A brief revolt saw Wagner Group soldiers under Yevgeny Prigozhin’s command move unimpeded into the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and advance toward Moscow before abruptly turning back. By Euronews with AP/AFP • Updated: 25/06/2023 – 13:57 The head of the private Russian military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, will move to neighbouring Belarus as part of a deal to defuse tensions. and the […]
Continue reading …Rebel mercenaries advanced north towards Moscow after seizing a key military base Saturday, just as Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin’s vowed to defeat the revolt and head off the threat of civil war. AFP Photo / Telegram channel of Concord group The rapidly escalating events mark the most serious challenge yet to the Russian president’s rule […]
Continue reading …Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III welcomed Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to the Pentagon today praising the Somali leader for real progress at a very dangerous time. Austin said the two men are meeting at a key moment in Mohamud’s presidency as the African Union begins a drawdown in the country and Somali […]
Continue reading …Bridge to annexed Crimea hit in Ukrainian strike A bridge connecting Crimea and southern Ukraine has been damaged by a Ukrainian strike, local Russian authorities said on Thursday. By Euronews with AP/AFP • Updated: 22/06/2023 – 11:03 “There were no casualties,” said the Russian governor of the annexed peninsular Sergei Aksionov, adding the damage was being assessed. The bridge connects Crimea, illegally […]
Continue reading …It might not be a coincidence that Moscow’s best attack helicopter took a nasty series of hits over the last few days, and a month ago Canada sent a really good missile to Ukraine. Helicopter Ka-52 Alligator. Photo:Wikipedia Russia’s top-tier helicopter gunship, the $16 million Ka-52 Alligator, is being knocked down from skies above Ukraine […]
Continue reading …Somalia sacked Army Chief, Major-General Odawaa Yusuf Rageh, on Monday, amid political tensions in the country’s central Hiran region, which is also the epicentre of fighting against the Al-Shabaab terror group, Anadolu Agency reports. the new Chief Ibraahim Sh. Muxyadiin Caddoow Sacked Army Chief, Major-General Odawaa Yusuf Genral The decision to fire […]
Continue reading …The destruction of the Kakhovka dam and subsequent flooding in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region narrows Kyiv’s options on the battlefield as it pushes to retake territories occupied by Russia during its 15-month invasion, experts told The Moscow Times. Kherson, Ukraine.Handout / Latin America News Agency via Reuters Connect Despite hindering the strategic plans of both sides, […]
Continue reading …Rescue crews are searching the Atlantic Ocean after the sudden disappearance of a Titanic tourist sub. A Titanic wreck tourist submersible has gone missing in the Atlantic ocean. – Copyright Oceangate expeditions A submersible used to take tourists to the wreck of the Titanic has vanished in the Atlantic Ocean. The sudden disappearance has sparked […]
Continue reading …Türkiye has strongly condemned the Israeli military raid on the occupied West Bank’s Jenin that killed five Palestinians on Monday. Family members of the slain Palestinians react at a hospital in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Palestine, June 19, 2023. (AFP Photo) “We strongly condemn the attack by Israeli forces today in Jenin of the […]
Continue reading …Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met with Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates as the latter has been paying a highly-anticipated visit to China hot on the heels of other US business icons, and during the trip he also met with other high-level officials, with both sides expressing willingness to join hands to solve […]
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