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Dozens of Nigerian fishermen feared dead after Chad air strikes on Boko Haram
Dozens of Nigerian fishermen are feared dead after Chad’s military launched air strikes on Boko Haram militants in the Lake Chad region, a local fishermen’s leader has told the BBC. Abubakar Gamandi Usman, chairman of Lake Chad Basin Fisheries Association of Nigeria, said several of the union’s members were missing and estimated more than 40 had died. No bodies have…
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Israel built and defended a secret base in Iraq for Iran war, WSJ reports
Israel set up a clandestine military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign against Iran and launched airstrikes against Iraqi troops who nearly discovered it, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter including U.S. officials. Israel built the installation, which housed special forces and served as a logistical hub for the…
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‘Make up their own minds’: Pentagon releases first tranche of UFO files
The United States Department of Defense has released its first tranche of previously classified files on unidentified flying objects (UFOs), following an order from US President Donald Trump in February. The release on Friday contained 162 files dating back decades, including documents from the FBI, the Department of State, and the US space agency, NASA. It was accompanied by the…
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Iran proposal calls for end of war and lifting of sanctions, news agency reports
An Iranian proposal sent to the United States through mediator Pakistan stresses the need for an end to the war on all fronts and the lifting of sanctions on Tehran, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency said on Sunday, citing an informed source. The proposal emphasizes the necessity of lifting sanctions by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control on Iranian…
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Rebels jeered Putin’s troops out of a key African town. Now his regional grip is slipping away
When Russian forces withdrew last month from the strategic stronghold of Kidal in northern Mali — retreating under the jeers of the very rebels they were sent to crush — they surrendered more than just territory. Observers characterize the withdrawal of the Kremlin-backed Africa Corps as a humiliating blow to Moscow’s prestige as a leading security partner in Africa’s Sahel…
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Putin says he thinks Ukraine conflict ‘coming to an end’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he thinks Russia’s conflict with Ukraine is coming to an end, addressing reporters after a scaled-back military parade in Moscow marking the Soviet victory in World War Two. “I think that the matter is coming to an end,” he said, referring to the “special military operation” in Ukraine, while condemning Western support for the…
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Putin denounces Nato at scaled back Victory Day parade
Russian President Vladimir Putin has used his annual Victory Day speech in Moscow’s Red Square to justify Russia’s war in Ukraine and criticise Nato during scaled-back celebrations marking the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. Speaking before hundreds of military personnel and a handful of world leaders, Putin described the conflict in Ukraine as a “just” war and accused Nato…
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Stung by West Africa rejections, France courts rest of continent at Kenya summit
Shorn of influence in its former colonies in West Africa, France will seek to deepen ties elsewhere on the continent next week at an Africa summit in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, its first in an English-speaking country. With a year left in his presidency, French President Emmanuel Macron is hoping to showcase a “renewed partnership” with Africa, an aide at…
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Trump and Lula’s private Oval Office meeting signals lingering strain – and effort to avoid tension
Despite the recent history of tension between Brazil and the United States, Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Donald Trump ended their meeting on Thursday at the White House exchanging public compliments. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the meeting had been “very good” and called Lula “dynamic”, while the Brazilian president said he left the…
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China gives suspended death sentences to two former defense ministers
In a stunning move, amid purgation of its military, China on Thursday gave two former defense ministers suspended death sentences for corruption. Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu were both convicted of bribery and given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve by the country’s military court, according to state media. The court announced that the two former generals’ sentences will…
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