Bangladesh Fighter Jet Crashes Into School, Kills19
A Bangladeshi Air Force training jet crashed into a school in Dhaka on Monday, leaving at least 19 people dead and dozens injured, marking the country's most devastating aviation disaster in decades. According to an AFP photographer at the scene, emergency responders rushed to evacuate wounded students on stretchers while military personnel worked to clear debris from the crash site. The...
Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron Says Putin Is “Effectively A War Criminal”
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron said Russian President Vladimir Putin is “effectively a war criminal,” and stressed that the UK “must do our bit economically, just as the Ukrainian armed forces are doing their bit militarily.” Cameron urged the US, Britain, European countries and others not to attend the upcoming G20 summit in November in Bali, Indonesia, if Putin is invited...
Putin tries to defend Ukraine invasion in Victory Day speech
In a speech marking Russia's Victory Day on Monday, President Vladimir Putin sought to link his country's struggle against Nazi Germany in World War Two with his invasion of Ukraine and baselessly claimed the West had given him no choice. Putin said ...
Donald Trump Ends Birthright Citizenship For Wealthy Immigrant
US President Donald Trump has argued that the principle of birthright citizenship was introduced to protect the children of enslaved people, and not, as he claimed, for “wealthy foreigners” traveling to the country to give birth. In an interview with Politico, Trump defended the executive order he signed on his first day back in the White House in January 2025, which...
Gabon Military Arrests Bongo’s Son For Treason
The military junta in Gabon also detained the son of the deposed President Ali Bongo in a coup on Wednesday, according to Alarabiya News. Recall that on Wednesday, Gabonese Senior Military officers overthrew Ali Bongo, who was recently re-elected for a third term. The report said Bongo’s son was arrested for treason. The military had earlier announced that President Ali Bongo was...
Panama’s Supreme Court Rules Against Same-Sex Marriage
Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is not a human right and the country, therefore, does not have to recognize such unions, according to a judgment published Wednesday. Following several appeals from same-sex couples who claimed the country’s family code was unconstitutional because it only recognized marriages between a man and a woman, the court began debating the...
U.S Secretary of State To Visit SA, DRC, Rwanda Next Week As Russia, West Scramble For Africa’s Support
Few days after the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Africa, the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken will next week travel to East Asia and Africa next week seeking to counter the influence of Russia and China in a fight...
Somalia Recalls Envoy To Ethiopia Over Port Deal With Breakaway Somaliland
Somalia's government on Tuesday said it would recall its ambassador to Ethiopia for urgent consultations following a new port deal entered into between Addis Ababa and the breakaway region of Somaliland which has repeatedly said it is an independent nation. Prime Minister of Somalia, Hamza Abdi Barre also declared that his country would defend its territory by "all legal means...
Families Pause Having Children In Ukraine Due To Russia War
Oleksandr, a Ukrainian soldier, dreams of becoming a father to both a daughter and a son. However, with the ongoing conflict against Russian invaders, he has postponed starting a family. Instead, he said, he will freeze his sperm—a hedge against the daily risks he confronts on the frontline, where he has been since the start of Russia’s full-scale offensive in...
Putin And Zelensky Could Meet Only To Finalize `Certain Document’ – Dmitry Peskov
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky could meet only to finalize "a certain document", yet the two sides suspended work on it long ago, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. "No one could ever ...
