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Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has expressed her deepest condolences following the sudden passing of Defence State Minister Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi.

ByDavid_Oduut Minister Mateke, also Kisoro District Woman MP was pronounced dead on arrival at Mengo hospital this morning where she was rushed for treatment following a heart attack in the wee hours of Saturday morning at her home in Kampala. She was 50 years. In a heartfelt statement  also shared on her X formerly twitter […]

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Ukraine ups pressure for more air defense systems, long-range strike capabilities

Zelensky, in opening remarks at a Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at Germany’s Ramstein Air Base, said his troops are “operating with minimal of weaponry”. “We need more weapons to drive Russian forces off our land, and especially in the Donetsk region,” he continued. “It’s important that every support package that is announced is promptly

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Naval forces cannot stay and protect you ‘forever’: US cautions Israel

The comments came amid continued fears of escalations between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. According to Channel 13, a message was sent to Israel informing them that tensions with Hezbollah and Iran need to be reduced at some stage as “the [US] aircraft carriers will not be able to stay in the area forever”. Fears

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Turkish intelligence says to have killed PKK official in charge of Iran

The Turkish intelligence identified the PKK official as Saleheh Ak Beiik. The PKK member was wanted by Turkey for “criminal activities”. Ak Beiik joined the PKK in 2014 and was operating near the Iranian border on Iraqi soil. PKK, also known as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, has been fighting to carve out an independent region

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NASA releases first photo of solar sail deployed in space

At the end of August, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced the successful deployment of a solar sail as part of the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) mission, Azernews reports. The agency has now released the first photo of the sail taken by a camera onboard the spacecraft that delivered the mission to Earth’s

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Iranian President to attend BRICS summit in Kazan

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will attend the BRICS summit to be held in Kazan from October 22-24, Azernews reports, citing Iranian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Kazem Jalali as he informed TASS about this. He noted that the Iranian President is expected to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as well as other counterparts and the Iranian

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Pakistani national in Canada planned to kill Jewish people in NYC terrorist attack, DOJ says

The Justice Department said 20-year-old Muhammad Shahzeb Khan was arrested in Canada and charged with providing support to a terror organization. Federal officials said on Friday a Pakistani citizen in Canada was arrested and charged with providing material support for a terror organization in a plot to attack targets in New York City. Twenty-year-old Muhammad

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Russian government revises its economic growth forecast for country upward

Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development has revised its 2024 GDP growth forecast from 2.8% to 3.9%, Azernews reports. The Ministry projects that Russia will produce a GDP worth 195 trillion rubles this year, which is 4.4 trillion rubles more than the April forecast. Additionally, the Ministry predicts that economic growth in the country will be 2.5% in

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Ukraine shoots down 58 of 67 Russian attack drones

Russia launched 67 Shahed drones at various targets in Ukraine Saturday, but Ukrainian officials on Saturday said they destroyed 58 of them while several others flew into other regions. Russia launched the drones overnight Friday and into early Saturday morning from Kursk, Yeisk and the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula, Ukrainska Pravda reported. Ukraine’s air surveillance systems tracked the 67

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