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Jury awards Carroll about $5m in damages in civil lawsuit accusing former president of sexual abuse and defamation. E Jean Carroll reacts as she exits a Manhattan federal court following the verdict in the civil case against former US President Donald Trump, in New York City, May 9 [Brendan McDermid/Reuters] Correction An earlier version of […]

Reports suggest the UK could be about to provide the first long-range strike capability that Kyiv needs – the Storm Shadow cruise missile. Storm Shadow cruise missile .Photo: Wikipedi President Zelensky has long-requested the provision of long-range weapons that would allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russian-occupied territory and a new report suggests those demands […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a combative speech Tuesday attacking the West and claiming that Russia’s future depended on the outcome of the war in Ukraine as he attended a slimmed-down military parade on Red Square to mark Victory Day. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Victory Day parade in Moscow.Gavriil Grigorov / TASS “Civilization again […]

May 8, 2023 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese Army’s Commander-in-Chief has expressed his support for a political resolution to the ongoing conflict with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), on the condition that it includes the withdrawal of the militiamen from residential areas and public facilities in Khartoum. Al-Burhan speaks to the Sudanese troops in Ad-Damazin on […]

Recent attacks on mosques in Minneapolis, in the Midwest U.S. state of Minnesota, have increased concerns by Somali American imams, mosque administrators and community activists about the safety of their congregations. FILE – Yusuf Abdulle, standing, director of the Islamic Association of North America, prays with fellow Muslims at the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center in […]

Russia batters Ukraine ahead of Victory Day celebrations Moscow launched dozens of missiles and drones towards Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on Sunday night, injuring at least five people. Ukrainian servicemen take part in military exercises outside Kyiv on May 3, 2023. –  Copyright  SERGEY SHESTAK/AFP or licensorsBy Euronews  with AP/AFP  • Russian missiles caused a huge fire at […]

In this period of moral crisis stemming from Russia’s war against Ukraine and so utterly “devoid of ambiguity,” maintaining neutrality is tantamount to complicity. John Carlin In its Sunday, 7 May, edition, La Vanguardia, a leading Spanish newspaper published in Barcelona, ran a very strong opinion piece by its contributor John Carlin paying homage to Ukraine […]

(KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese army on Saturday repulsed an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the command of the air force, which carries out frequent attacks on the RSF’s positions. Smoke from fuel stores at Khartoum airport as fighting intensifies on April 16, 2023 The “RSF attempted to storm the command of the […]