Trump moves to abolish postal voting ahead of 2026 midterm elections

Aug 19, 2025

Washington DC [US], August 19: US President Donald Trump wants to abolish postal voting and electronic voting machines with an executive order ahead of midterm...

France extends youth night curfew in Nîmes over drug crimes

Aug 19, 2025

Paris [France], August 19: A night-time curfew for young people in Nîmes in southern France has been extended until the end of the summer holidays...

Patriotism important to UK's Starmer

Aug 19, 2025

London [UK], August 19: Patriotism "will always be an important thing" to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Downing Street said, after white-and-red St George's Cross flags...

Trump to call Putin after meeting European leaders

Aug 19, 2025

Washington DC [US], August 19: US President Donald Trump on Monday said he will call Russian President Vladimir Putin after his meeting with Ukraine's Volodymyr...

Amnesty slams Israel for deliberately starving Palestinians in Gaza

Aug 19, 2025

London [UK], August 19: The human rights group Amnesty International has accused Israel of enacting a "deliberate policy" of starvation in Gaza as the United...

Myanmar to hold 1st general election since 2021 coup

Aug 19, 2025

Naypyidaw [Myanmar], August 19: Myanmar will begin its general elections on December 28, its military government announced, in a phased poll widely condemned as a...

Bolivia's presidential election heads to runoff between opposition candidates

Aug 19, 2025

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], August 19: Preliminary results show that Bolivia's presidential election will go to a runoff, as no candidate won a necessary majority...

Iraq starts excavating mass grave of suspected Islamic State victims

Aug 19, 2025

Baghdad [Iraq], August 19: Iraq will work on identifying victims at a mass grave believed to hold the remains of thousands of people killed by...

Iran says it will resume talks in the coming days with UN nuclear watchdog

Aug 19, 2025

Tehran [Iran], August 19: Iran plans to hold another round of talks with the UN's nuclear watchdog in the coming days, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail...