Collins on Senate denying Dem witnesses: ‘Welcome to the club, Mr. Schumer’
Authorities go ‘door to door’ to round up and return thousands – many who fled from the Taliban – on first day of nationwide crackdown Pakistan has begun arresting and deporting Afghan refugees who missed Wednesday morning’s deadline for them to leave, a government minister has announced. At least 200,000 people have already returned to…
West African bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday strongly condemned jihadist attacks which a day earlier hit the Malian capital where locals voiced concern and questions remained about the rare and deadly strike. An Al-Qaeda-linked group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the attack in Bamako against highly sensitive targets, including a military police training centre and the…
It is a rare, almost non-existent thing, to hear someone articulate the Russia-Ukraine Conflict the way I do on my radio show. In the brief video below, Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University outdoes even . . . me. While I relate my reporting from memory after having observed this conflict in the making, Professor…
Philippines soldiers used their “bare hands” to fight off Chinese coast guard personnel armed with swords, spears and knives in the disputed South China Sea, the country’s top military commander has said. General Romeo Brawner accused Chinese vessels of ramming Philippine boats, then boarding them and seizing weapons. One Filipino soldier lost a thumb when…
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered Russian troops to withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro River in the face of Ukrainian attacks near the southern city of Kherson. The announcement marks one of Russia’s most significant retreats and a potential turning point in the war, now nearing the end of its ninth…
JOHANNESBURG, June 4 (Reuters) – South Africa will send envoys to other African countries and around the world after a spate of xenophobic attacks targeting immigrants from other nations on the continent, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday. Ramaphosa made the comments at a press conference after talks with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto at…