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Ongoing developments show that Iraq may be a second neighboring country after Azerbaijan to receive unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) from Turkey. A Bayraktar TB2 UCAV takes off from an unrevealed spot in a photo provided on Nov. 26, 2021. (Courtesy of Baykar)   Already attracting high demand, the made-in-Turkey drones were sold to several […]

doctors at Yashoda hospital in Hyderabad saved the life of Faduma, a 5-year-old girl from Somalia, who was suffering from Wilm’s tumor, a very rare type of kidney cancer. The 5-year-old patient was brought to the hospital by her family where she got diagnosed with a rare case of a Kidney tumor. When Faduma’s parents […]

The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended distribution of food aid in two northern Ethiopian towns after gunmen looted its warehouses. More than nine million people in northern Ethiopia are in need of critical food supplies, the UN says Looters from rebel Tigrayan forces held aid staff at gunpoint in the town of Kombolcha, the […]

In what analysts described as a “candid and tough-toned” video meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden, it ended with a US caveat of Russia on the Ukraine issue. Analysts warned that the US should be cautious of turning those threats into action, as Russia is unlikely to concede over this […]

On Wednesday morning, seven UN peacekeepers from Togo died and three others were seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the Bandiagara region in central Mali.  A UN peacekeeper patrols a village in Bandiagara in Mopti, Mali.  The peacekeepers were part of a convoy travelling from Douentza to Sevare, informed the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. António Guterres strongly condemns this heinous attack, he told correspondents in […]

Scars left by the fighting remain in Guriel, but it is the drought that weighs heavily on people’s minds. Signs of destruction are still visible around Guriel. [Alyona Synenko/ICRC] Guriel, Somalia – More than 300,000 people in Somalia’s Galgaduud region have been affected by a severe drought that has gripped most of the country and forced […]

 Two Turkish citizens, identified as engineers working for a Turkish electricity company, and their Sudanese driver were kidnapped on Tuesday in Darfur, Sudan, Sudanese media reported. Darfur Governor Minni Arko Minawi tweeted that he “regretted” the kidnapping and called on the unknown perpetrators to safely return them. United Nations peacekeepers stand guard in North Darfur’s […]

 Olaf Scholz was formally elected as chancellor of Germany on Wednesday, turning the page on 16 years of Angela Merkel at the helm. New German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Bernd Von Jutrczenka Scholz, who won the secret ballot in the Bundestag with 395 out of 707 votes (there are 736 lawmakers in […]

Existing vaccines should still protect people who contract the Omicron variant from severe Covid cases, a World Health Organization (WHO) official says. Lab tests in South Africa suggest Omicron could evade the Pfizer jab It comes as the first lab tests of the new variant in South Africa suggest it can partially evade the Pfizer […]

   U.S. President Joe Biden.The White House U.S. President Joe Biden will outline a package of tough restrictions on Russia’s financial sector in a call with Vladimir Putin later Tuesday that he will introduce if Moscow invades Ukraine, U.S. media have reported. According to Bloomberg, the U.S. would increase its package of economic restrictions against […]