Politics

US peace envoys Witkoff and Kushner to visit Kyiv and Moscow with plan to 'end war'

The announcement came as Russian strikes on Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region killed four overnight, per local authorities.

The two-year trail of financial controversy dogging Reform and Farage

Six claims the party has faced – from an undisclosed £5m gift to an alleged plot to bypass election laws As Reform UK’s annual conference unfolded in Birmingham, the party was once again facing heightened scrutiny over its finances. Two…

'Cracked skull' wasn't all: In eye of storm, 'influencer' Swatantra Bhardwaj

Social media influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj was detained after a video of him boasting went viral. He claimed to have assaulted a protester's father, causing severe injuries requiring many stitches. Bhardwaj's online presence featured…

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.