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Singapore executes three men for drug offences over two days

Singapore executes three men for drug offences over two days

Singapore hanged three people for drug offences last week, bringing the total number of executions to 17 this year - the highest since 2003.These come a week before a constitutional challenge against the death penalty for drug offences is due to be heard.Singapore h

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Central Bank of Russia eases restrictions, opens mutual funds to crypto investments

Central Bank of Russia eases restrictions, opens mutual funds to crypto investments

Russia’s relationship with crypto has swung between crackdowns and cautious acceptance, and its latest moves show that this balancing act is far from over.After first pushing in 2022 to block all crypto issuance, trading, and mining over concerns about financial stability and monetary so

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Buganda Premier warns against violent policing during campaigns

Buganda Premier warns against violent policing during campaigns

Buganda Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Charles Peter Mayiga, has called on security agencies to exercise restraint and uphold professionalism during the ongoing campaign season, warning that violent crowd-control tactics only deepen national wounds.“Once again, I urge the police and all sec

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Bobi Wine in Buganda is the most consequential schedule in this election

Bobi Wine in Buganda is the most consequential schedule in this election

That we expected this election to be violent from the very beginning – and are shocked nothing outstanding has yet happened – is telling enough: Our so-called democracy is simply regimes of violence and poorly-choreographed pretensions.Indeed, the entire country understands (as does NR

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Centre auctions 3 coal blocks, likely to attract Rs 7,350 crore investment

Centre auctions 3 coal blocks, likely to attract Rs 7,350 crore investment

Centre auctions 3 coal blocks, likely to attract Rs 7,350 crore investmentlokmattimes.com55minNew Delhi, Nov 25 The Ministry of Coal on Wednesday successfully completed the auction of three coal blocks ...Centre auctions 3 coal blocks, likely to attract Rs 7,350 crore

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Presidential Hopeful Frank Bulira Says Frozen Accounts Have Stalled His Campaign but Insists He Can Defeat Museveni

Presidential Hopeful Frank Bulira Says Frozen Accounts Have Stalled His Campaign but Insists He Can Defeat Museveni

Revolutionary Peoples Party (RPP) presidential candidate Frank Bulira has claimed that he stopped holding campaign rallies because government security and financial agencies allegedly froze his bank accounts, crippling his ability to fund campaign activities ahead of the January 15, 2026 presiden

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Bobi Wine Is a Better Replacement for Museveni - Ssemujju

Bobi Wine Is a Better Replacement for Museveni - Ssemujju

For more than two decades, Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has challenged presidential power, and in this wide-ranging conversation he warns that Uganda is approaching a dangerous crossroads where institutions are collapsing, dissent is criminalised

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ONE YEAR ON: Winnie Byanyima Decries ‘Endless Injustice’ in Besigye Detention

ONE YEAR ON: Winnie Byanyima Decries ‘Endless Injustice’ in Besigye Detention

Dr Kizza Besigye with Lutale in Court.Sunday, November 16, 2025 marked one year since veteran opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye was arrested and detained — a milestone that his wife, Winnie Byanyima, has described as a tragic symbol of Uganda’s shrinking democratic space.Besig

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Venezuela announces ‘massive mobilization’ of military forces as America’s largest warship sails into region

Venezuela announces ‘massive mobilization’ of military forces as America’s largest warship sails into region

Members of the Bolivarian National Militia attend a military drill, amid rising tensions with the United States, in Naguanagua, Venezuela in October.Venezuela says it is launching a “massive mobilization” of military personnel, weapons and equipment in response to the build-up of US wa

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Richarlison makes Premier League history with unwanted stat after scoring last-minute goal for Tottenham and removing shirt while celebrating in Man Utd draw

Richarlison makes Premier League history with unwanted stat after scoring last-minute goal for Tottenham and removing shirt while celebrating in Man Utd draw

Richarlison’s emotional late goal for Tottenham against Manchester United ended in chaos as Spurs once again threw away victory in stoppage time. The Brazilian striker sparked wild celebrations by tearing off his shirt after scoring in the 90th minute, but his joy was short-lived as United stru

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