Bright future predicted for Sobchak but her political programme is seen as close to Kremlin’s due to family connections. Moscow, Russia – Ksenia Sobchak, a Russian presidential candidate, has announced the creation of a new party called the Party of Changes. The announcement was made during a pre-election rally, attended by a few thousand supporters, at the Adrenaline Stadium  here […]

Right-wing party leader says change long overdue; party must meet new aspiration of governing, not protesting. France’s National Front leader Marine Le Pen revealed plans to change her party’s name in what observers said was an attempt to part ways with her father and party founder’s racist-laden legacy. Le Pen – who ran unopposed and […]

Authorities in the breakaway region free two Georgians after 18-day detention but keep the body of a third who died. Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia region released two Georgians who were detained for “genocide” while holding on to the body of a third after weeks of international criticism. Levan Kutashvili and Ioseb Pavliashvili – residents of […]

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP 11 for short, is being hailed as countering increasingly protectionist policies of the United States. A revised Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement has been signed between 11 countries, in what’s been hailed as a powerful move against protectionism. The revised deal will reduce tariffs for these countries, and connect economies worth […]

Al Jazeera journalist now has been detained for 447 days in Egypt without charge. An Egyptian court in Cairo renewed the detention of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein who has now spent 447 days in prison without charge. Judge Hussein Qandeel of the 23rd Circuit Criminal Court granted the jail extension for the twelfth time on […]

A suspect has been arrested in connection with what police called a “violent, random assault” in southeast Edmonton that has sent a 65-year-old man to hospital in life-threatening condition. Officers were called to 48 Street and 22 Avenue in the community of Pollard Meadows at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the Edmonton Police Service said in […]

Statement follows the release of images by Amnesty International, which appear to show razed Rohingya villages being cleared to make way for military use, casting doubt on Myanmar’s plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees. The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Myanmar has said the Rohingya crisis in Rakhine “bears the hallmarks of genocide”. Yeehang […]

What should Russia and the world expect in the next six years? On Friday, Russia’s Central Electoral Commission released the final results of this week’s presidential elections, making Vladimir Putin’s landslide victory official. The Russian president, who won 76.69 percent of the vote, will be inaugurated for a fourth term in May. “In the coming six […]

Theresa May unveils range of responses to ‘attempted murder’ of ex-double agent and his daughter in southern England. The UK will expel 23 Russian diplomats over the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the single biggest expulsion in more than 30 years. Russia responded on Wednesday by calling London’s […]

El-Sisi is set to win a second term in this month’s election after key rivals were arrested or forced to pull out. Egyptian MPs are debating a proposal to give students extra credit for partaking in upcoming elections amid expectations of a low turnout in this month’s presidential election. The idea was put forward by […]