In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, a Ukrainian military vehicle is hit during combat in Ukraine. Analysts say Moscow has learned from its mistakes so far in Ukraine and has improved its weapons and skills. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP,

Kenyan President William Ruto and his Djibouti counterpart dictator Ismail Omar Guelle discussed the importance of remaining African Union forces in Somalia with the country’s security capacity, according to Somali officials told Somali Times. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country? Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 The two presidents who held

A still image taken from video shows what are said to be destroyed armoured vehicles of the Ukrainian armed forces, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in an unidentified location in the southern Donetsk direction in Ukraine, in this image taken from a handout footage released June 10, 2023. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via Reuters By

By Anadolu Agency Scotland’s former First Minister has been detained on Sunday in relation to an investigation into the Scottish National Party’s (SNP) finance. “A 52-year-old woman has today, Sunday, 11 June, 2023, been arrested as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party,” Scottish

Courtesy of Sotheby’s By Face2Face Africa The largest ruby in the world to come to auction set a record in New York when it sold for $34.8 million on Thursday. The record sale of the 55.22-carat gem comes months after Canadian firm Fura Gems discovered the jewel at one of the company’s mines in Mozambique.

File Photo Reuters By Reuters Turkish security forces seized $1 billion of counterfeit money in Istanbul and arrested six people involved in the operation, including one Ghanian and three Swedish nationals, the governor’s office said on Friday. Gendarmerie forces tracked the suspects to a storage space in Istanbul’s Kagithane district, where they seized the fake

By Anadolu Agency Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman threatened the US with “major economic consequences” after President Joe Biden vowed “consequences” for the Kingdom after it slashed oil production last year. The allegation came in a report from the Washington Post newspaper on Thursday based on classified documents released on the videogame-centric Discord messaging

Flags of U.S. and China are seen in this illustration. Reuters/Florence Lo/Illustration By Reuters China’s foreign ministry on Friday said “spreading rumours and slander” is a common tactic of “hacker empire” the United States, after a media report that China has reached a deal with Cuba to set up an electronic eavesdropping facility on the

UN Special Representative for Sudan Volker Perthes in the capital Khartoum/AFP By The East African Sudan on Thursday evening announced that it was expelling Volker Perthes, the special representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Integrated Transitional Support Mission in Sudan (Unitams). The Sudanese Foreign Ministry stated that the government notified

By Anadolu Agency EU member states on Thursday approved a draft bill updating the rules for issuing work permits to non-EU citizens. In a statement, the Council of the EU announced that it had “agreed its position on an update of an EU law that deals with legal migration to the EU labor market.” The