Thu 28 April 2022: The Security Council failed to go far enough in its efforts to “prevent and end” Russia’s war in Ukraine, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres admitted Thursday while visiting Kyiv. “Let me be very clear: the Security Council failed to do everything in its power to prevent and end this war. And this is the source […]
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Thu 28 April 2022: According to the World Health Organization, Africa is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, which is mostly driven to a doubling in cases recorded in South Africa. “This week new COVID-19 cases and deaths on the continent increased for the first time after a decline of more than two months for […]
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Thu 28 April 2022: Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s main medical adviser and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stated on PBS’s “NewsHour” on Tuesday that the United States is “certainly, right now, in this country, out of the pandemic phase.” “Currently we don’t have thousands of deaths and tens […]
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Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney attends an informal meeting of the UN Security Council at the UN Headquarters in New York City, US, on April 27, 2022 Thu 28 April 2022: For the first time, key players seeking accountability for atrocities during the Ukraine war have come together at an informal meeting of the UN […]
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Thu 28 April 2022: US-based multinational tech firm Microsoft said Wednesday in a report that Russia has carried out hundreds of cyber operations, including destructive attacks, against Ukraine throughout its invasion. In a report prepared with Ukrainian cybersecurity officials and private sector companies, Microsoft said: “The cyber component of Russia’s assault on Ukraine has been destructive and relentless.” […]
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Thu 28 April 2022: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan will visit Saudi Arabia on Thursday, according to his office, in the latest phase in Ankara’s regional bridge-building efforts. According to a statement from Erdoan’s office, talks with Saudi officials during the two-day visit would focus on measures to expand cooperation. The two parties will discuss […]
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Commemoration in Dobrovoljacka Street in 2016. Photo: Anadolu. Wed 27 April 2022: Several former Bosniak political and military leaders have been charged with war crimes for their alleged role in the killing of retreating Yugoslav army soldiers at the start of the Bosnian war in the early 1990s. Sarajevo prosecutors on Wednesday charged 10 people […]
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Wed 27 April 2022: President Vladimir Putin has warned that if any other country intervenes in Moscow’s operations in Ukraine, Russia will launch a quick-fire military response. Speaking to lawmakers, Putin said that “if anyone sets out to intervene in the current events from the outside and creates unacceptable threats for us that are strategic […]
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Wed 27 April 2022: Moscow and Washington have exchanged Russian national Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the United States, for former US Marine Trevor Reed, who was sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia, following lengthy negotiations on Wednesday, the Russian foreign ministry said. “As a result of a lengthy […]
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Wed 27 April 2022: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett received a threatening letter Tuesday containing a bullet, local media reported. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) reported that police have launched an investigation into the letter, which was sent to Bennett’s home in the city of Ra’anana in central Israel. Israel’s Shin Bet internal security […]
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