South Sudan President Salva Kiir has fired the country’s finance minister without giving a reason, although the move comes amid…
Ukraine strikes Russian city and refinery on day two of presidential vote
A Ukrainian missile attack killed two people in western Russia and a separate drone strike set an oil refinery ablaze…
Hamas lashes out at Abbas’s ‘unilateral’ designation of new PM
The Islamist group Hamas on Friday criticized the “unilateral” designation by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of an ally and leading…
North Korea’s Kim rides car given by Putin, oversees drills
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un publicly rode in a car given to him by Russian President Vladimir Putin in…
Israel approves plan to attack Rafah but keeps truce hopes alive
Israel on Friday approved a potential assault on the Gaza city of Rafah while also keeping ceasefire hopes alive with…
Defence budgets and socioeconomic implications
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides In recent decades, a number of factors have contributed to a containment in…
Europe to use frozen Russian profits to arm Ukraine, Scholz says
Ukraine’s backers will use windfall profits on frozen Russian assets to finance arms purchases for Kyiv, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
Putin says Ukraine will be punished for election day attacks on civilians
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Israel says troops did not open fire on Gazans waiting for aid
Israel‘s military said armed Palestinians had opened fire while crowds were waiting for aid trucks in the northern Gaza Strip and denied…
UK children exposed to violent content online, see it as ‘inevitable’
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