Congo has announced the country’s first female prime minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka. She was appointed on Monday by DRC President Felix Tshisekedi. The appointment comes after the former prime minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde resigned. He had been appointed in October 2021 to form the current government. The resignation comes as Congo face pressure to engage […]Read More
Russia has demanded that Ukraine hand over all people involved in terrorist attacks in the country. A Russian foreign ministry statement stated that “Russia has turned over to Ukrainian authorities its demands … for the immediate arrest and extradition of all those connected to the terrorist acts in question.” The statement also included a list […]Read More
North Korea has launched another ballistic missile towards Japan. The missile was fired from Pyongyang but did not fly over Japan as other missiles have done, but instead fell in the water towards Japan, according to a Bloomberg report. It comes just ahead of South Korea’s general elections scheduled for April 10. South Korea, Japan […]Read More
The former US Centcom chief Frank McKenzie has stated that future attacks by ISIS on the US are inevitable and that Washington should be prepared. “We should believe them when they say they’re going to try to do it,” Gen Frank McKenzie said in an interview to ABC. Gen McKenzie was reacting the message that […]Read More
Protests against Prime Minister Netanyahu began over the weekend as tens of thousands of people across towns in Israel came out onto the streets demanding that he resign over his failure to bring back the hostages. According to the Times of Israel, over 100 tents were pitched outside the Knesset in the capital Tel Aviv […]Read More
The European Union (EU) has been busy trying to fast-track aid money to Egypt. According to an AP report, the 27-member bloc has agreed to send 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) out of a larger package of 7.4 billion euros ($8 billion) in financial assistance to the North African country. This aid package, announced on […]Read More
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that there was now a “real” threat of conflict in Europe for the first time since WWII and that the continent had now entered what he called a “pre-war scenario.” “War is no longer a concept from the past. It is real, and it started over two years ago. […]Read More
Controversy continues in Croatian politics as Croatia’s president Zoran Milanović has called for elections on April 17 and decided that he will run for prime minister. The move is unusual because the president has defied a ruling by Croatia’s top court, which ruled on March 18 that he must step down before he can run […]Read More
A racist cartoon depicting the reactions of the Indian crew on board the Dali ship, seconds before it hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, has caused an uproar on social media. The image produced by US-based Foxford Comics showed members of the crew wearing loincloths, accompanied by uttered profanities in a background audio. […]Read More
The Islamic State (ISIS) has made a fresh call to its followers to kill Christians and Jews across America and Europe. A report in the Mirror stated that Hudhayfah al-Ansari, the new ISIS spokesperson made an over 40-minute-long address celebrating the deadly terror attack that killed 140 people in Moscow and called upon “lone wolves” […]Read More
For two sides wanting to reconnect on the back of a not so inspiring past, it was perhaps the best they could do. As hard as the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba pushed his president’s 10-point peace formula that included the complete (and unrealistic) demand for the withdrawal of all Russian forces from Ukrainian soil, […]Read More
Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders have both praised Iran’s role in the ongoing war in Gaza. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei recently held meetings with Ismail Haniyeh, chair of the Hamas movement’s Political Bureau, and Ziyad al-Nakhala, secretary-general of the Islamic Jihad movement, in Tehran. Post the meeting, the Iranian Supreme Leader’s office issued a […]Read More
North Korea has announced that it has no interest in pursuing dialogue with Japan at any level. Quoting North Korea’s foreign minister Choe Son Hui, the state’s official news agency KCNA, stated that there was no interest in any summit meeting with Japan. North Korea’s ambassador to China, Ri Ryong Nam, added that her country […]Read More
Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has stated that he will resume the practice of stoning women to death for adultery. A report in the Telegraph quoted the Taliban supreme leader speaking on state television saying the following: “You say it’s a violation of women’s rights when we stone them to death,” said Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada […]Read More
The US is taking more measures to crack down on Russia over its war in Ukraine. According to a Reuters report, Washington has requested US companies to stop shipping goods to over 600 parties. US officials say that the goods, which includes products to missiles and drones are being diverted by these companies to Russia. […]Read More
South Africa’s electoral commission has banned former president Jacob Zuma from contesting in the upcoming elections in the country on May 29. Zuma, who was once known as the “strongman of South Africa,” was president of the country from 2009-18 when he resigned after facing a no-confidence vote in Parliament. Once a member of the […]Read More
South Korea has attacked Russia for what it called an “irresponsible decision”, after Russia vetoed the extension of a UN panel overseeing the implementation of sanctions against North Korea on Thursday. A foreign ministry statement stated that South Korea “clearly points out that the Russian Federation, despite its status as a permanent member of the […]Read More
Human Rights Watch has said in its latest report that the Russian paramilitary group Wagner is committing war cimes in Mali. In its report on Thursday, it said that “Malian armed forces and Wagner Group foreign fighters unlawfully killed and summarily executed several dozen civilians in counterinsurgency operations in Mali’s central and northern regions since […]Read More
Palestinians could be cut off from Israel’s banking systems. According to a report in Haaretz Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich could ensure that Palestinian banks be cut off from Israeli banking system but also the global banking system by next week. The Palestinian economy is tied to the shekel and so it is reliant on […]Read More
Foreign companies working in Russia have lost $107 billion in the exodus from the country, claims a recent analysis by Reuters. The report claims that the loss, calculated from company filings, has actually increased by one-third since last year in August. According to the Russian state-owned agency Tass, over one thousand Western firms have either […]Read More
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