A shop security guard has described how he helped save an 11-year-old girl as she was being attacked by a knifeman in London’s Leicester Square. In a statement, the Met Police said a 32-year-old man had been arrested and taken into custody after the girl and her 34-year-old mother were stabbed. Abdullah, 29, who works…
Aug 12 (Reuters) – One Israeli male hostage was killed by his guard and two women captives were seriously wounded in two separate incidents in Gaza, the spokesperson for Hamas’ armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, said on Monday. Abu Ubaida blamed the incident on what he described as Israeli “massacres” against Palestinians. “The enemy government…
Greetings from Tyler, The war of crowd-size is playing out. Trump gets huge crowds, without entertainers. Kamala crashes a rap concert and suddenly is the mainstream’s darling. They never liked her much, until Joe Biden dropped out of the race. They couldn’t keep his secret any longer. Can you imagine the anguish of close family members…
VALEC, Czech Republic, Aug 9 (Reuters) – As instructors shout commands, dozens of students taking part in a pilot Czech army programme aimed at boosting flagging enlistment numbers crawl through forest scrub carrying combat rifles and learning proper shooting positions. Like most former Soviet-satellite states now in NATO, the Czech Republic has missed recruitment targets…
The Biden administration will lift its ban on the sales of offensive weaponry to Saudi Arabia, Reuters reported on Friday, a move that reverses the three-year US ban amidst ongoing attempts by the administration to broker a Saudi-Israel normalisation deal. The move comes against the backdrop of the 10-month-long Israeli war on Gaza and after Middle…
LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Like thousands of Nigerians and millions of others across the developing world, higher fuel costs have irked Antonia Arosanwo. “I am angry,” the 46-year-old mother of five said at a bus stop in Lagos, the teeming commercial capital of Africa’s most populous nation. Her journey from Ojuelegba, a bustling suburb…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A top U.N. counterterrorism official told the Security Council on Thursday that a vast stretch of Africa could fall under the control of the Islamic State group and affiliated terrorist organizations. There was no known link between an alleged plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna and the group or its affiliates elsewhere…
Nicaragua’s diplomatic isolation has deepened as the authoritarian administration of Daniel Ortega has reportedly expelled Brazil’s ambassador to Managua. Breno Souza da Costa was given two weeks to leave Nicaragua, after which he is expected to be replaced by his chargé d’affaires. The news was first reported by Divergentes, a local opposition outlet, on Wednesday….
Euronews takes a closer look into what we know so far about the ongoing cross-border Ukrainian assault in Russia’s Kursk region that began on Tuesday. In the past, Ukrainian forces have launched a few incursions into Russian territory, with the most recent being in March this year, when three anti-Kremlin armed units crossed into Belgorod…
Aug. 7 (UPI) — Turkey filed papers to the International Court of Justice on Wednesday to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel in connection with its war in Gaza. Turkey becomes the first member of the European Union and NATO to take the position in the ICJ against Israel, which possibly could pressure the Jewish state to…