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Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov attends the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein-Miesenbach, southwestern Germany on January 20, 2023. ANDRE PAIN / AFP   Rumours about Oleksiy Reznikov’s future have been circulating for days but he reiterated during a press conference today that the final decision lay with President Zelensky. […]

Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf passed away at the age of 79 in Dubai after a prolonged illness, Geo News reported on Sunday. The former military ruler died at American Hospital Dubai, where he had been undergoing treatment for amyloidosis. Former president Gen.Pervez Musharraf-AFP/File Musharraf’s family has filed an application in the Pakistani consulate in […]

Supply of more advanced United States weaponry to Ukraine will not end the war but only prolong it and trigger more retaliatory strikes from Russia, up to the extent of Russia’s nuclear doctrine, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said. Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and former President Dmitry Medvedev smiles during a meeting on […]

Ukraine’s defence minister said on Sunday the reluctance of Western allies to send fighter jets would cost Ukrainian forces “more lives” as fierce fighting continued in the eastern battleground city of Bakhmut.   A Ukrainian soldier rides on a battle tank in Bakhmut on February 5, 2023. © Yasuyoshi Chiba, AFP Earlier, Germany’s prosecutor general said […]

A crowded GOP primary seems increasingly possible in 2024, as more Republicans are expected to emerge to face former President Donald Trump for the party’s nomination next year. Here is a closer look at six conservatives expected to give Trump a run for his money. THE DEBRIEF: DAVID MARK ON NIKKI HALEY’S CHANCES AGAINST TRUMP IN 2024 1. Ron DeSantis Florida Gov. […]

U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat, leaves the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 2, 2023. House Republicans have since voted to oust Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee because of her past comments critical of Israel.   Somali Americans living in the United States have mixed reactions to the removal of congresswoman […]

Russians continue to memorialize the dozens of Ukrainians killed in last month’s Russian missile strike on the city of Dnipro — one of the deadliest single incidents of Moscow’s invasion — in what has evolved into a new nationwide form of anti-war protest. Flowers at the monument to Taras Shevchenko in St. Petersburg.Alexander Koryakov / Kommersant Makeshift […]

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed to defend the city of Bakhmut “for as long as we can,” while hosting European Union chiefs in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (centre) with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv.   –   Copyright  SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP or licensors Nearly a year […]

The big questions are: How many of them will the Ukrainian army get? How quickly can they get them? And how effectively can they use them for their expected offensive? A US M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) fires salvoes during exercises in Morocco last year. The United States has announced it will send […]

TİKA’s Coordinator in Somalia, stated that the Agency has been active in Somalia for nearly 11 years and has carried out projects and activities that touch every aspect of life Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) implemented the Social Space Project at the Somali (Ummadda) National University in Mogadishu. TİKA created a social space at […]