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Uganda President Yoweri Museveni described the late Kibaki as a transformative leader, statesman and a great pan-Africanist. “This afternoon, I received sad news, announcing the death of H.E. Hon. Emilio Mwai Kibaki, the third President of the Republic of Kenya. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (right) and his Kenyan counterpart Mwai Kibaki stand on January 24, 2012 […]

President Joe Biden already saw one major priority sidelined by a heated immigration dispute. Now, it looks like his urgent request for Ukraine aid could get caught up in the same fight, despite bipartisan support. If that [Covid aid] discussion is going to take a matter of weeks, we have to make a decision on […]

Sweden’s Social Democrats are holding a “marathon meeting” this Friday on whether to join the Nato security alliance. The party’s parliamentary group is joining its main leadership committee to thrash out the contentious issue. Social Democrat party secretary Tobias Baudin arrives at the “marathon meeting” on Nato on Friday. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT Some of the […]

Ukraine and the world have spent weeks in anticipation of the Battle of Donbas, “the second phase” of Russia’s all-out war on Ukraine. Now, it seems, the wait is over. With the drastic intensification of hostilities in Donbas and neighboring areas, President Volodymyr Zelensky on April 18 finally confirmed the beginning of Russia’s large-scale offensive […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told Russian forces not to storm Ukraine’s last stronghold in the port city of Mariupol as the city’s Ukrainian defenders said they may only have a few days or hours left. Footage released by Mariupol City Council on April 19, 2022 shows clouds of smoke billowing above Azovstal steel […]

Turkey has sent two more trucks of humanitarian assistance supplies to Crimean Tatars in Ukraine, authorities said Thursday. According to Turkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), the trucks were sent to Lviv, a city near the border with Poland in western Ukraine. AFAD trucks containing humanitarian aid waiting to head to Ukraine, Wednesday, April […]

The Israeli Air Force struck targets in the Gaza Strip overnight on Thursday in response to earlier rocket fire launched towards southern Israel. The first rocket fired from Gaza occurred around 10:30 p.m., with a rocket damaging a parked car and a wall near a home in the college city of Sderot. A ball of […]

Russia and Europe featured early as Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen clashed in their live televised debate on Wednesday night, four days before the decisive vote in France’s presidential election. Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen challenge each other during their TV debate on French TV channels TF1 and France 2, in Saint-Denis , […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu © Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS MOSCOW, April 21. /TASS/. The Russian Armed Forces and the forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) have liberated the city of Mariupol, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. “The Russian Armed […]

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, April 21, declared the long-suffering city Mariupol fully under Russian Federation (RF) control, as defenders claimed they had destroyed more RF tanks and infantry fighting vehicles in street battles. MARIUPOL, UKRAINE – 2022/04/16: A DPR tank in a burning Mariupol neighborhood drives towards the Azovstal plant- one of the final […]