Ugandan opposition politician charged with treason, faces death penalty

BBC “I must say that the situation is changing dramatically,” Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, declared at his end-of-year news conference in December. “There is movement along the entire front line. Every day.” In eastern Ukraine, Moscow’s war machine is gradually churning mile by mile through the wide open fields of…

Chile’s President Gabriel Boric has become the first leader in the Americas to visit the South Pole, after arriving at a US base there. The president said his visit to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station reaffirmed Chile’s own claim to sovereignty over part of the Antarctic. “This is a milestone…

Comment on this story Comment PRETORIA, South Africa — Russia was willing to negotiate with Ukraine in the early months of the war, but the United States and other Western nations advised Kyiv against holding talks, Moscow’s top diplomat said Monday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks on a visit…

These pictures from the International Space Station (ISS) show the greens and reds of the aurora borealis dancing in the skies over Canada. The Northern Lights are most often seen from the ground – especially in high-latitude areas close to the Arctic – but can also be observed from space….