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Martha Karua, among the first to declare a run for the Kenyan presidency in 2027, told AFP the country is in “total disarray” due to corruption, police killings and economic decline. Karua served in government in the 2000s and, as a lawyer, has lately represented jailed opposition figures in neighboring
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Ukraine’s parliament voted on Thursday in favor of ratifying a minerals deal signed with the United States, an agreement Kyiv hopes will secure future military assistance from Washington in its fight to repel Russian troops. Despite misgivings by some Ukrainian lawmakers over whether the government had provided them with
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Lebanon said heavy Israeli strikes on the country’s south on Thursday killed one person as the Israeli army said it struck Hezbollah “infrastructure,” the latest raids despite a fragile ceasefire. Israel has continued to launch regular strikes on its neighbor despite the November truce which sought to halt more
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Access to the X account of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, has been blocked in Turkey in response to a legal demand, a message on his social media account said on Thursday. Police detained Imamoglu on March 19, triggering Turkey’s largest
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Israel will do to Iran what it has done to Hamas in Gaza, Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Thursday, days after an attack on Ben Gurion airport by Iran-backed Houthi militia. “I warn... Iranian leaders who finance, arm and exploit the Houthi terrorist organization: the proxy system is terminated and
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An Australian jury on Thursday found two men guilty of murdering Cassius Turvey, a 15-year-old Indigenous boy whose killing sparked nationwide anti-racism protests. Turvey was attacked and beaten with a metal pole in October 2022 in the western city of Perth, the court heard. He died 10 days later in
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Six Bulgarians, members of a sophisticated spy network dubbed “The Minions,” were before court Wednesday for sentencing, facing up to 14 years in prison for spying for Russia. The four men and two women either pled guilty or had been convicted of charges of conspiracy to spy at Russia’s
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Afghanistan’s Taliban government warned India and Pakistan on Wednesday that further escalation was not “in the interest of the region” after they exchanged artillery fire along their contested frontier. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on the social media platform X that “it urges both sides
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An upcoming meeting between China and US trade representatives in Geneva was requested by the US side, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. China announced earlier that Vice Premier He Lifeng will visit Switzerland from May 9 to 12 during which He will also have a
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US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he hoped clashes between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan end “very quickly,” after New Delhi’s forces launched strikes and Islamabad vowed retaliation. “It’s a shame, we just heard about it,” Trump said at the White House, after the Indian government said it had
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Israel’s attack on the airport in Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa destroyed terminal buildings and caused $500 million in damage, its director told Houthi media on Wednesday. He said earlier in a statement on X that the airport was suspending all flights until further notice after sustaining “severe damage”
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The UN mission in Libya on Tuesday called for an independent investigation into images of an abducted member of the country’s eastern-based parliament that showed signs of torture. In a statement, UNSMIL said it was “alarmed” by Ibrahim el-Dirsi’s “enforced disappearance” and described circulating images of his detention
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The Israeli military said it fired on Yemen’s main airport on Tuesday and witnesses said there were four strikes in the capital Sanaa, the latest hostilities as tensions rise between Israel and the Houthis. Israel had earlier warned people to leave the area around Sanaa International Airport, one day
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Syria’s President Ahmed Al-Sharaa is expected to visit France soon, a statement by the Syrian president’s office said, without specifying a date. Sharaa in February received an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to visit France in the “coming weeks.”
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Russian air defense units destroyed a swarm of Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow for the second night in a row, prompting the closure of the capital’s airports, Russian officials said early on Tuesday. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that at least 19 Ukrainian drones were destroyed on their approach to Moscow
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday directed the active duty military to shed 20 percent of its four-star general officers as the Trump administration keep pushing the services to streamline their top leadership positions. Hegseth also told the National Guard to shed 20 percent of its top positions. In a