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MOSCOW (AP) — A U.S. citizen arrested on drug charges in Moscow amid soaring Russia-U.S. tensions over Ukraine appeared in court on Monday. Robert Woodland Romanov is facing charges of trafficking large amounts of illegal drugs as part of an organized group — a criminal offense punishable by up to 20 years in prison. He […]

At least one ballistic missile hit an Israeli airbase during Iran’s attack on Israel last weekend. There was minimal damage to the facility, which hosts F-35 fighter jets, according to the IDF. Weeks before the attack, Iran practiced hitting a mock Israeli airbase with ballistic missiles. Just weeks before Iran launched an unprecedented attack on […]

April 15 (UPI) — Residents in a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, had a brush with the wild when a hippopotamus escaped from a nature reserve and wandered through the streets. Grassy Park residents captured photos and videos when the hippo broke through a fence at the Rondevlei Nature Reserve and went wandering through […]

PARIS — The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with €4 billion (US $4.25 billion) in military aid in the 2024-2026 period, the Dutch government said in a spring budget update on April 15. Defense leaders will also structurally increase defense spending by €500 million per year from 2028 to invest in air defense and ammunition stocks. […]

The Israeli war cabinet has weighed several possible responses to Iran’s unprecedented attack on the country, according to a media report. Some of the options are minor in nature, while others are more intensive, Israeli television station Channel 12 reported on Monday afternoon, saying Israel seeks a response that is painful to Iran without sparking […]

NewsFeed Punches were thrown and fights spilled into the hallways of parliament in Tblisi, Georgia on Monday during discussions about a controversial new law. The proposed bill, denouced as being ‘the Russian law’ would require organisations to register as ‘foreign agents’ if they accept funding from abroad. Published On 15 Apr 202415 Apr 2024 EMEA […]

STORY: Footage broadcast on Georgian television showed Mamuka Mdinaradze, leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party’s parliamentary faction and a driving force behind the bill, being punched in the face by opposition MP Aleko Elisashvili while speaking from the despatch box. The incident prompted a wider brawl between several lawmakers, an occasional occurrence in Georgia’s […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court on Monday ordered the eviction of a Palestinian family in a contested neighborhood of east Jerusalem, the latest in a legal saga that has come to symbolize the conflicting claims to the holy city. The Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood has been the focus of a long-running battle between government-backed Israeli […]

They’re all real beauties, faux show. Sandra Bullock’s “Miss Congeniality” will no longer be the most iconic phony to crash the beauty pageant world. Now, chatbot babes are gunning for the crown — and over $20,000 in cash prizes. Fanvue, a subscription-based social site, is set hot host the world’s first “Miss AI” pageant in May. Fanvue/Amy […]

NewsFeed “There is a sense that this is a proud moment for Iranians, because finally, the establishment has decided to make good on the threats that they’ve been making.” Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari reports from Tehran on Iranian reactions to the country’s attack on Israel. Published On 15 Apr 202415 Apr 2024 EMEA Tribune is […]