Category: World

Observers are deployed throughout the country to assess the elections. Sun 02 October 2022: Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens head to the polls Sunday to choose lawmakers at the canton, entity, and national levels, as well as the three members of the Presidential Council. More than 5,900 ballot boxes across the country open at 7 a.m. local time (0500GMT) […]

Sun 02 October 2022: According to British military intelligence, Russia’s forces are believed to have sustained significant losses as they withdrew from Lyman, a strategically significant town in eastern Ukraine. The British Defence Ministry’s daily brief stated on Sunday that the town in the Donetsk region was “likely being defended by undermanned elements of Russia’s […]

Sat 01 October 2022: In order to avoid being surrounded by the Ukrainian army, Russia said on Saturday that its troops had withdrawn from the town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine. “In connection with the creation of a threat of encirclement, allied troops were withdrawn from the settlement of Krasny Liman to more advantageous lines,” […]

Sat 01 October 2022: Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Russia’s region of Chechnya, has said that Moscow should consider using a low-yield nuclear weapon in Ukraine after a significant new defeat on the battlefield. In a message on Telegram criticizing Russian commanders for abandoning the east Ukrainian town of Lyman on Saturday, Kadyrov wrote: “In my personal […]

Sat 01 October 2022: Royal Mail delivery workers in the United Kingdom went on strike for 48 hours on Friday, citing an escalating pay dispute. Postal deliveries were disrupted across the country as members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) went on strike. According to the union, the walkout by approximately 115,000 of its members […]

Sat 01 October 2022: In an ongoing operation, Ukraine has encircled Russian forces around a key Moscow bastion in the eastern town of Lyman, according to a Ukrainian military spokesman on Saturday, Reuters reported. According to Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman for Ukraine’s eastern forces, Russia’s forces at Lyman totaled between 5,000 and 5,500 soldiers, but the […]

Sat 01 October 2022: International warnings about efforts to “subvert democracy” in Brazil are growing, just days before voters head to the polls for a presidential election that has deepened divisions in the South American nation. Right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has suggested that he may reject the results if he loses, as most opinion polls have shown him trailing […]