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Kenya’s national police force said on Thursday that 20 “militants” had been killed and eight officers injured in a suspected Al-Shabaab attack near the country’s border with Somalia.  Kenyan military personnel. Image: Staff Sgt. Nic Raven/US Air Force A special unit of police officers came under “heavy” fire in an ambush on Wednesday while patrolling […]

Veteran Ukrainian infantry is spearheading close-in assault to capture new ground around Bakhmut. Russian counterattack to regain the key terrain was repelled. Photo:libkos/instagram Ukrainian assault and airborne infantry units were consolidating around newly-captured terrain at locations across the frontline Bakhmut sector and repelled Russian attempts to recapture lost ground at two locations, according to news reports and official Ukrainian […]

ASwedish court Thursday found a Turkish citizen guilty of “attempted terrorist financing” for the PKK terrorist organization, a first in the Scandinavian country seeking Ankara’s approval to join NATO. President of the court, chief councilor Mans Wigen talks to the media at a press conference after the verdict in the case of attempted financing of […]

Russia lost more than 20,000 men over six months to secure its prestige victory of capturing the city of Bakhmut. Now Ukrainian troops are reversing the loss in tough, close-quarter fighting. Photo:libkos/instagram Ukrainian infantry has reclaimed lost ground around Bakhmut, the Donbas’ regional center, after a series of gritty, short-range attacks. Kyiv’s forces have advanced […]

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday it had downed five Ukrainian drones near Moscow, calling it a “terrorist act” that disrupted flights at one of the capital’s main airports. Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport.Valery Sharifulin / TASS Four unmanned aircraft were downed by air defense systems near Moscow, with the fifth “suppressed by electronic warfare” in the Moscow […]

China’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region on Tuesday launched their first China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) international multimodal freight train services, enhancing connectivity between Central Asia and two major economic hubs in China, China Media Group (CMG) reported.   The first China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) international multimodal freight train departs at Guangzhou International Port Station on July […]

Israeli forces hit the city of Jenin with drone strikes on Monday in one of the biggest West Bank operations in 20 years, killing at least eight Palestinians and involving hundreds of troops in sporadic gun battles that continued into the evening. A Palestinian man throws stone at an armoured vehicle during an Israeli military operation in the […]

Ukrainian cross-river raids with small boats over the Dnipro have drawn responses from Russian tanks and artillery. Pro-Moscow sources claim success, while Kyiv says it’s planned attrition. A Ukrainian serviceman fires a rocket-propelleged grenade (RPG) during a training exercise in Donetsk region on April 6, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Genya SAVILOV / […]

Young rioters clashed with police and looted stores overnight Friday in a fourth night of unrest in France triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teen, piling more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron after he appealed to parents to keep children off the streets. By Euronews  with AP  •  Updated: 01/07/2023 – 11:37 While the situation appeared to be somewhat calmer […]

French President Emmanuel Macron was poised to take charge of a critical meeting of ministers on Friday, following a tumultuous third consecutive night of nationwide protests triggered by the tragic police shooting of a teenager. Police officers arrest a man during protests two days after a teenager was shot dead during a police traffic stop […]