Geopolitics & Worlds

Vice president: Gov’t aims to nullify sanctions’ effects (IRNA)

Iranian Vice-President for Economic Affairs Mohsen Rezaei said that one of many objectives of President Ebrahim Raisi’s recent visit to Moscow is to nullify...

As soldiers mutiny in Burkina Faso, government dismisses talk of coup (Thiam Ndiaga and Anne Mimault, Reuters)

Sustained gunfire rang out from military camps in Burkina Faso on Sunday as mutinying soldiers demanded more support for their fight against Islamist militants...

Rival Honduran lawmakers back different congressional heads in dispute with next president (Gustavo Palencia, Reuters)

Honduran lawmakers in rival alliances backed two different people as congressional president on Sunday amid disputes between President-elect Xiomara Castro and dissident members of...

Ecuador to increase police manpower in Guayaquil after killings (Reuters)

Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso said on Sunday he will send an additional 1,100 police officers to coastal Guayaquil and increase military presence there amid...

Taiwan reports new large-scale Chinese air force incursion (Reuters)

Taiwan on Sunday reported the largest incursion since October by China's air force in its air defence zone, with the island's defence ministry saying...

EU ready to impose “never-seen-before” sanctions if Russia attacks Ukraine, Denmark says (Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold, Reuters)

The European Union is ready to impose "never-seen-before" economic sanctions if Russia attacks Ukraine, Denmark's foreign minister said on Monday ahead of a meeting...

Second journalist shot dead in a week in Mexico’s Tijuana (Lizbeth Diaz, Reuters)

A Mexican journalist was shot dead in the northern border city of Tijuana on Sunday, the state government said, becoming the second killed in...

Australia PM Morrison loses control of WeChat Chinese account as election looms (Kirsty Needham and Eduardo Baptista, Reuters)

A little-known Chinese technology company that took over a WeChat social media account set up for Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday...

Burkina Faso President Kabore detained at military camp – sources (Thiam Ndiaga, Reuters)

Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore has been detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers, four security sources and a West African diplomat said...

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