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Supreme Court decriminalises abortion in Mexico
Mexico’s highest court has ruled to decriminalise abortion nationwide after establishing that previous laws prohibiting it are unconstitutional and was in violation of women’s rights. The Supreme Court of Justice…
UK labels Russia’s Wagner Group terrorist organisation
Britain is set to outlaw the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, by officially designating it as a terrorist organisation. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps confirmed this on Wednesday in an…
Indian govt. proposes changing country’s name to Bharat
The Indian government is considering renaming the country as Bharat, an official has said. The Narendra Modi-led government is to bring the resolution for changing the country’s name at the special session of the…
Jordan blocks website for posting satirical content mocking crown prince’s wedding
Jordanian authorities have blocked AlHudood, a satirical website, for making jokes about Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah’s wedding, a move that underscores the suppression of dissenting voices in the Middle East…
Russian army has recruited 280,000 soldiers since January – Official
Russia’s former president and Security Council chairman Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday that Moscow had recruited some 280,000 people into the army since the start of the year. Russia has not announced another mobilisation,…
Mohamed al-Fayed, whose son died in crash with Princess Diana, dies at 94
Mohamed al-Fayed, the flamboyant Egypt-born billionaire businessman whose son was killed in a car crash with the United Kingdom’s Princess Diana, has died aged 94,…
Former President Trump’s trial for Election Fraud in Georgia to be Televised
A judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump’s trial in Georgia over charges of election fraud will be livestreamed and televised. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that according to Judge Scott McAfee, all the…
Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election fraud case
Former US President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in his Georgia election fraud case, waiving the right to appear in court next week.…
Wagner Chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, laid to rest in low keyed funeral
Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried in a private funeral in St Petersburg. His press service said the ceremony,…
Number two US House Republican Steve Scalise has cancer
Steve Scalise, the second most powerful Republican in the US House of Representatives, has announced he is being treated for cancer. The House Majority leader said he had been diagnosed with…
President Putin Won’t Attend Wagner Leader, Prigozhin’s Funeral – Russian Government
President Vladimir Putin of Russia will not attend the funeral for Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary chief who launched a failed mutiny against Russia’s military leadership and and died in a plane crash last week, the…
Trump trial set for March 4, 2024, in federal case charging him with plotting to overturn election
Trump trial set for March 4, 2024, in federal case charging him with plotting to overturn election Donald Trump will go on trial in the federal case in Washington on March 4, 2024, Washington Ap reported. The…
Osama Bin Laden’s alleged killer arrested in Dallas
The former U.S. Navy SEAL who claimed he killed Osama bin Laden in his 2017 tell-all book has been arrested for assault in the Dallas suburb of Frisco in Texas. Rob O’Neill, 47, faces misdemeanour charges of…
Multiple people killed in ‘racially motivated’ shooting at Dollar General in Florida
Three people were killed in a "racially motivated" shooting at a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday, authorities said. All three…
The Georgia election case against Donald Trump and 18 others is about to get ugly. Here’s why
For former President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and their 17 other…
Russian General who knew ‘secrets’ of Putin’s £1b palace dies mysteriously
A top Russian general who ran the construction of Vladimir Putin’s £1 billion palace – allegedly paid…
Poll: Trump could be in big trouble for 2024 if convicted of crimes
So far, the fact that former President Donald Trump has been criminally indicted four times this…
Wagner chief Prigozhin ‘man of complicated fate’, made many mistakes – Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reacted to the reported death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, in a plane…
With Prigozhin’s Death, Putin Projects a Message of Power
Just as the news broke on Wednesday of the presumed death of the mercenary chief Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was…
Sanctioning Russia failed to have full impact, German foreign minister says
German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock has expressed disappointment with the effect of the sanctions against Russia over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “Actually, economic sanctions should have an economic impact, but…
Prigozhin: Russia’s mercenary supremo turned Kremlin enemy
Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was feared dead Wednesday in a plane crash near Moscow, was a Kremlin confident catapulted to infamy by Russia's offensive in Ukraine before he turned his troops on Russia's…
Biden reacts to Wagner leader’s ‘death’, says little happens in Russia without…
United States President Joe Biden says “little happens in Russia without the knowledge of Vladimir Putin”, in reaction to the reported death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group. Earlier, Russia’s…
Prigozhin, leader of Wagner Group, killed in ‘plane crash’ in Russia
Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, a private army in Russia, has reportedly died in a plane crash in the country. Nine other people reported to be on board the aircraft are also part of the…
17 killed in Indian railway bridge collapse – Official
At least 17 labourers working on a railway bridge being built across a ravine in India’s eastern Mizoram state were killed when it collapsed on Wednesday, officials said, with others reported missing. Video footage…