Fri 27 May 2022: The drought which is ravaging several parts of Somalia could affect 8 million people or half of the total population in the coming months if no urgent action is taken, a drought response committee warned on Thursday. The National Drought Relief Committee which is chaired by Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, the newly […]
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Fri 27 May 2022: Jaipur: Claiming the mausoleum of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer was once a temple, a Hindu outfit has demanded a survey of the premises by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Rajvardhan Singh Parmar of Maharana Pratap Sena claimed Hindu symbols were present on the walls and windows of the dargah. […]
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Fri 27 May 2022: A Russian court upheld the dismissal of 115 national guardsmen who challenged after refusing to participate in Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine. This looks to be the first official evidence of soldiers refusing to participate in Russia’s military incursion in Ukraine, which began on February 24. The National Guard, a domestic […]
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Fri 27 May 2022: Moscow appreciates the objective position of Arab countries on Ukraine and their refusal to join sanctions against Russia as they understand the threat the West poses to Russia on its borders, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday. “We appreciate that the countries of the Arab world refuse to follow the […]
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Thu 26 May 2022: A Palestinian official has said that an investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh shows Israeli forces deliberately shot and killed the veteran journalist. The findings echoed the results of a preliminary investigation announced nearly two weeks ago and were widely expected amid global outrage over the veteran reporter’s […]
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Thu 26 May 2022: Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday voted to approve a bill on banning relations with Israel. In a statement, the Parliament’s media office said the assembly passed a bill “criminalizing the normalization of ties with the Zionist entity.” According to state news agency INA, the bill was passed unanimously during Wednesday’s session. The […]
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Thu 26 May 2022: Turkiye is in negotiations with Russia and Ukraine to open a corridor via the Bosphorus for grain exports from Ukraine, a senior Turkish official told Reuters today. Ukraine’s Black Sea ports have been blocked since Russia invaded in February and more than 20 million tonnes of grain are stuck in silos there. Russia […]
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Thu 26 May 2022: According to The New York Times, Israel has told the US that it was responsible for the death of an Iranian Revolutionary Guards colonel last week. Colonel Sayyad Khodai was shot and killed in his car outside his residence in Tehran on Sunday by a shooter on a motorcycle. Iran’s President […]
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Thu 26 May 2022: World Bank President David Malpass on Wednesday suggested that Russia’s war in Ukraine and its impact on food and energy prices, as well as the availability of fertilizer, could trigger a global recession. Malpass told an event hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that Germany, the world’s fourth largest economy, has already seen a substantial economic slowdown due […]
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Thu 26 May 2022: The governor of Texas says the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school warned on social media minutes before the attack that he was going to shot up a school. Gov. Greg Abbott says the shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, used an AR-15 in the attack Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. About 30 minutes before the […]
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