PANAMA DENIES US GOVT SHIPS CAN USE CANAL FOR FREE

Thu 06 February 2025: Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday rejected the United States’ claim that it negotiated free passage for government vessels through the Panama Canal as an “absolute falsehood.” The Panama Canal Authority, which runs the waterway linking the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean, has also rejected the claim by the […]

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ZIMBABWE BACKS US PLAN TO REPATRIATE UNOCUMENTED MIGRANTS: PRESIDENT

Thu 06 February 2025: The Zimbabwean president on Wednesday expressed his government’s support for the US decision to deport undocumented migrants, including those from Zimbabwe, who, according to official data, number nearly 550. “The Government of Zimbabwe supports the United States Government’s decision to repatriate and return our Zimbabwean citizens who may have been residing […]

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TRUMP: NO US SOLDIERS NEEDED, ISRAEL WILL HAND GAZA OVER TO US ONCE FIGHTING ENDS

Thu 06 February 2025:  US President Donald Trump announced today that the Gaza Strip would be handed over to the US by Israel at the end of the fighting and that “no soldiers by the US would be needed.” In a statement on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump stated that at the end […]

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TRUMP SIGNS ORDER TO BAR TRANS WOMEN AND GIRLS FROM FEMALE SPORTS

Thu 06 February 2025: LGBTQ rights groups condemn latest executive order directed at transgender Americans. United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to bar transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. Under the order signed on Wednesday, federal government funding will be denied to educational institutes that allow trans girls […]

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SOUTH AFRICA DEFENDS INDEPENDENT STANCE IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AFTER US’ G20 SNUB

Thu 06 February 2025: South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola on Thursday reaffirmed the country’s commitment to human dignity, equality, and democratic values, emphasizing its independent stance in global affairs. South Africa is “championing non-racialism and non-sexism while placing our constitution and the rule of law at the forefront,” Lamola said on X. His remarks […]

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ISRAELI ARMY ORDERED TO DRAFT PLAN TO ‘VOLUNTARILY ALLOW’ GAZANS TO LEAVE

Thu 06 February 2025: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the army on Thursday to prepare a plan to allow Palestinians to “voluntarily” leave the enclave. According to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, Katz instructed the army “to prepare a plan to allow voluntary departure for Gaza residents, including special arrangements for exit by sea […]

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RUSSIA COULD USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN CASE OF AGGRESSION AGAINST BELARUS

Thu 06 February 2025: Russian nuclear weapons could be used in response to aggression against Russia or Belarus if their sovereignty or territorial integrity is threatened, according to a security agreement between the two countries, which President Vladimir Putin submitted on Wednesday to the parliament for ratification. According to the treaty, Russia’s nuclear weapons can be deployed in response to the use of […]

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US TRANSFER10 ‘HIGH-THREAT’ MIGRANT DETAINEES TO GUANTANAMO BAY

Wed 05 February 2025: The Pentagon announced Wednesday that the first group of 10 migrant detainees arrived at a detention facility in Guantanamo Bay following US President Donald Trump’s order to establish a detention center. “The Department of Defense announced the arrival of 10 high-threat illegal aliens to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba yesterday,” the Pentagon said in a statement. Yesterday, […]

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