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Heavy gunfire has been heard in the capital of Guinea-Bissau near the seat of the government, according to media reports. Armed men surrounded the government palace on Tuesday, where President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam were believed to have gone to attend a cabinet meeting. Several shots were heard near the […]

Witnesses at the scene said the incident took place in the early hours of the morning. [County] Police yesterday arrested one suspect in connection with the Mandera landmine attack where seven people were killed and 13 injured. The arrest was confirmed by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Nairobi. The injured have been hospitalised at the Mandera County […]

UNICEF/ Ashely Gilbertson VAn armed police officer patrols outside a classroom in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (File) Following weeks of heightened tensions around Ukraine, with reports that Russia has been deploying more than 100,000 troops and heavy weapons close to its border, the United Nations’ Security Council held its first meeting to discuss ways of de-escalating the crisis on Monday. […]

Police officers block the access road to the scene where two officers were shot during a traffic check. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Thomas Frey A manhunt is underway after two police offers were shot dead while on routine patrol in the western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The shooting happened at around 4.20am on Monday. The […]

While recent clashes between two terrorist groups, namely Daesh and the PKK’s Syrian branch YPG, left more than 330 people dead in northeastern Syria, Daesh was back in the headlines the past week, a reminder of a war that formally ended three years ago but continues to be fought mostly out of sight. U.S. soldiers […]

The crews of the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov and the frigate Fleet Admiral Kasatonov hunted down the notional enemy’s submarines with the help of an anti-submarine warfare helicopter © Russian Northern Fleet/TASS MOSCOW, January 31. /TASS/. A group of the Russian Northern Fleet’s combat ships and support vessels practiced anti-submarine warfare missions during drills in […]

A young girl handles a live rifle during a military training session (Picture: EPA)  Children are being taught to use rifles in Ukraine as they prepare to defend their country from Russian soldiers. Pictures show the youngsters, along with people of all ages, getting to grips with live weapons in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Other […]

According to analysts, seven North Korean missile tests in the first four weeks of 2022 suggest the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, is both striving to meet domestic goals and show an increasingly turbulent world that Pyongyang remains a player in the struggle for power and influence, reported CNN. Seoul [South Korea], January 31 (ANI): […]

A 42-year-old US citizen, Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren, has been captured in Syria and transferred into the custody of the FBI to appear before a Virginia court next week, the US Department of Justice disclosed on Saturday. © Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP According to now unsealed documents, the woman, believed to be a former teacher, played an active […]

Italy’s parties Saturday voted for outgoing President Sergio Mattarella to remain for another term, averting the political chaos a failure to elect his successor could have sparked in the eurozone’s third-largest economy. Lawmakers clap their hands after Italian president Sergio Mattarella is re-elected during the 8th round of voting for Italy’s new president during a […]