Views: 27 K24 Kenya: A Mombasa court has sentenced a boda boda rider to seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the offence of retaining Ksh200,000 that had been wrongly sent to his M-Pesa account. Mombasa senior resident magistrate David Odhiambo sentenced 27-year-old Samuel Mwithiga Wanjiku to serve seven years after he pleaded […]
Views: 11 BULGARIAN MILITARY Earlier this year, it came to light that the US Navy, under an “emergency response” program aimed at countering Yemen’s Houthi attack drones, was working on integrating AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missiles into its EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft. Additionally, they have expanded the use of AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles. Recently, it was disclosed that an
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Views: 4 THE CUT Paris’s mayor may be celebrating the city’s readiness to host the Olympics next week by swimming in the formerly E. coli–infested Seine, but not everyone is impressed with the host city. On Tuesday, Amnesty International called France’s refusal to allow its athletes to wear hijabs while competing in the Games discriminatory and hypocritical.
Views: 8 BULGARIA MILTARY A fleet, including the missile cruiser Varyag and the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, has successfully navigated the Suez Canal, transitioning from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, as confirmed by the Pacific Fleet [PF] on Wednesday. Photo credit: TASS “Presently, the Pacific Fleet’s crews continue their designated missions as part of their
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Views: 15 The Salary and Remuneration Commission (SRC) on Thursday, July 18, froze salary review for all other public officers for the Financial Year 2024/2025. SRC announced that this was due to financial constraints that had resulted after President William Ruto declined to sign the Finance Bill, 2024, into law. “The Salaries and Remuneration Commission
Views: 4 India Times Israeli forces launched attacks in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing at least nine Palestinians, according to health officials, with Israeli tanks conducting a limited advance into Rafah in the south. Over the past 24 hours, Israeli strikes have killed at least 81 Palestinians and wounded 198, without distinguishing between militants and civilians, the Gaza health
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Views: 6 TURKISH MINUTE A Turkish delegation visited Niger on Wednesday looking to strengthen military cooperation with the regime that came to power in a coup nearly a year ago, Agence France-Presse reported. Niger has been run by a military regime since the July 2023 coup ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been held as
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Views: 4 TRT WORLD Russia downed 33 Ukrainian aerial drones overnight over Crimea and 10 naval drones that were heading for the peninsula, Moscow’s defence ministry said Thursday. “Air defence systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 33 aerial drones over… Crimea,” the ministry said in a Telegram post, adding that forces “in the Black
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Views: 4 At least 16 people were killed after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The incident occurred on Wednesday around 6 pm at the 14-story building, located in a high-tech zone in the city of Zigong, Sichuan province, according to Chinese state media. Dramatic images and videos
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