Sun 17 May 2026: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Sunday that nuclear weapons are the “cornerstone” of Russia’s national security, according to Russian media outlet Vesti. Peskov said Russia’s nuclear arsenal protects the country from threats to its existence. “A nuclear power cannot be threatened; its existence cannot be threatened. This is what gives us […]
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Sun 17 May 2026: Felicien Kabuga, accused of financing the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, died in a hospital in The Hague, Netherlands, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) announced Saturday. In a statement, the mechanism said the medical officer of the United Nations Detention Unit (UNDU) was immediately notified, while […]
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Sun 17 May 2026: Britain has deployed a new low-cost anti-drone missile system to RAF operations in the Middle East as the UK steps up its efforts to protect Gulf states. The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) has been rushed into service, moving from trials to active deployment in less than two months, to […]
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Sun 17 May 2026: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a “public health emergency of international concern” after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths were reported. In a social media post on Sunday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said […]
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Sat 16 May 2026: Iran’s foreign minister had urged member states to condemn ‘violations of international law by the United States and Israel’. The BRICS alliance of major developing economies has failed to issue a joint statement after their two-day meeting in India, amid internal divisions over the Iran war which is affecting several members. India hosted […]
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Sat 16 May 2026: Conflict monitor ACLED notes the increase in Israeli attacks on Gaza in April in its latest report. Israel has drastically escalated its attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip in the five weeks since halting its joint bombing with the United States of Iran, redirecting its firepower to the devastated Palestinian enclave. […]
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Sat 16 May 2026: Both a lack of access to food and health facilities will ultimately lead to death for many, warned the Norwegian Refugee Council. More than 40 percent of Sudan’s population is facing acute hunger, according to a report by a global hunger monitor, the three-year civil war having created one of the […]
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Sat 16 May 2026: Gunmen abducted dozens of schoolchildren in Nigeria’s insurgency-hit Borno State on Friday, according to residents who spoke to Reuters and AFP. The assailants stormed Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in Askira-Uba district around 9 a.m. local time while classes were underway, taking several students, local resident Ubaidallah Hasaan told Reuters. […]
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Sat 16 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Ramaphosa says Chinese will build electric car charging networks in SA: Ramaphosa acknowledged that EVs were the future and that many companies worldwide were now switching to electric vehicles. The president said the Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition was finalising a […]
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Fri 15 May 2026: A deadly assault on a security compound in northwest Pakistan has claimed the lives of several paramilitary officers, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claim the responsibility of deadly attack. Attackers drove a vehicle packed with explosives into the gate of a camp in Bajaur district on Thursday before opening fire in a […]
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