World Politics
Will 2024 Be the New 1933?
Just imagine the world a year from now, with disinformation having taken down democratic majorities around the world.
The sun also rises
Those of us who thought the sickness trail of the pandemic was over have a rude awakening. The world is getting sicker by the day.
Malaysians vote in cliffhanger election as politicians say phones jammed
Malaysian politicians from both government and opposition camps complains of "dirty tricks" after voting in a general election begins on Wednesday, as non-stop spam calls to their mobile phones disruptes communications with party organisers.
New York state attorney general resigns after report he abused women
New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigns on Monday after allegations of physical abuse by four women are reported in an article in the New Yorker magazine.
Rouhani says plans in place for any Trump decision on nuclear deal
President Hassan Rouhani says on Sunday Iran has plans to respond to any move by US President Donald Trump on the 2015 nuclear agreement and the United States would regret a decision to exit the accord.
Polls open in Lebanon's first general election in 9yrs
Polling booths open in Lebanon today for the country's first parliamentary election in nine years, a period marked by stretches of political paralysis and war in neighbouring Syria.
Disarray grips Brazil over impeachment
The Brazilian Senate vows to vote on the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff despite a ruling that a vote in the lower house was flawed.
Sadiq Khan becomes London's first Muslim mayor
Sadiq Khan is elected London mayor, the first Muslim mayor of a European Union capital, in a boost for the opposition Labour Party.
Anger, sanctions threats greet NKorea rocket launch plans
South Korea and Japan echo US warnings that North Korea would pay a heavy price if it pushes ahead with a planned rocket launch just weeks after conducting its fourth nuclear test.
North Korea 'executed 15 people'
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un orders the execution of 15 people this year, including several top officials, South Korean intelligence says.
Palestinian shot dead by Israeli troops
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the military and a Palestinian hospital
Challenging disorder
A few years after World War II, when the North Atlantic Treaty was ratified in the United States and our relationship with Europe was cemented, President Harry Truman said simply: “The more closely the nations of the Atlantic community can work together for peace, the better for all people, everywhere.”
