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The head of the Main Personnel Directorate of the Russian Defence Ministry, Lieutenant General Yury Kuznetsov, has been arrested, the Investigative Committee has announced. The spokesperson for the Russian Investigative…

The Biden administration has been taking criticism as of late for what some have described as conflicting messaging on key subjects relating to the United States' top Mideast ally: Israel. During a daily briefing last…

Melinda French Gates has resigned from her co-chair position at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and will take $12.5 billion to continue her philanthropic work focused on women and families. Ms Gates announced her…

Israel’s airstrikes and ground offensive in Gaza have left more Palestinian civilians dead than Hamas fighters, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has acknowledged.…

A United States lawmaker, Senator Lindsey Graham has urged Israel to do whatever needs to be done to win its “existential” war with Hamas, just like the US was “justified” to drop nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities…

The world’s first patient with a transplanted pig kidney has died, almost two months after the operation. In March, Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted the genetically-edited pig kidney into Rick Slayman, a…

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, released from prison in December after serving 16 years for crimes against humanity, said on Friday he had been diagnosed with a malignant tongue tumour. President from 1990 to…

The United States has issued a stunning criticism of Israel’s use of American weapons in the Gaza war after Israeli forces intensified operations around the…

The United Nations General Assembly has voted by a wide margin to back a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member, according to an official statement released Friday. The assembly also called on the UN Security…

The talks on reaching a truce in the Gaza Strip resumed with the participation of all parties in the Egyptian capital city of Cairo, Al-Qahera Al-Ekhbariya broadcaster reported on Wednesday, citing a source. “Truce talks…

AstraZeneca is withdrawing its Covid-19 vaccine worldwide, months after the pharma giant admitted the drug could cause very rare, but life-threatening, injuries.…

The porn star at the heart of Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial, Stormy Daniels, testified on Tuesday about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the former president in a hotel…

Vladimir Putin, who has been Russia’s leader for the past 24 years, was sworn in for a fifth term as president, amid conflict with the West over his war in Ukraine. Putin took the oath of office on Tuesday, placing…

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Monday informed mediators Qatar and Egypt that his Palestinian militant group had accepted their proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza after nearly seven months of war. Haniyeh had spoken on the…

Former U. S. president Donald Trump has been warned that he could be jailed for violating a gag order. The judge handling the criminal trial, Juan Merchan, in a personal address to him, handed Mr Trump the warning,…

A sixth Nigerian national pleaded guilty to operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that defrauded elderly and vulnerable consumers across the United States. According to court documents, Amos Prince Okey Ezemma,…

Schools and many offices were closed across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday as heavy rains returned to the desert country just two weeks after record downpours that experts linked to climate change. A lightning…

Pro-Palestinian students have gathered in protest at universities across the UK following violent demonstrations at campuses in the U.S. Students in Leeds, Newcastle and Bristol set up tents outside university buildings…

Forbes recently unveiled a new list of top schools outside the Ivy League, citing ongoing anti-Israel protests on Ivy League campuses. According to Forbes, the  publication highlighted a shift in reputations, naming…

Turkey is joining South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which accuses Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Turkish foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, made…

Former US President Donald Trump took advantage of a break in his hush money trial to hold a major campaign rally Wednesday — blaming his legal troubles and America’s…

The first asylum seeker has been deported to Rwanda under Rishi Sunak’s migrant crackdown. The migrant, whose name is unknown, was flown out of the UK yesterday evening and arrived in Kigali. He was put on a…

The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined the former president on Tuesday for defying a gag order and warned that further violations could see him thrown in jail. Trump, 77, is accused…

The 2016 US Democratic Party presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, has said if former US President Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election, his…