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The Peruvian Government of President Dina Boluarte Friday sent troops to the southern region of Tacna, bordering Chile, to support the National Police (PNP) handle the migrant crisis, Defense Minister Jorge Chávez announced. “Our action is from 100 meters from the borderline backward establishing patrols in critical points where the …

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced on Saturday that they had taken control of 90% of the capital, Khartoum, amidst ongoing clashes with the Sudanese army. In a statement posted on Twitter, the RSF said that they had repelled attacks by the “putschist forces” and that several officers of different …

Afghan women protested in Kabul on Saturday, defying a crackdown on dissent to urge foreign nations not to formally recognize the Taliban government ahead of a UN summit next week. Since the Taliban surged back to power in 2021, protesters voicing opposition against creeping curbs on women’s rights have been …

Kim Jong Un’s sister said North Korea would respond in ‘direct proportion’ to her country’s enemies – the US and South Korea. North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, has warned that her country will stage more displays of military might in response to …

A drone strike caused a fire at a fuel storage facility in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, sending a vast column of black smoke into the sky before it was extinguished, the city’s Moscow-installed governor said on Saturday. Experts examined the site and “it became clear that only one drone …

Five people including an 8-year-old child were killed in a shooting at a home in Cleveland, Texas, ABC News reported on Saturday, citing local police and authorities. The shooting took place late Friday and the police were still looking for the suspect, the report added. Officials from the San Jacinto …

Air strikes and artillery rocked Khartoum on Saturday as Sudan entered a third week of fighting between rival military forces despite a ceasefire, prompting more civilians to flee and renewed warnings of wider instability if the war is not stopped. As dark smoke rose over Khartoum, a U.N. envoy offered …

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says enemies are not pleased with the improvement of relations between Iran and Iraq, stressing that enhanced mutual ties will serve the interests of the two nations and the entire region. “Iran and Iraq will expand their interactions in proportion with the interests of the two …

Hacker groups have had Israeli firms and facilities in the cross hairs over the past few months, and now Sudanese hackers have carried out a massive cyber-attack against a number of Israeli websites, including that of a major aerospace and aviation manufacturer. Palestinian media outlets reported that the websites of …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the latest attempts by the United States and its Western allies to isolate Moscow have so far been a complete failure. Addressing the online Global Conference on Multipolarity on Saturday, Lavrov said that efforts by Washington and its allies “to reverse the course of …

A drone strike has led to a massive fire at a fuel storage facility in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, its governor Mikhail Razvozhaev has said. The fire was still burning, but it had been contained as firefighters reached the site, and no one was injured, Razvozhaev said on Saturday. …

The US Army’s chief of staff has grounded all army flights and pilots not involved in critical missions until aviation squadrons complete required training after two deadly helicopters crashed in a matter of weeks, causing multiple deaths. The grounding of the pilots and flights comes after 12 soldiers died in two …

North Korea vows to respond proportionally to an agreement reached recently between the South and the United States allowing the deployment of American nuclear assets to the Korean Peninsula. The North issued the warning on Saturday, less than a week after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and US counterpart …

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin slams the “economic aggression” that is being practiced by the “collective West” against the country, pledging that Moscow will take “proactive” action against the West’s hostile economic campaign. Putin delivered the remarks on Friday, addressing Russia’s Council of Legislators in St. Petersburg on Friday, Russia Today …

The Indian government is arming village militias to combat pro-independence fighters in the disputed Himalayan Muslim-majority region, according to a report. Brandishing a bolt-action rifle, civil servant Sanjeet Kumar is one of 5,000 Kashmir villagers who have joined all-Hindu militia units armed and trained by Indian forces to fight off …

Russia has criticized a recent nuclear agreement between the United States and South Korea, warning that the new deal would escalate the existing tensions in the region and destabilize the world. “We call on the United States and its allies, who, in pursuit of decisive military superiority, are implementing a …

The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, Syria, and Turkey may hold a meeting in May in Moscow, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday, as part of efforts to rebuild Turkey-Syria ties after years of animosity during Syria’s civil war. NATO member Turkey has backed political and armed opposition …

The decision to ban Afghan women from working for the United Nations was an “internal social matter”, the country’s Taliban authorities said Friday, a day after the UN Security Council demanded they overturn the ruling. The Security Council resolution passed unanimously by all 15 Council members on Thursday said a …

Strikes by air, tanks and artillery shook Sudan’s capital Khartoum and the adjacent city of Bahri on Friday, witnesses said, mocking a 72-hour truce extension announced by the army and a rival paramilitary force. Hundreds have been killed and tens of thousands have fled for their lives in a power …

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Damascus next week, a senior regional source close to the Syrian government told Reuters on Friday. The visit will be the first by an Iranian president to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since war broke out in Syria in 2011. With military help and economic …