THE MAINEWIRE A new report from the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has revealed that the U.S. State Department has likely given at least $239 million to the Taliban since President Joe Biden ordered the disastrous — and deadly — withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2021. “In total, State could not […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Jane Frances Abodo has decided to drop the charge of idle and disorderly against some of the suspected anti-corruption demonstrators. DPP Jane Frances Abodo says the laws are outdated and acknowledged need to reform them. Following immense pressure mounted against her office, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo
DAYS OF PALESTINE Meta Platforms (META.O) issued an apology on Tuesday for the inadvertent removal of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s social media posts mourning Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh. The posts in question contained his expressions of condolence to a Hamas official following the assassination of the national leader, Ismail Haniyeh. Meta was
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AA ISTANBUL. A US judge on Monday ruled Google engaged in illegal practices to eliminate its competitors and uphold a monopoly on online search and related advertising. Judge Amit Mehta said Google breached Section 2 of the Sherman Act, a US antitrust statute. “After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court
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MEHR NEWS TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – A deadly explosion at the Avangard plant in Bashkortostan, Russia, has claimed the lives of three workers. The Avangard plant is owned by Rostec, the state-owned Russian arms manufacturer, which is currently under EU sanctions. The explosion reportedly occurred during maintenance work when a repair crew was dismantling
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THE STRAITS TIMES JAKARTA – The body of a New Zealand helicopter pilot shot dead by rebels in eastern Indonesia’s restive Papua region has been retrieved, the joint task force of police and soldiers leading the search said Aug 6. Mr Glen Malcolm Conning, 50, a pilot for Intan Angkasa Air Service, was killed on
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DAILY MAIL A huge rocket attack on Ain al-Assad base in Iraq wounded ‘several’ American soldiers on Monday, officials said, just a day after Antony Blinken made chilling predictions of an Iranian counterattack on Israel. The base in the west of the country was targeted by two Soviet-made Katyusha rockets amid soaring tensions in the Middle East – with Iran threatening
Times of Israel Iranian officials quoted by The New York Times say Russia has begun delivering advanced air defense and radar equipment to Iran, after officials in Tehran asked the Kremlin for the arms. The report comes as Iranian state media report that the country’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian told a visiting senior ally of Kremlin leader
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THE JC The British government has already begun to suspend arms export licences to Israel while ministers carry out a policy review, evidence seen by the JC confirms. While Foreign Secretary David Lammy is yet to make a final decision on whether to halt weapons sales to the Jewish state, civil servants have already stopped granting permits.
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Fulham FC The Club is delighted to confirm the signing of Jorge Cuenca from Villarreal for an undisclosed fee. The defender has agreed a four-year deal, keeping him at Craven Cottage until the summer of 2028, with a Club option to extend by a further year. Cuenca, 24, primarily operates as a left-sided centre-half, but
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