Tue 04 February 2025: The Alliance Fleuve Congo, a rebel alliance in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which includes M23 rebels, has declared a ceasefire starting Feb.4, it said in a statement late Monday. The group said the ceasefire was for humanitarian reasons blaming the government in Kinshasa for allegedly causing it. The M23 […]
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Tue 04 February 2025: In a tit-for-tat move, China on Tuesday imposed additional tariffs on some US products, according to local media. According to China’s Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs, Beijing imposed additional tariffs on certain imported goods originating from the US, including a 15% tariff on coal and liquefied natural gas […]
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Mon 03 February 2025: The Australian government announced Monday that it has imposed sanctions on the white supremacist terrorist network Terrorgram. Foreign Minister Penny Wong released a statement concerning the decentralized online network, which promotes white supremacy and racially motivated violence, local broadcaster SBS News reported. It marks the first time that Canberra has imposed […]
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Mon 03 February 2025: At least 61,709 Palestinians were killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, local authorities said on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports. “Only 47,487 bodies were transferred to hospitals, while 14,222 remained missing under the rubble,” Salama Marouf, who heads Gaza’s government media office, told a news conference […]
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Mon 03 February 2025: A court in Delhi has ordered action against a police officer for a “hate crime” related to the 2020 riots, which left over 50 people, mostly Muslims, dead. “Clearly, the station house officer Police Station Jyoti Nagar, and other unknown police officials engaged themselves in hate crimes against the victim,” Judicial […]
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Mon 03 February 2025: US President Donald Trump says he will end all funding to South Africa over government’s land confiscations. Elon Musk has declared that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) should “die” amid reports that two top security officials at the aid agency were put on leave for refusing his representatives access to […]
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Mon 03 February 2025: European leaders are gathering on Monday in Brussels for an informal retreat focused on strengthening European defense. The meeting, chaired by European Council President Antonio Costa, will also be attended by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other high-level officials, with discussions centering on Europe’s security and strategic autonomy. […]
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Mon 03 February 2025: The South African government is “looking forward to engaging” with United States of America (US) President Donald Trump’s administration on bilateral relations and other issues. This according to a statement released by the Presidency on Monday, following a post by President Trump – released on his social media, Truth Social – […]
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Sun 02 February 2025: At least 5,000 Boko Haram members have left the terrorist group and rejoined their families in Nigeria, an official said. “Under Operation Safe Corridor program, we have deradicalized over 5,000 ex-combatants of Boko Haram and reunited them with their families,” said Mairo Musa Abbas, the head of Preventing and Countering Violent […]
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Sun 02 February 2025: And lied about it. There is a story that is commonly told in Britain that the colonisation of India – as horrible as it may have been – was not of any major economic benefit to Britain itself. If anything, the administration of India was a cost to Britain. So the fact that […]
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