500 PEOPLE WERE EXECUTED IN A VILLAGE IN 2022 BY MALIAN AND FOREIGN TROOPS- UN REPORT

Fri 12 May 2023: The U.N. Human Rights Office reported on Friday that during a five-day operation in the village of Moura in central Mali in March 2022, Malian soldiers and unidentified foreign military personnel were believed to have murdered at least 500 people, Reuters reported. After months of investigation, a U.N. report on the […]

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ASTRONOMER IDENTIFIED THE LARGEST COSMIC EXPLOSION THAT HAS EVER BEEN OBSERVED

  The NGC 6946, a spiral galaxy about 22 million light years away from Earth, also referred to as the ‘Fireworks Galaxy’. [File: NASA] Fri 12 May 2023: The largest cosmic explosion ever seen has been found by astronomers; it is a fireball 100 times the size of our Solar System that abruptly started burning […]

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PRESIDENCY RESPONDS TO CLAIMS OF WEAPONS SUPPLY TO RUSSIA MADE BY THE US AMBASSADOR

Thu 11  May 2023: Statements made by US ambassador in South Africa Reuben Brigety alleging that the African nation supplies weapons to Russia undermine the spirit of Pretoria-Washington relations, the South African Presidency said on Thursday. The Ambassdor’s remarks undermine the spirit of cooperation and partnership that characterised the recent engagements between US government officials […]

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PAKISTAN TOP COURT ORDERS IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF EX-PM IMRAN KHAN

Thu 11  May 2023: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan to be illegal and ordered for him to be immediately released. However, the country’s top court on Thursday also instructed that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief would remain under police protection at the Police Lines compound in Islamabad, […]

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UKRAINIAN OFFENSIVE HAS STARTED AROUND BAKHMUT FLANKS, WAGNER HEAD PRIGOZHIN SAYS

Thu 11  May 2023: The founder of Russia’s Wagner Group mercenary force Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Thursday that Ukrainian units had begun their counterattack, and were approaching Bakhmut from the flanks. In a comment his press service published on Telegram in response to a Russian media request about Ukraine’s anticipated counteroffensive, Prigozhin said that Ukrainian […]

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