SUDAN’S RSF CLAIMS CONTROL OVER A KEY CITY IN SOUTHEAST AMID ONGOING CONFLICT

Sun 30 June 2024: Paramilitary forces engaged in a prolonged battle with Sudan’s army have announced the capture of a crucial state capital in the country’s southeast. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) declared on Saturday that they have taken control of the 17th Infantry Division in Singa, the capital of Sennar state. Hiba Morgan of […]

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FRENCH VOTERS HEAD TO POLLS IN HIGH-STAKES SNAP PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

Sun 30 June 2024: French citizens are voting to elect 577 members of the National Assembly following President Emmanuel Macron’s call for a snap parliamentary election. This move comes after Macron’s alliance suffered a significant defeat to the far-right National Rally party in the European Parliament elections on June 9. Analysts view Macron’s decision as […]

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66% OF ISRAELIS PREFER NETANYAHU RETIRING FROM POLITICS: POLL

Sun 30 June 2024: Two-thirds of the Israeli public favors Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaving politics and not running for a new term, according to an opinion poll on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. The poll was conducted by the Israeli private Channel 12 which showed 66% of respondents want Netanyahu, 74, to retire and not run […]

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TENSION AND STAND-OFFS AS SOUTH AFRICA STRUGGLES TO LAUNCH COALITION GOV’T

  Cyril Ramaphosa shakes hands with the DA leader John Steenhuisen. GCIS Sat 29 June 2024: An ANC-DA deadlock over cabinet positions prompted fears that government of national unity may have ended before it begins. Johannesburg, South Africa – Nearly a month since landmark national elections saw the African National Congress (ANC) lose its majority for […]

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WORLD’S LARGEST MARITIME DRILLS BEGIN IN AN INCREASINGLY TENSE ASIA PACIFIC

Sat 29 June 2024: The Rim of the Pacific exercises involve more than 25,000 personnel from 29 countries and will continue until August. Hawaii, United States – In an era of increased tension and growing competition between China and the United States and its allies, the US Pacific Fleet is hosting Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), “the world’s […]

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PUTIN CALLS FOR PRODUCTION OF PREVIOUSLY BANNED MISSILES AS TENSIONS WITH US ESCALATE

Sat 29 June 2024: President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia should resume producing midrange missiles, previously banned under the now-defunct INF Treaty, amid rising tensions with the United States. This follows Moscow’s accusation that Washington supplied Ukraine with ATACMS missiles used in a recent attack on Crimea, killing four. Russia has vowed a strong response […]

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‘NO DIALOGUE’: PAKISTAN SAYS OPEN TO ATTACKS ON AFGHAN-BASED ARMED GROUPS

Fri 28 June 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that the country would not hesitate to launch attacks on the territory of Afghanistan, its neighbour, amid rising tensions between the two over security concerns. When asked whether Pakistan would consider cross-border attacks to control perpetrators, the Asif replied to an interviewer, […]

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