Politics

Philippine VP Duterte posts bail over 'grave threats' against Marcos

Sara Duterte was charged last month after she claimed to have hired a hitman to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, his wife and a congressman cousin should she be cut down first.

'Bound to breed contempt for law': SC judge on police action at Jantar Mantar protest

The 'grave threat' that landed the Vice President of the Philippines in court

Sarah Duterte has posted bail a day after she was arrested.

White House looking to replace Hegseth deputy Steve Feinberg, sources say

Trump administration denies report; Hegseth was previously said to have blamed Iran war munitions shortages on Feinberg, whose dismissal would be latest Pentagon shake-up The post White House looking to replace Hegseth deputy Steve…

Tetris distances itself from controversial White House 'arcade' games

A block-stacking game called Build the Wall included instructions to "protect the border from the coming horde"

The geotechnical trap inside Nepal’s hydropower tunnels

Nepal Army team at the Rasuwagadhi Hydropower tunnel. On August 26, catastrophic debris flows swept down the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river corridors , exposing severe vulnerabilities in Himalayan hydropower infrastructure. Several projects…

Kwankwasiyya will outlive defectors – Spokesperson

In this interview, Dr. Habibu Saleh Mohammed, spokesperson of the Kwankwasiyya movement and NDC candidate for the Fagge State Assembly constituency in Kano State, insists that defections have not weakened Kwankwasiyya. Looking back, what…

Why we left the movement – Kabiru Kofar Ruwa

Kabiru Adamu Kofar Ruwa, a founding member of Kwankwasiyya and close associate of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for nearly 29 years, recently left the movement and joined the APC. In this interview, he speaks about the predicament of Kwankwasiyya…

Takaichi seen retaining foreign and finance ministers in Cabinet reshuffle

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering keeping Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama in their posts in a Cabinet reshuffle expected for mid-September, sources in the administration said Saturday.

Why do ex-MPs join the 'Chiltern Hundreds' list?

Sir Keir Starmer is the latest person to take the office as a means of resigning as an MP.

Reform promises to increase tax-free personal allowance to £15,000

The party says the tax cut will be paid for by reducing public spending by £80bn.

Why the Bayeux tapestry and Franco-British relations are natural bedfellows

Tapestry’s loan to UK is just another chapter in the love-hate relationship that has spanned the centuries since it was created Five British prime ministers ago – and six French ones – when Emmanuel Macron first confirmed that France would…