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The army and local clans, backed by US and AU support, have been waging a broader campaign to drive fighters out of the states of Galmudug and Hirshabelle. The government lost control over Adan Yabal when al-Shabab took it in 2016 [File: Feisal Omar/Reuters] Government forces and allied militias in Somalia have recaptured a strategic […]

Spanish security forces are looking for 14 passengers who fled a plane at Barcelona airport after an emergency landing to seek medical assistance for a pregnant woman who simulated labor, authorities said Wednesday. A plane flies in the background as journalists work, after a commercial airplane flying from Morocco to Türkiye made an emergency landing […]

UKRAINE Five new developments to know about Russia’s war in Ukraine 1. Belarus moves military equipment near Ukraine, prompting fears Belarus announced plans to move military equipment and forces on Wednesday and Thursday in what it said was a “counter-terrorism exercise”. Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian positions in the frontline near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. […]

Police have arrested 25 suspected members or supporters of a “domestic terrorist organization” aiming to topple the German state. Justice Minister Marco Buschmann said the network was part of the “Reichsbürger scene.” In a nationwide raid, 25 suspected members and supporters of a terrorist organization were arrested early Wednesday. Officials said the network, part of […]

Over the past day, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched 20 strikes on enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment clusters and anti-aircraft missile systems. This is stated in the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 06:00, December 6, posted on Facebook. “The Russian occupiers […]

In what is now a darkly familiar scenario, Ukraine is racing to fix the damage caused by a mass missile strike from Russia targeting the country’s already battered energy infrastructure. The latest wave came on Tuesday afternoon after days of warnings from the Ukrainian government that a big attack was imminent. A rescuer looks at a residential […]

1. Macron criticised for saying Moscow needs Western ‘guarantees’ to end the war Two Ukrainian defence forces members stand next to a sign reading “Kherson region” in the outskirts of Kherson, 14 November 2022   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Bernat Armangue French President Emmanuel Macron’s statement on Saturday that the West should consider how to address Russia’s need for […]

Ukraine’s Armed Forces have killed 540 occupiers in the course of the past 24 hours; the number of killed Russian invaders has reached 91,690 soldiers. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook Quote: “Russian occupation forces suffered their heaviest losses on the Lyman and Bakhmut fronts.” Details: Total combat losses of the Russian forces between […]

A price cap on Russian oil comes into force today, Dec. 5, as western nations seek to punish the Kremlin financially for its invasion of Ukraine without upsetting already fragile global economic markets. Inside a Gazprom plant in Omsk, Russia. Photo: AFP The move is a delicate balancing act with many moving parts that has […]

 The government of El Salvador sent 10,000 soldiers and police to seal off a town on the outskirts of the nation’s capital Saturday to search for gang members. Des soldats salvadoriens sont déployés à Soyapango les d’une importante opération militaire contre les gangs, le 3 décembre 2022. © Marvin Recinos, AFP The operation was one of […]