Myanmar junta celebrates itself with military pageant
By Joe STENSON
Naypyidaw, Myanmar (AFP) Mar 27, 2025
Myanmar’s junta chief insisted Thursday that a planned election will go ahead despite the country’s spiralling civil war, in…
Putin calls to remove Zelensky, ‘finish off’ Ukrainian troops
by AFP Staff Writers
Murmansk, Russia (AFP) Mar 28, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Friday for a “transitional administration” to be put in place in Ukraine…
A protester waves a Georgian flag during protests in Tbilisi on December 7, 2024.
Photo: Mikhail Tereshchenko (TASS)
Georgian…
In recent weeks, the United States, Russia, and Ukraine have been sketching out cease-fire frameworks — one aimed at protecting energy infrastructure like power plants and transmission lines and another focused on reducing military activity in…
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is continuing legal action against the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to secure the release of congressionally appropriated funding, it said in a statement on March 28.
USAGM oversees RFE/RL, Voice of…
President Vladimir Putin signed an order on Monday to draft 160,000 men as part of Russia’s biannual conscription drive.
According to the Moscow Times, this year’s spring draft marks Russia’s largest conscription campaign since spring…
In early March, Reuters reported that President Donald Trump is planning to rescind protections granted to migrants who entered the U.S. under Biden-era humanitarian parole programs — including Ukrainian refugees. Now, roughly 240,000…
One week after the Kremlin and the White House announced a deal that aimed to halt fighting between Ukraine and Russia in the Black Sea region – and pave the way for a wider cease-fire — the effort is stumbling.
In fact, the wider attempt to…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday visited Bucha, where Russia’s army is accused of murdering hundreds of civilians three years ago, urging European allies to unite to prevent fresh massacres.
Following Russia’s retreat…
