France on Wednesday described as “groundless” the allegation by Niger that Nigeria had offered space in its territory to France in order to destabilise the former French colony. Mr Bertrand de Seissan, Political Counsellor to the Embassy of France in Nigeria expressed this thought in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in…
Israel on Wednesday denied agreeing to a week long ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for a list from Hamas of hostages that the group would release. Media reports claimed the proposed deal would include a six-to-eight-week ceasefire, expanded aid access to the Palestinian enclave, and efforts to rebuild its health system, destroyed by Israeli strikes….
The outgoing administration of Joe Biden is negotiating with the Taliban, under UN sanctions for terrorism exchange of detained Americans in Afghanistan for at least one profile high prisoner. The administration called for exchange of the prisoner who were allegedly said to have associated with Osama bin Laden, the late leader of al-Qaeda (banned in…
Israel said on Monday that it had not received any new information from Hamas regarding the 34 hostages reportedly approved for exchange in a potential Gaza ceasefire deal. The list was widely circulated in both Israeli and Arab media, it included 12 women and children, 11 men aged 50 or above, and 11 young men…
If convicted, Sarkozy faces up to 10 years in prison under the charges of concealing embezzlement of public funds and illegal campaign financing. Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, convicted twice in separate cases since leaving office, goes on trial Monday charged with accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with the late Libyan dictator…
The former star prosecutor has defiantly refused questioning three times over a bungled martial law decree last month and remained holed up in his residence surrounded by hundreds of guards preventing his arrest. Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared set to evade arrest ahead of a Monday night deadline after anti-graft investigators asked…
Apollo Quiboloy, the self-proclaimed “Appointed Son of God” who founded a church in the Philippines called the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) has been charged with a criminal offence. Revered by his followers as a divine figure capable of supernatural feats, Quiboloy wields influence beyond the pulpit and into the highest levels of politics, with…
German police conducted raids on multiple properties across the country on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a suspected people smuggling network. Authorities targeted 19 locations across several German states, including Thuringia, Baden-Württemberg, Schleswig-Holstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Saxony-Anhalt, with a focus on the city of Jena in Thuringia. Five arrest warrants were executed for…
UK Defence Secretary, John Healey, stated that Israel’s security would not be weakened by the suspension of some arms exports, amidst a backlash from Tel Aviv and Jewish leaders. The British government suspended around 30 out of approximately 350 licences due to concerns they could be used in violation of international humanitarian law in the…
Military-technical cooperation between Russia and Mongolia includes supply of weapons to Ulaanbaatar and the training of military personnel; currently Russia has trained 340 Mongolian soldiers. Russian Deputy Defence Minister, Alexander Fomin said on Tuesday. “The supply of weapons and military equipment, repair, maintenance, modernisation,’’ Fomin outlined the areas of cooperation. He added that “we are…
