Sun 18 May 2025: At least 10 people were killed on Sunday after a suicide bomber targeted a queue of young recruits registering at the Damanyo military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Reuters. Teenagers were lining up at the base’s gate when the attacker detonated their explosives, they said. A military captain […]
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Sun 18 May 2025: A large-scale prisoner exchange involving 1,000 captives each from Ukraine and Russia may take place next week, Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said Saturday following peace negotiations in Istanbul. “I hope it will happen next week,” Budanov told Ukrainian broadcaster TSN. “There will be an exchange — whoever we can take, we will take. And give it back in the same way,” […]
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Sun 18 May 2025: With the guns silenced, it is time to take stock and try to make sense of the developments of the past weeks. Narendra Modi came on television on the evening of May 12 and told the nation that Pakistan had begged for a ceasefire, and that India had conceded because it had already […]
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Sun 18 May 2025: One in 12 British women and girls are victims of violence every year and the Government will struggle to keep its promise to cut numbers by half, according to a report. The shocking findings were published in a report on Friday by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee. Anna Dixon, […]
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Sun 18 May 2025: The war on the Palestinian territory dominated the summit, especially after Israel approves plans to expand its offensive. Arab leaders have urged the international community to fund their plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip after United States President Donald Trump reiterated a proposal to take over the Palestinian territory. An Arab League summit […]
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Sat 17 May 2025: Decorated veteran Ben Roberts-Smith failed to have reports that he ‘murdered four Afghan men’ quashed. Australia’s most decorated living war veteran has lost an appeal against a civil court ruling that implicated him in war crimes while serving in Afghanistan. Australia’s Federal Court dismissed the appeal lodged by Ben Roberts-Smith on Friday, […]
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Sat 17 May 2025: More than 295 million people faced acute hunger in 2024, with the outlook ‘bleak’ due to funding cuts for aid efforts. Global hunger hit a new high last year with the outlook for 2025 “bleak,” according to a United Nations-backed report. Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for a sixth […]
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Sat 17 May 2025: The 34th Arab League Summit began on Saturday in Baghdad, with Israel’s war on Gaza dominating the talks besides other regional issues. It is Iraq’s fourth summit and first since 2012. The summit began with a speech by Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al-Zayani, as Manama held the presidency of the 33rd […]
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Sat 17 May 2025: Despite claims that HIV testing and monitoring across South Africa have dropped following the withdrawal of US funding, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has dismissed suggestions that the country’s HIV/AIDS programme is falling apart. The Minister was responding to reports which stated that services have declined after cuts to the President’s […]
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Sat 17 May 2025: The personal wealth of Britain’s King Charles III personal wealth has jumped by £30 million ($40 million) to £640 million in the last year, making him as rich as former prime minister Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murphy, according to The Sunday Times Rich List. Charles, who acceded to the throne in 2022, ranks joint 238th […]
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