Venezuela: Caracas recalls ambassador to Brazil over BRICS snub

Vezuela has pulled its ambassador from Brazil in a spat over Caracas’s failed recent bid to join the BRICS alliance of major developing nations.Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry announced the diplomatic punch…

Lebanon: Hezbollah says will only accept ‘suitable’ truce

 Hezbollah’s leader, Naim Qassem, says that the group will keep fighting in its war with Israel until it is offered ceasefire terms it deems acceptable, as Israeli forces bombarded the…

Russia: President Putin carries out massive nuclear strike test

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has launched an exercise of the country’s nuclear forces featuring missile launches in a simulation of a retaliatory strike amid soaring tensions with the West over…

USA: Trump capitalises on Biden calling Americans ‘garbage’

Trump learned about the Joe Biden footage while he was on stage in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with Senator Marco Rubio and immediately referenced Hillary Clinton’s 2016 remark calling some Trump supporters…

Iran: Tehran to increase military budget by 200 %

 Iran plans to triple its military budget, a government spokeswoman has said, as tensions with rival Israel rise amid the Israeli military’s offensives in Gaza and Lebanon. The planned defence budget…

Belgium: EU hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs up to 45.3%

The European Union has decided to sharply raise tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars, prompting an angry response from Beijing. The tariffs of up to 45.3 percent will take effect on…

Australia: Military to increase missile defence and long-range strike capability

 Australia will increase its missile defence capability after China’s test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in the South Pacific raised “significant concerns” and as the Asia Pacific region enters a “missile…

Iraqi: Ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) wins parliamentary elections

The ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has come first in parliamentary elections in the semiautonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq.The KDP won 39 seats in the 100-seat parliament, the election commission…

UK: Teen faces new ‘terrorism’ charge for Southport murders

A teenager accused of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July has been charged with production of the deadly poison ricin and a “terrorism” offence. Axel…

Ukraine: Zelenskyy to conscript 160,000 men as Russia advances

Ukraine is planning to draft another 160,000 troops into its military as Russia gains ground in the east. Russia has been advancing in the eastern Donetsk region and on Tuesday…