BRIC summit aimed at mocking Western push to isolate Russia is overshadowed by Ukraine war
More than 20 leaders, including Chinese President Xi, Indian Prime Minister Modi, United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are attending the BRICS summit.
Ukraine war: US doubts Russia’s military capacity in wake of North Korea’s 3,000-troop donation
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday there was evidence that North Korean troops were in Russia, although it remained to be seen what they would be doing there. Austin, speaking in Rome, said the alleged North Korean deployment could be further evidence that the Russian military was having problems over manpower in its war against Ukraine.
Al Shabaab terrorists scale up IED attacks as Somali National Army uproots them from their positions
For more than a decade, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have been the deadliest weapons terrorists in Somalia have deployed against both Soldiers and civilians. Since 2014, IEDs planted by al-Shabaab have killed or injured more than 14,000 people, 61% of them civilians, according to Action on Armed Violence. Based in...
Journalist captures Israeli strike on building near ‘interests and facilities’ in Beirut linked to Hezbollah top brass
Minutes before the bomb brought down the building, two smaller projectiles were fired at the roof in what Israel’s military often refers to as warning strikes, according to AP journalists at the scene. It is a practice Israel has followed in staging strikes in Gaza during past wars.
Political violence fears in US soar as Trump team accuses UK’s Labour Party of vote ‘interference’
The centre-left Labour Party, which sees the US Democrats as its sister party, swept to power in July. Starmer has since sought to build ties with Trump, meeting him at his Trump Tower during a visit to New York in September.
Close election match up drives Democrats and Republicans to scramble for overseas voters
The Republican National Committee, which is largely integrated with the Trump campaign, has targeted overseas voting in legal challenges, notably Pennsylvania. If the lawsuit is successful, it would decrease the number of Americans abroad who could vote.
Why Ugandans must address how Museveni and fellow refugees grabbed power and are now grabbing all land
In Uganda of the 21st century, everything has been reduced to politics: politics of education, politics of health, politics of seeds or food, politics of exclusion, politics of conquest and politics of occupation. The list is long… Politics of conquest and occupation are frequently associated with cross-border refugees or former...
Russian official says Moscow never counts on ‘a good guy’ becoming US president as state media flatters Trump
State TV has often showcased guest speakers on its prime time geopolitical talk shows who express a preference for Trump, even if their reasons sometimes vary. Andrei Sidorov, a senior academic at Moscow State University, told a major state TV talkshow this month that Trump would be better for Russia because he would stir division that could trigger a long-held fantasy of anti-Western Russian hawks – the disintegration of the United States during infighting between its constituent states.
New poll shows Harris 46 per cent to 43 per cent ahead of Trump against backdrop of voter gloom
The poll gave signs that voters – particularly Democrats – might be more enthused about this year’s election than they were ahead of the November 2020 presidential election when Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump.
A fool’s mission: Trying to track the impact of European Union migration funding in Senegal
Back in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, I chose two EUTF projects focusing on agriculture to look into. One was managed by ANIDA in partnership with the Italian and Spanish Development Cooperation Agencies and had received 20 million euros from the EUTF. The other was run by the Belgian Development Agency, Enabel, and had a budget of 18 million euros from the EUTF.
