Wed 12 June 2024: US President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of an additional Patriot missile system to Kyiv amid the ongoing Russian-Ukraine conflict. The decision was made last week after high-level meetings and internal debates about how to balance Ukraine’s needs without jeopardizing US combat readiness, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, […]
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Wed 12 June 2024: At least 41 people have died as a result of a fire that started early on Wednesday at a building housing workers in the southern Kuwaiti city of Mangaf, according to Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah, deputy prime minister of the nation, who visited the scene. The deputy prime minister said […]
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Tue 11 June 2024: The first sitting of the National Assembly is expected to be held at 10am on Friday. This, according to a statement released by the Office of Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. South Africans cast their votes on 29 May in the country’s most contested elections since the dawn of democracy. Section 51(1) […]
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Tue 11 June 2024: The United States has stressed that its temporary aid pier in Gaza was not used in the Israeli captive rescue operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza that killed more than 270 people. The Pentagon said on Monday that reports linking the pier to Saturday’s Israeli assault that resulted in the […]
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Tue 11 June 2024: The Saudi Ministry of Tourism has clarified that visit visas, regardless of their kind or designation, do not permit holders to engage in Hajj rituals in accordance with the Kingdom’s regulations. The ministry emphasized that the Kingdom’s regulations mandated a fine of SAR 10,000 for all citizens, residents, and visitors who […]
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Tue 11 June 2024: More armed conflicts took place in 2023 than in any other year since the end of World War II, a new study has found. The Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO) said 59 armed conflicts took place worldwide last year, led by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.Twenty-eight of the conflicts […]
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Sun 09 June 2024: Nearly 13 million people are in dire need of agricultural assistance in Ethiopia, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN. In a report released on Friday, the FAO warned of complex humanitarian challenges driven by climate shocks, economic instability, armed conflict and threats to the food chain. […]
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Mon 10 June 2024: French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday, June 9, the dissolution of parliament following a significant defeat of his centrist alliance by the far-right in the EU elections. Macron has called for snap legislative elections to be held on June 30 and July 7. Macron acknowledged the EU election results as […]
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Mon 10 June 2024: The Biden administration is nearing the completion of a treaty with Saudi Arabia that would commit the U.S. to defending the Gulf nation, aiming to foster diplomatic ties between Riyadh and Israel, according to the Wall Street Journal. The proposed agreement, known as the Strategic Alliance Agreement, is part of a […]
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Mon 10 June 2024: Ukrainian forces have for the first time hit a latest-generation Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet at an air base inside Russia, Kyiv’s GUR defense intelligence agency said on Sunday, showing satellite pictures which it said confirmed the strike. In a Telegram post, the GUR did not specify how the Su-57 was […]
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