More than 240,000 people were evacuated in eastern China after heavy rains fell across a large part of the country, causing the flow of the Yangtze River to swell, the official Xinhua news agency reported. This Tuesday, July 2 afternoon, the rains had ravaged “36 counties and districts of seven …
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At least 18 people were killed and 30 others injured after a series of attacks by suspected female suicide bombers in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state on Saturday, the head of the local state emergency management agency said. Although the Nigerian military has degraded the capabilities of the militants, they still …
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted a Malian Islamist on Wednesday of war crimes and crimes against humanity for being a central figure in the Islamic police of Timbuktu during a 2012 rebel takeover. In a summary of their verdict, the judges said Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz played an …
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A letter signed by physicist Albert Einstein, in which he urged US President Franklin Roosevelt to draw up a program to develop the nuclear bomb, will be auctioned next September, the BBC reported. In this letter dated August 2, 1939, a month before the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany …
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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 …
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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 …
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Somalia’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday accused Ethiopian troops of making illegal incursions across their shared border, leading to confrontations with local security forces. At least 3,000 Ethiopian soldiers are stationed in the Horn of Africa country as part of an African Union peacekeeping mission (ATMIS) fighting al …
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Israel this Monday, June 24, during a meeting with its Defense Minister, to avoid a new escalation in Lebanon, while discussing efforts to reach an agreement on the release of hostages held in Gaza. “Anthony Blinken stressed the importance of avoiding a …
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The EU announced on Monday that it had sanctioned six officials in Sudan over the war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Reuters reported. These lists include a commanding general of the RSF, the financial advisor of RSF, as well as a prominent tribal leader …
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The Nigerian Air Force has neutralized 80 terrorists during an air operation against terrorists in Katsina State, northern Nigeria. Edward Gabkwet, the army spokesman, announced in a written statement on Wednesday the neutralization of numerous terrorists as part of the Hadarin Daji operation carried out in the Faskare area on …
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