"You are not going to be putting that kind of military capacity in place, and you're certainly not going to be making that kind of an ultimatum as Trump did unless you're planning on using it."

The highlights this week: An election in east Malaysia shakes the government, Myanmar grants clemency to thousands of political prisoners, floods once again batter the region, and Jakarta is named the world’s biggest megalopolis.

"President Trump had some very strong views on this election and he made them known," said the AS/COA vice president to the broadcast news outlet.

With less than a month before general election voting kicks off in Myanmar, a shadow government official has called on the international community not to recognize the polling results, as pro-democracy groups have been excluded from the process.

Andrej Babis (middle), former Czech prime minister and leader of ANO party, Karel Havlicek (left) and Alena Schillerova (right) seen during a

The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Dr Sam Amadi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s ambassadorial nominations, describing them as a political reward system driven by loyalty and payback rather than merit or strategic foreign policy direction.