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What is the latest on Netanyahu’s corruption trial?

File – Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the Israel’s judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 18, 2023. Netanyahu’s corruption trial has resumed after a month-long break. The resumption refocuses the spotlight on the long-serving leader’s legal woes after a wave of protests over his government’s plan

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Belarusian military completes training on use of Russian nuclear missile systems

A screenshot from a video shared by Russian Defense Ministry’s telegram channel By Anadolu Agency The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday said Belarusian military units have completed training on how to use the Iskander tactical missile systems that can be armed with nuclear missiles. Units of a separate missile division of the Belarusian armed forces

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Minneapolis landlord under state investigation for allegedly baseless evictions

Greenway Apartments. Google Streetview Bring Me The News By Grace Deng Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Tuesday that his office has opened a civil investigation into Investment Property Group UT (IPG) for allegedly illegal evictions at its Greenway Apartments complex in South Minneapolis. IPG is accused of collecting illegal utility charges and evicting

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US to send nuclear ballistic submarines to Korean Peninsula

President Joe Biden and South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol pause after laying a wreath as they visit the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, April 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) By The Associated Press Presidents Joe Biden and Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday will sign an agreement that includes plans to have U.S.

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Sudan’s Bashir moved to military hospital before fighting-sources

By Reuters Sudan’s toppled leader Omar al-Bashir was moved from Kober prison to a military hospital in the Sudanese capital before heavy fighting broke out there on April 15, two sources at the hospital said. The whereabouts of Bashir came into question after a former minister in his government, Ali Haroun, announced on Tuesday he

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South Africa’s ruling party wants country to leave International Criminal Court: President

By Anadolu Agency South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Tuesday his governing African National Congress party (ANC) has resolved to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Ramaphosa made the remark while addressing a joint news conference with visiting Finnish President Sauli Väinämo Niinisto in the nation’s capital of Pretoria. The ICC issued an

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Russia’s new T-14 Armata battle tank debuts in Ukraine – RIA

Russian T-14 Armata tanks drive during the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2020. Host photo agency/Evgeny Biyatov via Reuters By Reuters Russia has begun using its new T-14 Armata battle tanks to fire on Ukrainian positions “but they have not yet participated in direct assault operations,” the RIA state

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UK covers up Somaliland massacre report

Credit: Reuters/Andrew Mitchell Minister of State (Development and Africa) at Downing Street Declassified UK By Phil Miller Britain’s Foreign Office is censoring “vital information” on who shot protesters in Somaliland, after funding a police unit some blame for the killings. UK diplomats will not declassify their assessment of who killed pro-Somalia activists at a demonstration

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Grandchildren of British slave owners call on UK government to apologize

By Anadolu Agency The descendants of some British slave owners have launched an activist group, calling on the UK government to extend an official apology for slavery and launch a reparative justice program in recognition of the “ongoing consequences of this crime against humanity.” The Heirs of Slavery movement has been created to urge the

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Which countries are evacuating citizens from Sudan?

In this photo provided by the Spanish Defence Ministry passengers from Sudan disembark from a Spanish Air Force aircraft at Torrejon Air Base in Madrid, Monday April. 24, 2023. (Spanish Defence Ministry via AP) By The Associated Press As continued fighting raises fears that Sudan could plunge deeper into chaos, foreign governments are scrambling to

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