Russia’s hypersonic missile-armed ship to patrol global seas

File- In this image taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on May 28, 2022, a new Zircon hypersonic cruise missile is launched by the frigate named “Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov” of the Russian navy from the Barents Sea. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday Jan. 4,

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Kenya should stop treating refugees as potential terrorists

File Photo/Somali Times LSE By Hanno Brankamp and Zoltán Glück Kenya’s refugee camps have long been depicted as hotbeds of “terrorism” leading to recurrent threats of camp closures and refugee expulsion. With the present drought in the Horn of Africa again pushing tens of thousands of people to seek refuge in Kenya, further securitisation of

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HIMARS missile strike in Ukraine’s Donetsk caused by use of mobile phones: Russia

By Anadolu Agency Russia said early on Wednesday that the main reason for the missile strikes by US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers on a deployment area near the city of Makiivka in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region was the mass use of mobile phones by military personnel despite a ban. “Currently, a commission is working to

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UAE, China ask UN Security Council to meet over Al Aqsa mosque – diplomats

A visitor takes a picture next to the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem’s Old City January 3, 2023. Photographer Ammar Awad By Reuters The United Arab Emirates and China have asked the U.N. Security Council to meet

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Wall Street slips in 2023 open after ending dismal year

File- Flags adorn the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) By The Associated Press Stocks gave up an early gain and stumbled Tuesday on Wall Street’s first trading day of 2023 after closing out its worst year since 2008. The S&P 500 fell 0.9% as of

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Ugandan soldier shoots three colleagues dead in Somalia

UPDF spokesperson Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye By Daily Monitor Uganda military is investigating circumstances under which one of its officers deployed in Mogadishu, Somalia, ran amok and shot three colleagues dead over an unidentified issue. The incident, according to military sources, happened Monday morning at the Mogadishu airport base, which is currently under the protection

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UK factories face tough 2023 after December weakness

A member of staff works on the production line at Jaguar Land Rover’s factory in Solihull, Britain, December 15, 2022. Photographer Phil Noble/File Photo By Reuters British manufacturers are starting 2023 on the back foot, after they reported one of their sharpest falls in activity since the 2008-09 recession last month, reflecting a sharp fall

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Somalia: Las Anod residents flee for their lives

The situation in the city of Las Anod in the Sool region is still uncertain, where violence has been going on for almost 10 days, after the murders of many civilians have become regular in the city. According to Abdikarim Olol, a journalist from VOA Radio, and he is in Las Anod , while reporting

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UK health official says some emergency departments in ‘complete state of crisis’

By Anadolu Agency A senior health official in Britain warned on Monday of the risk to patients due to “appalling” waiting period in accident and emergency departments. “Emergency departments are in a really difficult and in some cases a complete state of crisis right now and in many cases we are unable to provide care

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Looted ancient sarcophagus returned to Egypt from US

Mostafa Waziri, top official at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, takes a look with a magnifier at an ancient wooden sarcophagus during a handover ceremony at the foreign ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after

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