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Myanmar junta chief nears presidency after criticised elections
Bloomberg, Published on 31/03/2026
» Myanmar’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing moved closer to the presidency after a lower house nomination on Tuesday, paving the way for the military to extend its rule following elections criticised by the United Nations and others as a sham.
Ye Win Oo appointed Myanmar's new military chief
Reuters, Published on 30/03/2026
» NAY PYI TAW — Ye Win Oo has been appointed Myanmar's new military chief, military-owned media showed on Monday, as his predecessor Min Aung Hlaing was nominated for a presidential vote in the country's parliament.
Rapper-turned-politician on course for Nepal election triumph
AFP, Published on 07/03/2026
» KATHMANDU - The centrist party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah looked set to win Nepal’s general election by a landslide in parliamentary polls, according to Election Commission trends Saturday, but with counting still far to go.
Venezuela looking to 'new era' after Maduro ouster, says interim leader
AFP, Published on 15/01/2026
» CARACAS - Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez declared Wednesday her country was entering a new era marked by greater tolerance towards political rivals, following the US ouster of her former boss Nicolas Maduro.
Pacts, patronage and fear: how Myanmar junta chief keeps power
Devjyot Ghoshal and Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters, Published on 13/01/2026
» His name is not on the ballot, and his photographs don’t appear on campaign posters. But one man looms large over the general election under way in Myanmar: junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.
Trump condemned for saying critical filmmaker brought on own murder
AFP, Published on 16/12/2025
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Donald Trump faced a storm of condemnation on Monday after posting "perverse" and "sick" remarks suggesting Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered because of the celebrated filmmaker's criticism of the US president.
Serbia marks first anniversary of deadly train station collapse
AFP, Published on 01/11/2025
» NOVI SAD, Serbia - Thousands of people gathered in Serbia’s second-largest city Novi Sad on Saturday to commemorate the victims of a fatal railway station roof collapse, marking a year since the tragedy that sparked the biggest protests in decades.
The US standoff with Venezuela: what we know
AFP, Published on 25/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has ordered a major military buildup in Latin America that he says is to combat drug trafficking, but which his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro fears is aimed at regime change in Caracas.
French premier resigns after Macron’s cabinet gamble backfires
Bloomberg, Published on 06/10/2025
» Sebastien Lecornu unexpectedly resigned as France’s prime minister on Monday, blaming the intransigence of the groups in the country’s fractured parliament and deepening a national political crisis.
Error 404: 48 hours of confusion in Afghanistan during internet blackout
AFP, Published on 03/10/2025
» KABUL — Paralysed banks, grounded planes and chaotic hospitals: for two days, life ground to a halt in Afghanistan after the Taliban unexpectedly cut off the internet and phone networks.