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The Kremlin reacted after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday against Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for war crimes and crimes against alleged humanity in Ukraine. “We do not recognize the jurisdiction of this court,” Russian presidency spokesperson Dmitry …

The World Health Organization said Tuesday there is an urgent need to combat the spread of monkeypox in Africa, shortly after scientists separately warned of a dangerous strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “There is a critical need to address the recent surge in mpox cases in Africa,” Rosamund …

A 39-year-old woman passed away shortly after receiving an injection in the Ita Baale area of Ifo, Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. The deceased woman had been receiving treatment at the house of someone, who claimed to be a native doctor, following a brief illness. Suspecting that he could …

A 37-year-old man is battling for his life over his swollen testicles after having sex in a bush with an ex-girlfriend at Gomoa Dawurampong in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region, Ghana. “The incident happened while his wife had given birth to a newborn baby,” Adom News said. …

A judge in Kanawha County (West Virginia, United States) has accused an american couple of using their adopted black children as slaves, reports local media Metro News. The 63-year-old father and the 62-year-old mother were arrested in October 2023 after the discovery of two of the five children in a …

The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on Tuesday June 25 that it had issued arrest warrants against Russian Chief of Staff Valéri Gerassimov and former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. They are both accused of being responsible for the war crimes of directing attacks against civilian objects and causing excessive …

Spanish justice ruled this Tuesday, June 25, that a kiss given “without express or tacit consent” constituted sexual assault. “A ‘stolen kiss’, and therefore without express or tacit consent, constitutes sexual assault”, indicates in a press release the Supreme Court, the highest judicial body in the country, confirming a first …

Senegal has stepped up its preventive measures against Covid-19 following a number of deaths during the pilgrimage to Mecca. At Diamniadio international airport, voluntary screening tests and the wearing of masks were re-imposed on the arrival of pilgrims. Health Minister Ibrahima Sy expressed concern about a possible link between the …

On June 22, Société nigérienne du pétrole (SONIDEP) began exploration and production in the east of the country, although the pipeline to Benin remains closed in Niamey. The initiative was launched by Niger’s Prime Minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, at a ceremony in Haïdara, in the Diffa region. Despite this …

A 21-year-old teacher trainee has been found murdered in an uncompleted building at Mesidan, a farming community in the Techiman North municipality of the Bono East Region, Ghana. “Her body was discovered with stab wounds to the throat,” according to autopsy reports. According to her uncle,” the deceased was a …