himself has not commented, but he won the election after promising to end the war – and several people close to him have condemned the move as dangerous escalation. … Read more
Police personnel escort detainee Zunaid Ahmed Palak (C), former junior Information Technology Minister and a member of Bangladesh’s ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party, to the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) court in Dhaka on November 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Thirteen Bangladeshi former top government officials arrested after the revolution … Read more
A 21-year-old has become the latest Ugandan TikToker to be sent to prison after creating a video that was said to insult President Yoweri Museveni. Emmanuel Nabugodi appeared for the sentencing on Monday after pleading guilty last week to four charges, including hate speech and spreading malicious information about the president. He was sentenced to … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi watches as Brazilian Vedic scholars chant Vedic mantras on his arrival, at a hotel in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian community in Brazil on Monday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Sanskrit chants after his arrival here. Cultural performances were also held to welcome him … Read more
TT News Agency/AFP The new version of Sweden’s pamphlet “If the crisis or war comes” will reach letterboxes from Monday On Monday, millions of Swedes will start receiving copies of a pamphlet advising the population how to prepare and cope in the event of war or other unexpected crises. “If crisis or war comes” has … Read more