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Sudan’s Military has accused the Ethiopian Army of executing seven Sudanese Soldiers and a Civilian. A statement issued by the Sudanese Military promised that there would be an appropriate response. There was no immediate response from Ethiopian authorities to a request for comment. Tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia have run high in recent years because of a spillover of the conflict in Ethiopia’s Northern Tigray region and Ethiopia’s construction of […]

Tunisian Police has arrested former Prime Minister, Hamadi Jebali, on suspicion of money laundering. Police in the city of Sousse seized the phones of Jebali and his wife, and then took him to an unknown location. His defence team revealed that they have been able to meet with him at the detention centre where he is being held. The Former Prime Minister’s arrest raises opposition concerns over the human rights […]

The United States Senate has approved a bipartisan package of modest gun safety measures. This comes as the country’s Supreme Court expanded gun rights by ruling that Americans have a constitutional right to carry handguns in public for self-defense. The bill is the first significant gun control legislation to pass in three decades, in a country with the highest gun ownership per capita in the world. Some 15 Republicans joined all 50 Democrats […]

President of the European Council, Charles Michel has announced that Ukraine and Moldova have been granted EU candidate status. Michel described the European Council decision as a historic moment. Ukraine applied days after the Russian invasion in February, and the process moved at a record speed. Candidate status is the first official step towards EU membership, but it can take many years to join and there is no guarantee of […]

Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung Kyi has been transferred from a secret detention to solitary confinement. A spokesman for the country’s military government, Zaw Tun confirmed that in accordance with criminal laws Kyi has been kept in solitary confinement in prison. She was arrested on February 1, 2021, when the army seized power from her elected government.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has said Russia’s claim on the rail blockade of its territorial outpost in Kaliningrad is false. Simonyte revealed that passengers were still able to travel freely across Lithuanian territory from Russia to Kaliningrad. Kaliningrad is on the Baltic Sea and uses a rail link to Russia via Lithuania for passengers and freight. When Lithuania banned the transit of steel and other ferrous metals under EU […]

The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan has climbed to 1,000, with more than 1,500 others wounded. Head of the Information and Culture Department in hard-hit Paktika, Muhammad Huzaifa, revealed that all houses were destroyed, and people are still trapped under the rubble. The United States Geological Survey, USGS, said the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.9, revising an initial estimate at 6.1. The epicenter of the tremor was […]

Ukraine is set to become an official candidate for European Union, EU membership. According to reports, EU leaders are expected to back the move at a summit to be held on June 23 and 24, 2022. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Russia may increase its military attacks in retaliation to the decision.

At least 920 people have been killed and more than 600 others injured after an earthquake hit remote parts of Southeastern Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. This was disclosed by the Deputy Minister of Disaster management, Mawlawi Muslim, on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Interior Ministry official, Salahuddin Ayubi said that the death toll is likely to rise as some of the villages are in remote areas in the mountains.