Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the heads of military conscription in every region of the country following corruption allegations that may have seen men dodge the draft. Kyiv has been conscripting Ukrainians for assault battalions as its counter-offensive continues against Russian forces. Following a meeting with military leaders, President Zelensky posted on social media:…
Lebanon’s sole national TV Channel, Tele Liban, has been temporary shut down due to the government’s inability to pay employee’s salaries. Lebanon’s Information Minister Ziad Makari made the announcement on Friday. It was learnt that the closure came after attempts to persuade employees to continue working proved unsuccessful, a report by Elnashra…
At least 53 people have been killed and 1,000 remain missing after wildfires tore through the Hawaiian island of Maui. A desperate search for survivors continued on Friday, in the historic town of Lahaina, where photos showed neighbourhoods reduced to grey ash, with block after block of nothing but rubble and blackened foundations. …
North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un has reportedly replaced his top military general and called for preparations for the possibility of war. Pak Su Il, North Korea’s Chief of the General Staff, was ‘dismissed’ after about seven months in the role, Korean Central News Agency reported. He will be replaced by…
The World Bank has announced its decision to suspend new loans to Uganda due to the country’s enactment of the anti-Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer (anti-LGBTQ) laws that include the death penalty in some cases. Al Jazeera reports that the announcement by the bank comes three months after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed…
Google today announced the expansion of Bard, its conversational AI service, to 40 new languages including Swahili- the first African language to be included and 59 new countries and territories. The expansion includes new features that allow users to better customise their experience, boost their creativity, and get more done. With the expansion, Bard is…
The Boko Haram group, also known as ‘Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād’, has reportedly executed one of its top leaders, Abou Hassana, along with three of his alleged accomplices. These actions were taken in response to accusations of rebellion within the group. The executions took place in front of other fighters at the Mandara Mountain in the…
Russian President, Vladimir Putin’s FSB security service troops have found £38million in cash stuffed in a van and two buses when they raid Prigozhin’s Wagner Headquarters in St Petersburg. Yevgeny Prigozhin has confirmed that a large amount of money, which was stashed in a van and two buses on the property, was found during the…
Russian government accused mercenary chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, of armed mutiny on Friday after he alleged, without providing evidence, that the military leadership had killed a huge number of his fighters in an air strike and vowed to punish them. The standoff, many of whose details remained unclear, looked like the biggest domestic crisis President Vladimir…
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of private military contractor Wagner Group, has marched his mercenary forces into the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don in what many have described as a declaration of civil war on the Russian state. Read here Prigozhin had vowed to take all necessary steps to topple Russia’s military leadership, hours after the Kremlin…
