A temporary pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas has ended, resulting in missile strikes and destruction once again. The two sides have blamed each other for the returning violence. Israel said that Hamas violated the ceasefire by failing to release women and children who are being held hostage in Gaza. Hamas said that Israel … Read more
KABUL: Nearly 400,000 Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan in the past two months, TOLO News reported citing the Taliban’s consul in Karachi Abdul Jabar Takhari. According to Takhari, the detention of Afghan refugees is still happening at a high rate in Pakistan. Takhari said that nearly 1,000 Afghan refugees are currently in … Read more
Former British prime minister becomes foreign secretary in political shock. Former Prime Minister David Cameron is back in front-line British politics, making a shock return as foreign minister in Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government. The move comes after Sunak sacked Home Secretary Suella Braverman after she wrote an article that accused the police of bias towards … Read more
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man illegally brought a handgun into the Wisconsin Capitol on Wednesday, demanding to see Gov. Tony Evers, and returned at night with an assault rifle after posting bail, a spokesperson for the state said. The man, who was shirtless and had a holstered handgun, approached the governor’s office on the … Read more
Dark powder, sand-sized particles found as lid opened on Osiris-REx space probe which collected samples from asteroid. Scientists at the United States space agency NASA found “black dust and debris” when they opened the space capsule that recently returned to Earth with the largest asteroid sample ever brought back from space. NASA said on Tuesday … Read more
Seven-year-old Prince Alemayehu was taken to England after battle of Magdala, and he died there in 1879 at the age of 18. A lock of hair from an Ethiopian prince who died in 1879 and artefacts looted by the British army during a 19th-century battle against Ethiopia’s Emperor Tewodros II have been returned to the … Read more
Issued on: 19/09/2023 – 17:39 03:07 Alexander Fyodorov, a former Wagner fighter and convict. © AFP Alexander Fyodorov spent had spent most of his life in prison for various crimes before becoming one of thousands of convicts recruited by the Wagener Group to fight in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Upon his return to Russia he … Read more
Comment on this storyComment On Monday, Andreas Blühm, director of the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands, was eating Indonesian-style french fries inside a cafe in Amsterdam when he received the call he had been anxiously awaiting for the past three years: “We have recovered the painting,” the voice on the other end of the line … Read more
Like his predecessors, Xi wields power through his control of the Communist Party, the military and the government. But Xi has expanded his power beyond previous limits. He has concentrated decision-making around himself. He has intensified the power of the party over society. His name, his image and his words fill the media. To many, … Read more
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Grand jury hands up indictment but unclear whether the charges, which were not made public, involve the former US president. The grand jury in Georgia, United States, investigating Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss has handed up a criminal indictment, though it was unclear whether the charges involved the … Read more