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The coup – West and Central Africa’s eighth in three years – drew cheering crowds onto the streets of the capital, Libreville. The leader of a coup that overthrew Gabon’s President Ali Bongo says he wants to avoid rushing into elections that “repeat past mistakes” as pressure mounts to hand back power to a civilian […]

A strategic next-generation missile that Russian President Vladimir Putin once described as “invincible” has been deployed for combat duty, the head of state space agency Roscosmos said Friday. The RS-28 Sarmat ICBM.Russian Defense Ministry / TASS The Kremlin had previously stated that the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile would be ready for combat duty by the end of 2022, […]

Crimean bridge targeted again by Ukrainian drones, Moscow claims Moscow claims to have shot down three Ukrainian naval drones in the Black Sea during the night from Friday to Saturday which were targeting the Crimean bridge. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian drones were destroyed around 2:20 a.m. Moscow time before reaching the […]

Critics of Ukrainian counteroffensive should ‘shut up’ Naysayers about Ukraine’s summer counteroffensive against Russian forces can “shut up”, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday. “Criticising the slowness of the counteroffensive amounts to spitting in the face of the Ukrainian soldiers who have sacrificed their lives”, he said on the sidelines of a meeting […]

Countries around the world criticized the military takeover in the Central African country of Gabon, while President Ali Bongo called on people to oppose and protest his arrest on Wednesday. Members of the security forces gesture to a driver, at a checkpoint in the streets of Akanda, Gabon, Aug. 30, 2023. (EPA Photo) The African […]

 Gabon’s junta named General Brice Oligui Nguema as transition leader, soldiers said on national television on Wednesday. Video grab shows soldiers holding General Brice Oligui Nguema aloft in Libreville, Gabon on August 30, 2023. © Gabon24 via AP The announcement came hours after President Ali Bongo appeared in a video and called on his “friends” to […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to travel to Russia next week and meet President Vladimir Putin, which could mean progress in bringing Russia back to the critical Black Sea grain deal, Türkiye’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) spokesperson Ömer Çelik confirmed Monday. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir […]

 Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar made the announcement on Monday morning, adding that troops were advancing on toward Novoprokopivka and Ocheretuvate.  The strategically important village of Robotyne in southern Ukraine has been officially liberated, Kyiv has announced. “Robotyne has been liberated and our troops are moving southeast,” Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said on Monday morning. She added that […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A masked white man fatally shot three Black people inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store in a predominately African-American neighborhood on Saturday, in an attack where he used a gun painted with a swastika, officials said. The shooter, who had also posted racist writings, then killed himself. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. […]

Elections commission says Mnangagwa won 52.6 percent of the vote compared with 44 percent for challenger Nelson Chamisa. President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa at a press conference at State House in Harare on August 27, 2023. [Jekesai Njikizana/AFP] Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won a second and final term in office in an outcome rejected […]