[ad_1] Transportation costs in Conakry, Guinea’s capital, skyrocketed Tuesday, a day after an explosion ravaged the city’s main fuel depot. The blast left over a dozen people dead, and nearly 200 others injured. The emerging crisis in Guinea, which has an import-based fuel economy, has stoked fears of panic buying …
Read More »The biggest twists in the Russia-Ukraine war in 2023
[ad_1] We will stand and fight: Zelenskyy Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy discusses his meeting with President Biden about foreign aid, criticism that he’s turning the country into an “authoritarian state” and the war against Russia on “Special Report.” The second year of the Russia-Ukraine War did not pan out how …
Read More »Gaza hospital ‘safe place’ for Hamas militants, hospital chief admits
[ad_1] The head of a Gaza hospital has admitted to Israeli forces that the terror organization used his hospital to advance its military operations since the hospital is a “safe place.” Ahmad Kahlot, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, admitted in a bombshell interrogation with Israeli forces …
Read More »Haitian ex-senator sentenced in President Moïse assassination plot
[ad_1] A federal judge in Miami sentenced former Sen. John Joel Joseph of Haiti to life in prison for his role in the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Joseph is the third of 11 suspects charged in Miami to be sentenced. “It turned out that the plan got overwhelmed, …
Read More »Over 2,000 South African miners remain underground as protest enters second day
[ad_1] More than 2,000 workers remained underground for a second day Tuesday in a protest over pay and benefits at a platinum mine in South Africa. The mine is owned by Implats, which is one of the world’s biggest platinum miners. The firm has suspended work at the Bafokeng Rasimone …
Read More »IDF rebuffs accusations it killed two women at church in Gaza as investigation continues
[ad_1] The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is pushing back against reports concerning two Christian women killed during fighting within the area of Gaza’s only Catholic Church over the weekend. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem claimed in a press release Saturday an IDF sniper murdered two Christian women inside the …
Read More »Who are the Houthis rebels attacking commercial ships in the Middle East?
[ad_1] Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have increasingly become a threat to commercial global shipping and the region in which they operate as they continue to launch attacks in the Red Sea. The Houthis have escalated their attacks against vessels in or near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and have stated their …
Read More »Houthis vow to keep attacking ships in Red Sea despite formation of US-led task force
[ad_1] Houthi militants in Yemen say they will not stop attacking vessels in the Red Sea despite the formation of a U.S.-led task force to protect commercial shipping in the region. “Our war is a moral war, and therefore, no matter how many alliances America mobilizes, our military operations will …
Read More »Pakistani woman’s relatives convicted of killing her for refusing arranged marriage
[ad_1] A court in northern Italy convicted the parents and an uncle of an 18-year-Pakistani woman for her murder in Italy after she refused her family’s demands to marry a cousin in their homeland. Saman Abbas’ body was dug up in November 2022 in an abandoned farmhouse near the fields …
Read More »Protests rage on over Slovak government’s plan to amend penal code
[ad_1] Thousands returned to the streets of major cities across Slovakia on Tuesday to continue their protests against a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the country’s penal code. The changes proposed by the coalition government include a proposal to abolish the special …
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