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In leaked phone calls, Russian soldiers appear angry at losses in Ukraine
Excerpts released by Kyiv of phone calls placed in early July appear to show Russian troops complaining.
Trial of man charged with running down Muslim family in Canada to begin
Authorities say Nathaniel Veltman deliberately targeted Muslims in deadly, hate-fuelled attack in Ontario in 2021.
India’s Modi gov’t replaces country’s name with Bharat in G20 dinner invite
Uproar after government replaces India with a Sanskrit word in dinner invites sent to guests at this week's summit.
Greece: 700 firefighters battle to bring massive fire under control
Wildfires are common in Greece and other Southern European countries during their hot, dry summers.
Trump is back and the liberal American media are loving it
Detailed media coverage of Trump's legal troubles by US cable networks has seen TV ratings shoot up.
Egypt, reliant on imports, buys more Russian wheat
Egypt still buys from Russia and Ukraine but is also diversifying its purchases after the shock of the war.
Amid anticorruption purge, Ukraine set to appoint Muslim defence chief
Rustem Umerov is from the Muslim Tatar community in Crimea that largely resisted Russia's 2014 annexation.
Q&A: East Timor’s ASEAN membership and the Myanmar conflict
President Jose Ramos-Horta insists East Timor is on track to join ASEAN, which seeks to resolve the crisis in Myanmar.
Myanmar will not be allowed ASEAN leadership in 2026
The move is a new blow to the ruling generals seeking international recognition after seizing power in 2021.
What we are witnessing in Africa is not an anti-colonial revolution
Coups benefiting just a few military elites are not, and can never be, meaningful acts of anti-imperialist resistance.