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US President Joe Biden promised new military aid for Ukraine worth $500 million during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday, almost a year to the day since Russia's invasion. Biden also said additional sanctions would be announced this week against the Russian elite and companies trying to evade sanctions…

As the West isolates Russian President Vladimir Putin, India has doubled down on buying Russian oil. India's prime minister calls his country's friendship with Moscow "unbreakable."

Indian social media was in uproar over the weekend. The latest enemy was not a Bollywood movie that offended prudish sensibilities, nor that trusted staple for outrage, Pakistan. Instead, right-wing supporters of the Modi government went after George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist and pro-democracy activist.

As we wait for a decision on the future of the Clean Air Zone one year after the plans were paused, Local Democracy Reporter Joseph Timan looks back at what happened and where we are now.

In Brazil, Rio de Janeiro's famous carnival is back in full swing and a little different this year. Following the failed January 8 coup attempt in Brasilia, Rio City Council has decided to inject a political element into the festivities by distributing banners celebrating democracy. The famous street brass bands…

The party leader correctly sent a signal that democracy is about winning votes, not indulging nostalgia among a minority

India’s foreign minister said the democratic world needed a debate on democracy, labelling billionaire investor George Soros “old, rich, opinionated and dangerous” for his comments on India that didn’t recognise its difficult path from colonisation.

Senators and MPs who leave parties may be criticised for betraying their voters but forcing them out would endanger our very democracy

NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party accused billionaire financier-philanthropist George Soros of trying to undermine India's democracy on Friday by predicting that the Adani group's woes would loosen the Hindu nationalist leader's grip on power.

Bandits spraying villages with bullets, killing residents and setting buildings ablaze. Rampant cattle rustling and clashes between farmers and herders. Mass kidnappings for ransom.

Mass protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government focusing on deeply controversial reforms of the judicial system have united diverse groups fearing it would give the legislative branch nearly unchecked authority. Netanyahu and his allies in government, the most right-wing in Israel's history, say the reforms are necessary to…