International

By Ofwono Opondo

By WSWS Editorial Board

The United States and the NATO powers of Europe have set into motion a chain of events that is leading to World War III. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his defence chiefs to put the country's nuclear "deterrence forces" on high alert Sunday and accused the West of taking "unfriendly" steps against his country.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he had made the decision to hold a special military operation in response to the address of leaders of Donbass republics.

Uganda, France and the United Nations entered into a deal to train UN peacekeepers on flying drones to gather intelligence and other related activities.

Myanmar's military has taken control of the country after detaining a number of leading politicians and claiming there were "huge discrepancies" in November's election.

The Supreme People's Court of China (SPC) has appointed Chief Justice Emeritus Bart Katureebe as a member of its expert committee on the adjudication of international commercial disputes for the next four years.

Uganda’s speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga on Wednesday met with the new US Ambassador to Uganda, Natalie Brown, and they discussed issues of “mutual interest between our countries,” according to the speaker.

President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday joined other world leaders to congratulate Joe Biden upon becoming the forty-sixth president of the United States.

Democrat Joe Biden has won the White House, US media said Saturday, defeating Donald Trump and ending a presidency that convulsed American politics, shocked the world and left the United States more divided than at any time in decades.