Russia, Ukraine target each other’s energy sector | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia, Ukraine target each other’s energy sector | Russia-Ukraine war News

Moscow has renewed strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities, drawing retaliatory attacks on refineries by Kyiv. Russia and Ukraine renewed attacks on energy infrastructure overnight, damaging plants and causing fires, officials from the warring countries said. The Ukrainian army said in its regular situational update on Saturday that Russia has hit…

‘Free at last’: When South Africa voted in democracy, kicked out apartheid | Nelson Mandela News

‘Free at last’: When South Africa voted in democracy, kicked out apartheid | Nelson Mandela News

He cast a vote. There is nothing remarkable about that. In this year alone nearly 50 percent of the world’s population will head to the polls in at least 64 countries. They may not all meet the bar of being free and fair but that is still some four billion people who will…

Yemen’s Houthis damage oil tanker, shoot down US drone | Israel War on Gaza News

Yemen’s Houthis damage oil tanker, shoot down US drone | Israel War on Gaza News

Yemen’s Houthis have damaged an oil tanker and downed another MQ-9 Reaper drone of the United States as they promise more attacks in opposition to Israel’s war on Gaza. The Iran-aligned group’s military spokesman, Yahya Saree, said in his latest televised video address early on Saturday that “British oil ship…

‘Legitimate to fight occupiers’: Meeting a ‘terrorist’ fighting the US | Israel War on Gaza News

‘Legitimate to fight occupiers’: Meeting a ‘terrorist’ fighting the US | Israel War on Gaza News

It’s not every day that you are told to get inside quickly because four drones are watching the compound you are in – probably weaponised United States drones. There is a split-second pause and then you gather your gear and move inside. As we drive into the nondescript building, past…

US to provide Patriot missiles to Ukraine as part of $6bn defence aid | Russia-Ukraine war News

US to provide Patriot missiles to Ukraine as part of $6bn defence aid | Russia-Ukraine war News

New weapons seen as crucial as Kyiv faces dire battlefield conditions and ammunition shortage amid Russian military gains. The United States says it will supply Patriot air defence missile systems to Ukraine as part of a $6bn additional aid package, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Friday, calling it the…

South Africa: 30 years after apartheid, what has changed? | Nelson Mandela News

South Africa: 30 years after apartheid, what has changed? | Nelson Mandela News

Three decades ago, on April 27, 1994, after centuries of white rule, Black South Africans voted in general elections for the first time. This marked the official end of apartheid rule, cemented days later when Nelson Mandela was sworn in as the country’s first Black president. Since the arrival of…

Hamas receives latest Israeli proposal amid efforts to revive Gaza talks | Israel War on Gaza News

Hamas receives latest Israeli proposal amid efforts to revive Gaza talks | Israel War on Gaza News

Palestinian group Hamas says it is ‘open to any ideas’ but sticks to its demand that a deal must permanently end Israel’s war on Gaza. Hamas has received Israel’s official response to its latest Gaza ceasefire proposal and the Palestinian group will study the document before submitting a reply, the…

Columbia University’s Shafik rebuked over Gaza crackdown but avoids censure | Israel War on Gaza News

Columbia University’s Shafik rebuked over Gaza crackdown but avoids censure | Israel War on Gaza News

University oversight panel says president undermined academic freedom by allowing New York police break up Gaza protest. Columbia University‘s embattled president came under renewed pressure as a campus oversight panel sharply rebuked her administration for clamping down on a pro-Palestinian protest at its New York campus. President Nemat Minouche Shafik…

US returns ancient artefacts looted from Cambodia, Indonesia | Arts and Culture News

US returns ancient artefacts looted from Cambodia, Indonesia | Arts and Culture News

New York district attorney accuses two prominent art dealers of the illegal trafficking of antiquities worth $3m. Prosecutors in New York City have announced that they returned to Cambodia and Indonesia 30 antiquities that were looted, sold or illegally transferred by networks of American antiquities dealers and traffickers. The antiquities…