Former President Uhuru Kenyatta joined other distinguished guests in Addis Ababa over the weekend to celebrate the wedding of Captain Amanuel Workneh and Captain Mahilet Terefe. Captain Amanuel is the son of Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
Fire danger high as wildfire southwest of Grande Prairie triggers evacuation. Officials in the County of Grande Prairie say crews have made significant progress battling a wildfire that forced some people from their northern Alberta homes over the weekend. In a statement Sunday evening, emergency officials said the county’s regional fire service and Alberta Wildfire
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India to hold civil defence drills in Pakistan standoff. New Delhi: India will conduct mock civil defence drills on Wednesday, government officials said, as fears rise of a regional conflict following an attack in contested Kashmir that New Delhi blamed on arch-rival Pakistan. “The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked several states to conduct mock
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Images reveal Tu-95 bomber buildup at remote Belaya air base. On May 5, 2025, satellite images posted by open-source intelligence analyst MT Anderson on X revealed a striking development at Belaya Air Base, a remote Russian military outpost in eastern Siberia. Nine Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers, known by NATO as “Bears,” were visible on the tarmac, with
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Dutch police arrest pro-Palestine protesters at World War II anniversary event. Dutch police arrested five pro-Palestine protesters on Monday during a World War Two anniversary event in Wageningen, central Netherlands. A police spokesperson said the arrests were for disturbing public order. As the city marked the 80th anniversary of Dutch liberation at the end of World War II in Europe,
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Inmate in Georgia dies after alleged beating in prison. A 46-year-old Georgian inmate, Ioseb Gorgadze, who was allegedly beaten in prison, died on the evening of 4 May at the Vivamed clinic, where he had been transferred in late January with multiple injuries. Despite several months of treatment, doctors were unable to save him. “He had multiple contusions, polytrauma
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Top UN court rejects bid to sue UAE for genocide. The UN’s top court has dismissed Sudan’s case against the UAE accusing the Gulf state of complicity in genocide. Sudan alleged the UAE supported the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Sudanese civil war, in which tens of thousands of people have died, forced
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Serbian and Russian Orthodox Churches Unite Against West. In late April, the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC), Porfirije, was on an official trip to Russia. While there, he seized every opportunity to highlight the close ties between the two nations, a reminder that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) remains the center of gravity
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10 dead, dozens hospitalized as Chinese tourist boats capsize. May 5 (UPI) — At least 10 people are dead and more than 70 have been hospitalized after high winds caused four tourist vessels to capsize in China’s Guizhou province Sunday. The boats reportedly turned over while on a river in the city of Qianxi, which caused 84 people
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Guinea-Bissau PM’s adviser arrested in Spain on drug charges, police say. Spanish police have arrested a special adviser to the prime minister of Guinea-Bissau, on the island of Tenerife in an investigation into suspected corruption and drug trafficking involving police officers, authorities said on Friday. Following Wednesday’s arrest, a court in Tenerife ordered that Lebanon-born
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