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Alexei Navalny's mother says she's being "blackmailed" over son's body
The mother of Alexei Navalny, a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, who died in a Russian prison last week has said that she has seen her...
Joel Orme
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Ukraine withdraw from Avdiivka in large victory for Russia
Ukraine have withdrawn troops from the eastern town of Avdiivka to avoid encirclement, army chiefs have said. The Russian takeover of the...
Joel Orme
Feb 17, 20242 min read


Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has died in prison
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has died in prison, according to Russian authorities. The ardent critic of President...
Joel Orme
Feb 16, 20241 min read


Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in retaliation for earlier strikes
Hezbollah have fired a series of rockets at Israel, in retaliation to earlier IDF strikes, which killed 10 people in the south of Lebanon...
Joel Orme
Feb 15, 20242 min read


One dead and nine injured in shooting at Kansas City victory parade
One person is confirmed to have been killed, along with nine others who have been injured at a shooting by two armed gunman at the Kansas...
Joel Orme
Feb 14, 20241 min read


Australian MPs vote to urge the US & UK to free Julian Assange from prison
Australian MPs, and importantly, the Prime Minister and cabinet members, have voted to urge the US and the UK to allow Wikileaks founder...
Joel Orme
Feb 14, 20242 min read


Russian warship destroyed by Ukraine off Crimean coast
A Russian warship has been destroyed off the Crimean coast, Ukraine have said. The Caesar Kunikov large landing ship was sunk in the...
Joel Orme
Feb 14, 20241 min read


House of Representatives vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary
The Republican led House of Representatives have narrowly voted to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas, the Homeland Security Secretary, making...
Joel Orme
Feb 14, 20242 min read


US Senate passes $95bn aid bill for Ukraine, Israel & Taiwan
The Democratic majority US Senate has voted to provide an aid package to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, worth $95.34bn. This comes amid...
Joel Orme
Feb 13, 20241 min read


86% of Americans think President Joe Biden is too old to serve second term
A nationwide poll conducted by ABC News and Ipsos has found that 86% of Americans believe President Joe Biden is too old to serve another...
Joel Orme
Feb 11, 20241 min read


Donald Trump encourages Russia to attack NATO allies
Donald Trump, who is seeking a second presidency, has said that he would "encourage" Russia to attack any of the US's NATO allies who he...
Joel Orme
Feb 11, 20242 min read


Violence in Senegal continues over election postponement
Violent protests in Senegal have continued following Macky Sall's postponement of the country's elections. A student has now died in the...
Joel Orme
Feb 10, 20241 min read


Concerns grow over Israel plans for Rafah invasion
On Friday, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered IDF troops to prepare a plan for the evacuation of more than one million...
Joel Orme
Feb 10, 20242 min read


Pakistan army chief calls for calm as both ex-PMs claim election victory
Pakistan's army chief has called for calm in the country, and has urged the population to leave "anarchy and polarisation" behind as two...
Joel Orme
Feb 10, 20242 min read


Donald Trump takes expected win in Nevada Republican caucus
Donald Trump wins more delegates in his latest victory in the race to be the Republican challenger to Joe Biden in November's...
Joel Orme
Feb 9, 20241 min read


President Joe Biden 'retained classified materials' but won't face criminal charges
President Joe Biden "wilfully retained and disclosed classified materials", a special counsel report stated, but will not face criminal...
Joel Orme
Feb 8, 20242 min read


Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi removed from post
Ukraine's top army chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, has been removed from his post by President Volodymr Zelenskyy. It comes a week after the...
Joel Orme
Feb 8, 20241 min read


US Supreme Court hears arguments on Donald Trump's eligibility to be President
The US Supreme Court has today started hearing arguments in a landmark legal case that will determine whether Donald Trump is eligible to...
Joel Orme
Feb 8, 20243 min read


Court rejects Donald Trump's presidential immunity claim
A federal appeals court in Washington DC has rejected Donald Trumps claim that he has presidential immunity over a possible criminal...
Joel Orme
Feb 6, 20243 min read


Michigan school shooter’s mother guilty of manslaughter
Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of a boy who killed four and injured seven in a school shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan, is the...
Joel Orme
Feb 6, 20241 min read


Iran will join Russia and China in naval drills following UK & US strikes on Houthi
Iran will join joint naval exercises with Russia and China by the end of the year as tensions in the region escalate over attacks by...
Joel Orme
Feb 5, 20241 min read


Spain say over 1,000 migrants have arrived in Canary Islands in three days
Over the weekend, more than 1,000 migrants have arrived on the Canary Islands in Spain, officials have said. 7,270 migrants crossed the...
Joel Orme
Feb 5, 20241 min read


UK Middle East minister in ceasefire talks, calls Gaza situation "desperate"
Lord Ahmed, the UK's minister of state for the Middle East, is in the UAE to push for a ceasefire in the conflict in Israel and Gaza as...
Joel Orme
Feb 5, 20241 min read


Drone attack kills six at American base in Syria
A drone attack allegedly carried out by the Iran-backed Islamic Resistance group has killed six Kurdish troops at an American base in...
Joel Orme
Feb 5, 20241 min read


Senegal President, Macky Sall, postpones elections indefinitely
Senegal President, Macky Sall, has postponed elections in the country just hours before official campaigning was to start. He cited a...
Joel Orme
Feb 4, 20241 min read


UK confirms joint attack with US on Houthi targets in Yemen
The UK's Ministry of Defence has confirmed its participation in a joint attack with the US on Houthi targets in Yemen. It says it did so...
Joel Orme
Feb 3, 20242 min read


Imran Khan, ex Pakistan Prime Minister, jailed for illegal marriage
Pakistan's ex Prime Minister, Imran Khan, and his wife Bushra Bibi have been jailed as a court rules it was un-islamic and illegal. It's...
Joel Orme
Feb 3, 20241 min read


Iraq warns of "disastrous consequences" after US retaliatory attacks
Iraq have described the US attacks on their soil as a "violation of its sovereignty", and said that the actions taken by Washington will...
Joel Orme
Feb 3, 20241 min read


Three people stabbed in Paris train station
Three people have been stabbed at the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, early on Saturday morning. A man armed with a knife and a...
Joel Orme
Feb 3, 20241 min read


Joe Biden: “If you harm an American, we will respond” as US attack Iran-backed militia
President Joe Biden sends warning: “If you harm an American, we will respond” as US forces strike over 80 targets in Iraq and Syria in a...
Joel Orme
Feb 2, 20241 min read


Dying man in Japan gives deathbed confession to bombings
A dying man in Japan has confessed to being on the country's most wanted list for nearly 50 years as he escaped justice for a series of...
Joel Orme
Feb 2, 20241 min read


Gaza aid situation "desperate", says UN as more countries suspend funding
The largest UN organisation operating in Gaza, UNRWA, have described the situation as "extremely desperate" as Japan and Austria join...
Joel Orme
Jan 29, 20241 min read


North Korea fires cruise missiles off east coast, reports South Koreas
North Korea have reportedly fired multiple cruise missiles from an eastern military port, according to South Korea's joint chiefs of...
Joel Orme
Jan 28, 20241 min read


Three US army troops and dozen injured in drone strike on Jordan-Syria border
Three US army personnel have been killed, and over 30 injured as a drone strike attacks sleeping Americans, President Joe Biden has...
Joel Orme
Jan 28, 20242 min read


UN court allows Israel-Hamas war to continue, but warns Israel
The UN's International Court of Justice has warned Israel that they must do everything in their power to prevent genocide in Palestine,...
Joel Orme
Jan 26, 20242 min read


Trump increases lead over Joe Biden in latest poll
Donald Trump has extended his advantage over Joe Biden and now leads the Democrat President by six percentage points according to a poll...
Joel Orme
Jan 25, 20241 min read


Canadian cabinet condemn Alberta premier Danielle Smith
Canadian cabinet members on Thursday condemned the premier of the energy-rich province of Alberta for reportedly saying that Environment...
Joel Orme
Jan 25, 20241 min read


Putin's political opponent vows to end Ukraine war
Boris Nadezhdin, the man running against Vladimir Putin in March's election in Russia has vowed to end the war in Ukraine if he is...
Joel Orme
Jan 25, 20241 min read


Donald Trump testifies in court in defamation case
Donald Trump has testified in his defence of a defamation case brought by fashion writer E Jean Carroll, whom he had previously sexually...
Joel Orme
Jan 25, 20241 min read


Canada's use of emergency powers 'unjustified', says Judge
A federal judged has ruled that Canada's use of emergency powers to end the anti-government Freedom Convoy protests two years ago was...
Joel Orme
Jan 25, 20242 min read


Amazon's record drought caused by climate change
The Amazon rainforest's record drought in at least half a century caused by climate change, according to a new study. Often described as...
Joel Orme
Jan 25, 20241 min read


Captain Cook statue destroyed on Australia Day eve
A century-old Captain James Cook statue has been cut down and a Queen Victoria monument covered in red paint in an apparent protest in...
Joel Orme
Jan 25, 20242 min read


Nigeria won't move capital to Lagos despite rumours
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has no plans to move the country's capital from Abuja to Lagos, his office says. The presidency blamed...
Joel Orme
Jan 25, 20242 min read


US economy grows faster than expected
The US economy grew faster than expected in the final months of last year, driven by robust household and government spending. The...
Joel Orme
Jan 25, 20242 min read


Japan's Moon Lander on it's nose after landing
Japan's Moon lander ended up on its nose when it made its historic touchdown on the lunar surface. The first picture of the stricken Slim...
Joel Orme
Jan 25, 20242 min read


Qatar criticises Netanyahu in mediation efforts
Qatar has harshly criticised Israel’s prime minister, accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of deliberately obstructing ceasefire and...
Joel Orme
Jan 25, 20242 min read


Alabama death row inmate first to be executed by nitrogen gas
Kenneth Eugene Smith, on death row in Alabama, is set to be the first US inmate to be executed using nitrogen gas after losing his last...
Joel Orme
Jan 25, 20242 min read
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