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    US Govt may approve advanced long-range rocket systems for Ukraine

    The US is preparing to send advanced, long-range rocket systems that can change the trajectory of the war against Russia , new reports say. The Biden administration is reportedly planning to send the weapons systems as part of a larger package of military and security assistance to Ukraine, which could...

    Chechen Leader, Ramzan Kadyrov threatens to attack Poland

    Russian president, Vladimir Putin's warlord, Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Chechen Republic, has threatened to launch a military attack on Poland in retaliation for its steadfast support for Ukraine. Recall, that Warsaw has been one of President Zelensky’s strongest allies since the invasion by Russian forces began.  Poland has acted...

    Every home in UK to receive £400 grant for energy bills

    All households with a domestic electricity connection will be getting a grant of £400 to help them cope with the rising energy bills.  The new support comes instead of the £200 energy discount people were due to receive from October. The £200 discount had been much-criticised and labelled as a "loan"...

    Jack Dorsey may leave ‘Twitter’s board of directors’ soon

    Jack Dorsey will reportedly leave Twitter's board of directors today May 25 - 16 years after co-founding the firm. He is expected to stand down ahead of the $44billion takeover by Tesla magnate, Elon Musk. According to the business news website The Street, Dorsey was set to leave Twitter on Wednesday...

    Russian journalist brags about the Russian mega mortar on Live TV, Ukraine blows it up

    A Russian journalist accidentally gave away the position of a Russian supersized mortar in a report from the Donbas, and Ukraine duly blew it up a day later,  drone footage has revealed. Aleksandr Kots, a journalist who is pro-Putin was proudly showing off the 2S4 Tyulpan 240mm self-propelled heavy mortar...

    N.Korea fires missiles few hours after Joe Biden leaves South Korea

    North Korea fired three ballistic missiles early on Wednesday morning, May 25, just hours after US president, Joe Biden left South Korea, South Korea's military has said. The launches came hours after US President Joe Biden departed for the US on Tuesday evening, May 24 after a five-day trip that...

    Russia loses one of its pilot in Ukraine

    A Russian Air Force Major General has been killed by Ukrainian forces, making him the highest-ranking fighter pilot to die in the war in Ukraine.  Maj. Gen. Kanamat Botashev, 63, became the 13th general to die in Ukraine when he was hit by a Stinger missile while flying over the...

    Vladimir Putin ‘survived assassination attempt few months ago – Ukraine’s intelligence chief says

    Russian president, Vladimir Putin survived an assassination attempt not long after starting his war in Ukraine, the country's intelligence chief has claimed. Kyrylo Budanov claimed Putin was 'attacked.. by representatives of the Caucasus,' a region that includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of southern Russia around two months ago. ' Absolutely unsuccessful attempt, but...

    ‘No more toying with North Korea’ – Yoon Suk Yeol says

    Any new talks between South Korea and North Korea must be initiated by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as the days of appeasing North Korea is over, South Korea's new President Yoon Suk Yeol has said. North Korea has launched 15 missile tests so far this year -- more...

    ‘Teen Russian soldier’ will serve life sentence for war crimes

    A Russian soldier has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Ukraine’s first war crimes trial since Moscow declared war against the country in February this year. 21 year old Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin was accused of shooting a Ukrainian civilian in the head in a village in the northeastern Sumy region. The...

    US Govt may send special operations forces to protect its embassy in Kyiv

    The United States is considering sending special operations forces into Ukraine to help guard the US Embassy in Kyiv, according to new report by the Wall Street Journal. The war in Ukraine started on February 24 but days before, the US evacuated all its staff from its embassy in Kyiv. Early...

    Taliban Govt. orders Afghanistan female TV presenters to cover their faces during broadcast

    Women presenters and reporters on TV channels in Afghanistan have been ordered to cover their faces while presenting news on air. On Sunday, May 22, Afghan female reporters went on air with their faces covered in line with a Taliban order after disobeying the other just a day before. According to...

    Russia cuts gas supplies to Finland after halting electricity supply

    Russia has halted its supply of natural gas to Finland, the Finnish state-owned energy firm Gasum has said. After the EU and US sanctioned Russia over the war, Russia said "unfriendly" countries must pay for gas using the Russian currency, a move the EU considers blackmail. Finland imports most of its...

    Morocco and Spain reopen land borders again

    Morocco and Spain have reopened the land borders between the north African country and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, two years after they were shut due to COVID-19 restrictions and major diplomatic row. The enclaves on the Mediterranean coast in northern Morocco have the European Union's only land...

    21-year-Russian Soldier, pleads guilty to war crimes in Ukraine

    A Russian soldier has pleaded guilty to charges of war crimes after he became the first to go on trial in Ukraine over President Vladimir Putin's invasion. Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin, 21, answered 'yes' when asked by a judge in Kyiv today whether he was guilty of shooting a 62-year-old man in the head in the...

    Europe plans to spend $221 billion to ditch Russian energy supplies 

    The European Union has unveiled a €210 billion ($221 billion) plan to completely shed itself off Russian oil, coal and gas.  Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the EU has sought to reduce its dependence on Russia's vast energy exports which has helped fund Vladimir Putin's military in its war...

    Russia intends to leave WHO soon

    The Russian government is planning to leave the WHO and World Trade Organisation as Putin continues to isolate his nation from the West following the invasion of Ukraine. Moscow's Foreign Ministry yesterday sent a list of international organisations to parliament, with orders to review it and break 'obligations treaties which...

    Black box on China Eastern flight shows that pilot intentionally crashed the plane

    The China Eastern plane that crashed into a mountainside in March 2022, killing 132 people, appears to have been an intentional act, according to a report on Tuesday, May 17. Flight data from the doomed plane suggests someone in the cockpit pushed the Boeing 737-800 into a "near-vertical" descent while cruising at...

    Sweden officially signs NATO membership application

    Sweden has officially signed her country's application to join NATO, following Monday's announcement to proceed with the move. Sweden's s foreign minister Ann Linde, said on Tuesday, "It feels very big, very serious, and it feels like we have arrived at a conclusion which is the best for Sweden. We don’t know...

    Netflix lays off 150 employees as it loses subscribers and revenue

    Netflix is reportedly laying off nearly 150 employees in the coming days due to disappointing earnings and slow revenue growth. According to a Variety report, the Amazon Prime Video rival might also terminate its contract with contractual contributors. The layoffs are about 2 per cent of Netflix’s US workforce. “As we explained...

    Elon Musk may cancel the Twitter deal if there are no clarity on spam accounts

    Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday that his purchase of Twitter would not go ahead unless he was given assurances on the bots he says plague the platform, further complicating his acrimonious bid for the social media giant. The chief of SpaceX as well as Tesla, Musk is currently listed by...

    Sweden set to apply for NATO membership

    The Swedish government has confirmed it intends to apply for membership of Nato, joining neighboring Finland in a similar decision following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to date. “There is a broad majority in Sweden’s parliament for Sweden to join Nato,” said the prime minister, Magdalena Andersson. “This is the best thing for the security of...

    Russia is currently Bankrupt – Zelensky

    Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared that victory could be near as Russian forces have become 'bankrupt' and are now facing 'a dead end' in the war. During an address on Sunday night, May 15, Zelenskyy said his country is starting to see a potential avenue to victory but that they...

    Teen opens fire at New York supermarket, kills 10 people

    A heavily armed 18-year-old white man shot 10 people dead on Saturday at a Buffalo, New York grocery store in a “racially motivated” attack that he live-streamed on camera, authorities said. The gunman, who was wearing body armor and a helmet, was arrested after the massacre, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph...

    Putin may have lost 1/3 of his soldiers in Ukraine – British MoD

    Russia may have lost a third of the invasion force it sent into Ukraine as its offensive continues to struggle in the face of stiff resistance, British military intelligence has said. In its latest assessment, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the Russian campaign in the east of Ukraine had...

    Russia threatens Finland again

    Russia has threatened Finland with consequences if the Nordic nation goes ahead to join Transatlantic military alliance, NATO. Finland's president and prime minister, Sauli Niinisto announced support for joining NATO on Thursday, May 12 moving the country a step closer to joining the US-led military alliance.  Finland shares a 800-mile border with...

    ‘Pussy Riot’ Activist escapes from Russia by disguising herself as a delivery vendor

    The lead singer of Russian protest band, Pussy Riot, has escaped house arrest in Moscow by disguising herself as a delivery driver,  Maria Alyokhina was facing a sentence in a penal colony under harsh laws banning criticism in the country. But she was able to evade police in the Russian capital despite...

    Painting of Marilyn Monroe sold for $195m

    An iconic painting of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol is now the most expensive piece of 20th Century art ever sold, after it was auctioned for $195m (£158.17m) . The amount is also the highest ever paid for an American work of art. The painting, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, was painted...

    Ukraine Army destroys Vladmir Putin’s Parade boat with laser-guided bomb

    Ukraine’s armed forces has said that a Russian “parade boat” used by Vladimir Putin to inspect naval fleets has been destroyed. The Raptor-class patrol vessel was targeted by a laser-guided bomb dropped from a Ukraine-operated Bayraktar TB2 drone near Snake Island in the Black Sea on 8 May, the Ukrainian ministry of...

    Vladmir Putin has recognized he has no ‘victory to celebrate’ – Linda Thomas-Greenfield

    Russian president, Vladimir Putin ''did not make any escalatory statement in the Russian President's Victory Day speech Monday, May 9, because he"has recognized he has no victory to celebrate," US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield has said. During a speech commemorating Russia's defeat of Nazi Germany at the end...

    More than 60 Feared Dead After Russian Strike On School In East Ukraine

    Sixty persons have been feared killed after a Russian air raid on a school in eastern Ukraine. The governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai said two people have been confirmed dead after Russian forces dropped a bomb on the school, and 30 civilians had been pulled from the debris,...

    “Putin using nukes against Ukraine is unacceptable” – Belarus President, Lukashenko says

    Authoritarian Belarusian leader and Vladimir Putin's ally, Alexander Lukashenko, has defended the war in Ukraine but rallied against suggestions that Russia might use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. Russian strongman, Vladimir Putin helped Lukashenko cling to power in 2020 after his widely disputed presidential re-election sparked mass protests in Belarus and...

    Russian Activist sews her lips to protest Vladmir Putin’s War in Ukraine

    A Russian woman woman faces prosecution after she sewed her mouth shut in protest about censorship of protests against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Nadezhda Sayfutdinova, an activist in her 30s, had sewn her own mouth shut, before taking to the streets of the city in a one-woman protest. She held up a...

    Invading russain soldiers were raping ‘everything’ in Ukraine – UN war crimes investigator claims

    Kyiv officials have accused Russian soldiers of raping Ukrainian men and boys as well as women amid an ongoing investigation into dozens of cases. Speaking on Tuesday May 3, UN special representative on sexual violence in war Pramila Patten, warned cases already under investigation were just 'the tip of the iceberg. 'I have received...

    Vladmir Putin may formally declare war on Ukraine soon – US intelligence

    US and Western officials believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin could formally declare war on Ukraine as soon as May 9, to pave way for the full mobilization of Russia’s reserve forces as they attempt to conquer eastern and southern Ukraine. In Russia, May 9, is known as “Victory Day,”...

    Israel angryly reacts after Russia’s Foreign Minister’s justification for Ukraine war

    Israel has reacted with fury after Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov claimed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler "had Jewish blood", when trying to justify the invasion of Ukraine . Sergei Lavrov (pictured top left) made the comments to try to justify Vladimir Putin's portrayal of Ukraine as a "Nazi" country...

    ‘Gay men in Parliament touch me regulary’ – UK Labour MP says

    A UK parliament member has alleged that he was ‘regularly touched up’ by senior gay lawmakers when he was first elected. As stories mount in Westminster over an alleged culture of misogyny and bullying, Chris Bryant, who chairs the standards committee, claims at least four unnamed male gay MPs, who...

    Nancy Pelosi makes surprise visit to Ukraine to meet Zelensky (Photos/Video)

    U.S. House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi made a surprise visit to war torn Ukraine to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, to offer American support amid Russia's invasion of the nation. Pelosi, who is second in line to the presidency after the vice president, was joined at the meeting...

    2 Warlords have been invited to G20 Summit

    Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky could face off at this year’s G20 summit in Bali after the Ukraine president revealed he had been invited by Indonesian leader Joko Widodo. Indonesia has found itself caught between a rock and a hard place after assuming the presidency of the global economic forum...

    Putin boasts of have superior nuclear weapons, again

    Russian president, Vladimir Putin has vowed to use nuclear weapons against any country that dares to  'interfere' with Russia's war in Ukraine.  Putin made the chilling threat while addressing legislators in St Petersburg on Thursday April 28, saying his response to anyone who 'threatens' Russia will be 'lightning-fast' and deadly. 'If someone intends to interfere in what is...

    Russian Gazprom cuts off gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria over their support for Ukraine

    Russian energy giant, Gazprom today halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland for failing to pay for its gas in roubles after President Vladimir Putin gave the order.  The decision is the Kremlin's toughest retaliation yet to international sanctions over the war in Ukraine. Poland confirmed that supplies had been cut, while Bulgaria said...

    Russia threatening to military sites in NATO countries because of their support for Ukraine 

    The Kremlin has warned it could target military sites in the UK and other NATO countries because of their support for Ukraine.  Maria Zakharova, the Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman, suggested that strikes could be authorised against NATO states who provide arms to Ukraine.  She warned: 'Do we understand correctly that for the...

    US Govt Officials meet with President Zelenskyy in Ukraine (photos)

    U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken and Defence Secretary, Lloyd Austin, paid a secrecy-shrouded visit to Kyiv, Ukriane's capital on Sunday, April 24 Zelenskyy had announced Saturday that he would meet with the U.S. officials in Kyiv on Sunday, but the Biden administration refused to confirm that and declined to...

    Finland and Sweden Govts ‘agree to both apply for NATO membership next month despite threats from Putin

    The governments of Sweden and Finland have agreed to submit NATO applications at the same time next month despite threats from the Russian Govt. Two newspapers, one Swedish, the other Finnish, confirmed the news.  Finnish newspaper Iltalehti said that the Swedish government has expressed a wish to Finland that they apply together in the week starting May...

    Spain issues arrest warrant for Tinder scammer, Simon Leviev

    Tinder Swindler, Simon Leviev may face prison in Spain after an arrest warrant was issued for the Netflix conman. Leviev, born Shimon Hayut, has already served time in his native Israel after being arrested for using a false passport in Greece. The Tinder Swindler’s use of a fake passport in Greece saw him extradited to Israel...

    Putin promotes the Officer who autorised the massacre and mass rapes in Bucha, Ukraine

    A senior Russian officer dubbed the 'Butcher of Bucha' has been promoted by President Vladimir Putin for overseeing several atrocities in the Ukrainian town. Commander Azatbek Omurbekov has been promoted from Lieutenant Colonel to full Colonel despite men under his command being accused of gang rape, torture, and mass civilian executions.  The Russian officer,...

    Russia details plans to seize Ukraine’s entire south coast to create a land corridor to Moldova

    Russia has outlined plans to seize the entire Donbas and the south of Ukraine in the second phase of its offensive to create a land corridor stretching to Moldova. The deputy commander of Russia's central military district, Rustam Minnekayev, said Russia planned to forge a corridor between Crimea, the Black...

    Russia flies nuclear bombers near Ukrainian border

    Nuclear bombers belonging to Russia have been spotted in the skies over western Russia could close to the Ukranian border following the sinking of Russia's warship in the Black Sea. New footage shared by Ukrainian intelligence shows four Russian Tu-95s, known as Bears, flying in the Kaluga region, within striking...

    Captured British Soldier ask to be traded for Ukrainian opposition leader, Medvedchuk

    Captured Britons ask to be traded for Ukrainian opposition leader, Viktor Medvedchuk pic.twitter.com/M6EBCBGiBU— Kalu Nwokoro Idika (@KaluNwokoro) April 19, 2022 Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin, who were captured by Russian forces while fighting in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, appeared on Russian television and asked Boris Johnson to...

    Swedes and Finland ready to join NATO, set for Russian attacks

    Last Wednesday in Stockholm, the prime ministers of Sweden and Finland, countries where neutrality and military non-alliance are deeply woven into their cultures, shocked the world by issuing a joint statement that, thanks to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, they were considering applying for membership in NATO. “There is a before...

    US Govt. may label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism

    The US has announced it is looking at plans to label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. A Monday night, April 18, report by CNN quotes a senior administration official saying US State Department officials are looking at every tool available to them to hold Russia accountable for the war...

    Vladimir Putin could attack a NATO base to stop weapons from getting to Ukrainian forces

    Russian leader Vladimir Putin could consider striking a NATO base in order to stop the transfer of arms to Ukraine, a former British security chief has warned.  Lord Ricketts, the UK Government's first national security adviser, said that Putin is becoming 'increasingly desperate to choke off the flow of arms' to...

    Encircled by Russian forces, Ukrainian soldiers are fighting till the end in Mariupol

    Ukranian soldiers of the besieged city of Mariupol will fight to the end against Russian forces, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has revealed. Russia's military says it controls almost all of Mariupol, while Ukraine's Azov Battalion is still holding out in Azovstal, a huge steelworks overlooking the Azov Sea. The port...

    US Govt. approves $997M military arms sale to Nigeria to combat terrorism

    The U.S. government has announced that it has approved the sale of attack aircraft and other military equipment to Nigeria to use in fighting terrorists operating in the country. According to a statement released Thursday, April 14, by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the equipments are to cost Nigeria about $997 million. The approval...

    ‘LGBTQ lifestyle not welcomed during the World Cup’ – Qatar warns

    LGTBQ couples and activists have been warned not to display the lifestyle or rainbow flags at the World Cup in Qatar, to protect them from being attacked for promoting gay rights. A senior leader overseeing security for the tournament told The Associated Press that rainbow flags could be taken from...

    Putin loses another Commander, Colonel Denis Mezhuev, is killed in Ukraine – 40th high-ranking officer killed

    Russia has reportedly lost its fortieth high-ranking military officer since the start of the war in Ukraine. Lieutenant Colonel Denis Mezhuev was killed on the frontline. Mezhuev commanded the Sevastopol Red Banner regiment under the 1st guards motor rifle division, which moved from Kyiv to the battle-scarred east in recent days. A social media post...