A Japanese leader of the notorious crime syndicate – the yakuza – has been charged by US prosecutors of looking to sell high grade uranium and plutonium to Iran. According to an AP report Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, and his confederates showed samples of nuclear materials that had been transported from Myanmar to Thailand to an […]Read More
The UNSC has sanctioned six people for what it has called “destabilising activities in Congo.” According to a report in Africa News these five people belong to various armed groups in the country. “These individuals are responsible for numerous abuses,” U.S. Deputy U.N. Ambassador Robert Wood said. “But to counter the flow of funds and arms to […]Read More
“…Every culture embraced the necessity of war as places were conquered, as people suffered, histories that were never written,” US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti noted at an India-US Defence Partnership summit in Delhi on Tuesday. Titled Indus-X 2024 Summit: Innovations in India-US Defence, it saw comments by key figures invested in the bilateral defence […]Read More
The mysterious death of Russian dissident Alexey Navalny in an Arctic prison, is under investigation, news portal Russia Today reported quoting presidential spokesman Dimitri Peskov. “The investigation is being carried out, all due actions are being taken. But no results of this investigation have been published so far, they are not known yet,” he said […]Read More
Tensions are high as Rwandan authorities have rejected U.S. calls for withdrawal of troops and missiles from eastern Congo. According to Africa News, Rwanda’s foreign ministry claimed Congo has carried out a “dramatic build-up” near the border and they need to protect national security. They also claimed that members of the Forces démocratiques de libération […]Read More
In a seeming climbdown from his earlier decision, Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Friday pledged to organise presidential elections “as soon as possible.” According to an Africa News report the news came after the Constitutional Council overruled his decision to delay this month’s vote. “The President of the Republic intends to fully implement the decision […]Read More
The Kremlin’s official website said it all: “The head of state congratulated Russian soldiers on this success, an important victory.” That victory was the fall of the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka. Hours earlier, the Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said he had withdrawn his forces from the town after months of intense combat. Military analysts say the takeover […]Read More
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has formed a high-level committee to investigate rigging allegations leveled by Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chattha. The accusations have affected the credibility of the recently held Feb 8 elections. The committee comprising senior election commission officials, including the secretary, special secretary, and additional director general (Law), will record the […]Read More
UN counter-terrorism chief Vladimir Voronkov says ISIS continues to be a significant threat in Africa. An AP report quoted Voronkov as warning that the group had increased operations in Iraq and Syria as well as in Southeast Asia. Voronkov who was briefing the P-5, said ISIS agenda and operations were particularly marked in West Africa and the Sahel […]Read More
Statements from the Indian and Canadian foreign ministers after their meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. It left one wondering whether the killing of Canada-based Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, where Ottawa alleged Indian involvement, mattered any more to them.Look at Melanie Jolly’s statement. “At #MSC2024, @DrSJaishankar and I had a frank […]Read More
French President Emmanuel Macron stated that recognising a Palestinian state was no longer “taboo” for France. Macron made these remarks at a joint press conference in Paris with Jordan’s King Abdullah II. “Our partners in the region, notably Jordan, are working on it, we are working on it with them. We are ready to contribute […]Read More
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar today in Munich, Germany, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. According to White House spokesperson Matthew Miller, both men discussed the recent events in the Middle East and how to bring peace and security to the region. “Secretary Blinken and […]Read More
Myanmar’s military junta wants retired soldiers to re-join. The junta has activated the Reserve Forces Law, allowing it to send veterans back to the front line. According to Irrawaddy, junta boss General Min Aung Hlaing said on Tuesday that they were introducing the law as many veterans wanted to fight the rebel forces in the ongoing civil […]Read More
Confusion continues to reign in Senegal as the country’s top court has rejected President Macky Sall’s decree to postpone elections to December stating that to do so was “contrary to the constitution.” The elections were scheduled to be held on Feb 25. The court however recognised that it was impossible to hold the elections by […]Read More
Three hundred North Korean workers arrived in Vladivostock, Russia earlier this month, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, a clear violation of UN sanctions on Pyongyang. This is the first such movement of North Korean workers since the north recalled all its workers, whether in Russia or China, due to Covid. The despatch of […]Read More
The US has informed Congress and its European allies about new intelligence about Russia’s nuclear capabilities, according to a report in the New York Times. The report quoted US officials as saying that Russia was looking to develop a space-based anti-satellite nuclear weapon. In a statement on X (Twitter) House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner, said, “Today, […]Read More
An Italian judge has ruled that two UN staffers cannot be tried in Italy for the killing of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) The ambassador was murdered in 2021 along with his bodyguard and driver during an attempted kidnapping by six men according to Reuters. They were on their way […]Read More
Russia and China have accused the US of acting unilaterally by “illegally” targeting military sites used by Houthi rebels. Such actions, they said, were not countenanced by the UN Security Council which has not authorised military action. Both Moscow and Beijing have also accused the US last month of unilateral action when the US struck […]Read More
South Korea has confirmed that North Korea hacked into the personal email of a staffer working for President Yoon Suk Yeol. The presidential office released a statement stating that the hack took place ahead of President Yook Sun Yeol’s visits to Britain and France in November last year. During his trip to the UK, President Yoon […]Read More
US Senators accuse Sudan rebel leader Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo of genocide in the Darfur region.Read More
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