by Subir Bhaumik* (from Phnom Penh)
French diplomat Robert Gascoigne (name changed) staying in a riverfront hotel in the Cambodian capital is drawn to a cheap massage parlour 2 minutes walk away. ‘5 US dollars for oil massage (1 hour)’...
by Giuliano Battiston*
As the four alleged perpetrators of the Crocus City Hall attack were jailed by a Moscow court for two months on remand, the Russian Federation lowered its flags to half-mast on Sunday in a day of mourning...
by Subir Bhaumik *
Indian Navy and its marine commandos Marcos have come in for global praise for its multi-focal special operational capability during the high season during their recent operations to rescue Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi sailors taken hostage...
by Emanuele Giordana from Dili (East Timor)
“We are a small country, but in 2025 we will join ASEAN (The Association of Southeast Asian Nations). We may have little to give, but I believe in the importance of being in...
by Kateryna Mishchenko
The Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) reported that it had processed 100% of all voting protocols in the presidential elections. According to the voting results, Vladimir Putin received 87.28% of the votes. Other candidates received less than...
A photo essay by Emanuele Giordana
With the ‘Carnation Revolution’ of 1974, at the end of Antonio Salazar’s long dictatorship, Portugal decided that Lisbon should restore independence to its overseas colonies. East Timor - or Timor Lorosae in the local...
by Ambra Visentin
Over the past five years, European countries have almost doubled their arms imports and their dependence on US suppliers is at an all-time high. At the same time, the volume of arms transfers in the world has...
by Kateryna Mishchenko
The Russian Volunteer Corps (RDC), the Freedom of Russia Legion, and the Siberian Battalion (all formed from Russian citizens fighting on the side of Ukraine) issued a joint statement on Wednesday, March 13, announcing the opening of...
by Alessandro De Pascale (from Bangkok)
Opposition to the Burmese military junta, which has ruled Myanmar for just over three years, is reaching into Rome’s institutional buildings. Justice For Myanmar, a human rights organisation, has sent a letter to the...
by Kateryna Mishchenko
In the North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia, which is part of the Russian Federation, a group of six local insurgents clashed with a unit of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). At 7:30 pm (local time), a...