Twelve jurors and one alternate have been sworn in to serve in the criminal trial against former United States President Donald Trump, as the third day of his New York court proceedings concludes. Thursday saw Trump return to court after Wednesday’s weekly break. There, lawyers for both the defence and prosecution continued haggle over which […]
Prosecutors say Polish national is suspected of supplying information to Russian military intelligence. A man has been arrested in Poland on allegations of being ready to spy on behalf of Russia’s military intelligence in an alleged plot to assassinate Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Polish prosecutors have said. The Polish national, identified as Pawel K, is […]
Deportations ‘could be a death sentence’, advocates say, as gang violence and instability grip the Caribbean country. The United States has sent dozens of Haitian citizens back to their country on a deportation flight, despite a surge in deadly gang violence and widespread instability in the Caribbean nation. A spokesperson for the US Department of […]
Air force sends an investigative team to establish cause of crash that killed General Francis Ogolla. Kenya’s military chief has died in a helicopter crash in the country’s northwest, President William Ruto says. General Francis Ogolla and nine other people were killed in the crash at 2:20 pm (11:20 GMT) on Thursday in Elgeyo Marakwet […]
The medical crisis in Gaza’s hospitals, or what remains of them, is catastrophic. Hospitals can barely treat patients, and staff don’t have the equipment, medicine or even beds necessary to take care of Palestinians in the enclave, who are struggling to survive under relentless Israeli bombing. The hospitals themselves have come under repeated attack, with […]
Palestinian and Israeli representatives have addressed the UNSC ahead of a vote on a resolution granting Palestinians full membership to the body. A United Nations resolution granting the observer State of Palestine full membership at the international body would be an “important pillar in achieving peace in the region”, Ziad Abu Amr, UN special representative […]
Decision comes days before the Indian Ocean archipelago nation holds parliamentary elections. A court in the Maldives has overturned the conviction of former President Abdulla Yameen and cancelled his 11-year prison sentence. The High Court said on Thursday that his 2022 trial had been unfair and ordered a new trial. “The lower court ruling was […]
Sanctions against Iran’s missile and drone programmes come as fears mount over the possibility of greater regional escalation. The administration of United States President Joe Biden has imposed new sanctions on Iran in response to its missile and drone attack on Israel, as tensions mount over the possibility of further escalation in the Middle East. […]
Palestinians have witnessed devastation as they returned to the northern part of the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza after the Israeli army withdrew. Palestinians inspected damaged homes and salvaged usable items from the rubble of demolished houses. Israel’s war on Gaza has displaced 85 percent of the territory’s population amid acute shortages of food, clean […]
Bjorn Hocke, leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Thuringia, faces three years in prison if convicted. A prominent member of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has gone on trial after being charged with using a banned Nazi slogan. Bjorn Hocke, the 52-year-old leader of the anti-migrant AfD in the eastern […]
Speculation is mounting over how Israel will respond to Iran’s weekend attack, itself a response to Israel’s April 1 strike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, which killed a top Iranian general and other Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials. Despite decades-long tensions, direct attacks between the two regional foes had been unheard of. Typically, exchanges […]
Iran warns Israel that if it goes ahead with a retaliation for last week’s attack, Tehran will respond in kind and also pursue a nuclear weapon. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that it would attack Israel’s nuclear sites and may pursue a nuclear weapon if the country strikes at […]
