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Poland, with election looming, says it isn’t sending new arms to Ukraine

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Reuters/Kacper Pempel/File Photo By Reuters Poland is only carrying out previously agreed arms deliveries to Ukraine, a government spokesman said on Thursday, amid souring bilateral relations due to a grain dispute just weeks before a Polish parliamentary election. Poland’s decision to extend a ban on Ukrainian grain imports has annoyed

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Kenya’s president calls UN Security Council ‘undemocratic, dysfunctional’

By Anadolu Agency Kenyan President William Ruto strongly criticized the UN Security Council on Thursday for what he perceived as its “ineffectiveness” and absence of democratic principles. Speaking at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, he called for fundamental reform of the Security Council, emphasizing the need for inclusivity and

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462 Al-Shabab fighters killed in failed attack: Ethiopia’s military

File Photo/Somali Times By Xinhua News Agency The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) announced Wednesday it has killed around 462 Al-Shabab fighters after a failed attack by the militant group. The ENDF said in a press release that the fighters were killed in Rabdhure town in southwestern Somalia after they tried to attack an ENDF

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Saudi Arabia getting ‘closer’ to Israel normalization, says crown prince

By Anadolu Agency Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Wednesday that the Kingdom is moving towards a deal to normalize relations with Israel. Bin Salman rebuffed reports that the historic process to establish relations between the nations has stalled over Israeli opposition to make concession vis-a-vis the Palestinians, saying “good negotiations” are ongoing. “We

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Somalia’s corrupt leaders and officials caused the European Union to freeze aid

File Photo/Somali Times The theft of Somalia’s corrupt leaders and officials caused the European Union to freeze aid. Most of the people hear the heads of the districts of Banadir region and those of the regional administrations, the local army and the leaders of the camps holding the aid cards that are given to the

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Exclusive: EU to ask China at UN to push Russia towards ‘just peace’ in Ukraine

President of the European Council Charles Michel. Reuters/Johanna Geron By Reuters European Council President Charles Michel will ask China directly at the United Nations Security Council to do more to push Russia towards a “just peace” in Ukraine, according to his draft speech seen by Reuters at the UNGA. At the Security Council meeting held

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Police marksman who shot Chris Kaba charged with murder

Chris Kaba. Credit Photo/PA Media Evening Standard By Margaret Davis The Metropolitan Police officer who fatally shot Chris Kaba has been charged with murder, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Mr Kaba, 24, died when he was shot through the windscreen of the Audi that he was driving in Streatham Hill, south London on September 6

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Soldiers killed in Kenya military chopper crash

A military chopper conducting night patrol in Lamu County, Kenya crashed, claiming all occupants on board on September 18, 2023. Photo/Shutterstock By Daily Nation Several Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers aboard a Kenya Air Force Huey chopper have died in a crash within the terror prone Boni Forest in Lamu County. Confirming the incident on

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Exclusive: EU temporarily holds back food aid in Somalia after UN finds widespread theft

File Photo/Somali Times By Reuters The European Union executive has temporarily suspended funding for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Somalia, two senior EU officials told Reuters on Monday, after a U.N. investigation found widespread theft and misuse of aid meant to avert famine. The European Commission gave more than $7 million in aid to

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African Union says its second phase of troop withdrawal from Somalia has started

African Union Force Commander Lt. Gen. Sam Okiding shakes hands with Commander of the US Army Special Operations Command and Rear Admiral Jamie Sands at Atmis force headquarters in the Somali capital, Mogadishu on June 14, 2023. Photo/African Union By The Associated Press The second phase of the African Union troop withdrawal from Somalia has

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