Britain’s Conservative government has struck a deal with Rwanda to send some asylum-seekers thousands of miles away to the East African country, a move that opposition politicians and refugee groups condemned as inhumane, unworkable and a waste of public money. Home Secretary Priti Patel visited the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow will work to re-direct its energy eastward as European countries try to reduce reliance on Russian exports, adding that Europe will not be able to completely shun Russian gas immediately. Russia has been forging closer ties with Asia and China, the …

The $800 million package includes cannons, radars, armored vehicles, and helicopters Washington is expanding the range of weapons deliveries to Ukraine to include artillery, armored vehicles, and helicopters, the Pentagon revealed on Wednesday. US President Joe Biden credited the $2.6 billion in weapons he has supplied to Kiev since February …

The offer comes after Musk, who owns nine percent of Twitter’s shares, said he will not be joining the company’s board of directors. Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter. The revelation on Thursday came just days after the Tesla CEO said he would no longer be joining the social …

Hundreds of people have held protests after police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, released three videos of a white police officer shooting a Black man dead. Patrick Lyoya, 26, was fatally shot on April 4 in what activists refer to as the latest example of police violence against young Black men. …

Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday after Moscow said peace talks with Ukraine had reached a dead end, feeding worries about tight supplies even after U.S. crude stocks rose by more than 9 million barrels. Brent crude was up $1.94, or 1.9%, to $106.58 a barrel by 11:03 a.m. (1508 …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to resign after being fined for breaking his government’s pandemic lockdown rules, saying he would instead redouble efforts to strengthen the economy and combat Russian aggression in Ukraine. London police fined Johnson and other people Tuesday for attending a birthday party thrown for …

Sri Lanka’s prime minister offered talks on Wednesday with protesters calling for the government to step down over its handling of an economic crisis as the opposition threatened to bring a no-confidence motion against it in parliament. The island nation of 22 million people is in the throes of its …

Iraqi security forces launched a large-scale campaign to purge the vicinity of Kirkuk from the remnants of ISIS terrorist groups, the Security Media Cell (SMC) said in a statement on Wednesday. SMC said that the security operation orchestrated by the Joint Operations Command (JOC) will be spearheaded by units from …

Judge says the killing of the conservative politician by the IS supporter was an attack “on the heart of democracy” Islamic State group sympathizer Ali Harbi Ali was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for killing British MP Sir David Amess and plotting terrorist attacks on others, including Michael …

Saturn, Mars, Venus and Jupiter are set to line up neatly in the pre-dawn sky later this month in a rare celestial spectacle, astronomers say. Starting April 17, the four planets will appear diagonally, with Jupiter nearest the horizon and Saturn the highest. In the northern hemisphere, they’ll be most …

Russia on Wednesday told Ukraine to “watch out” after its former Soviet neighbor captured pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk, turning down Kyiv’s offer of a swap with a warning that those holding him might soon be detained themselves. Medvedchuk, one of President Vladimir Putin’s close allies in Ukraine, was shown handcuffed …

The French president declined to use the term “genocide” referring to Moscow’s military action in Ukraine French President Emmanuel Macron declined to join his US counterpart Joe Biden in describing the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine as “genocide.” Verbal attacks would not help further peace in Ukraine, he …

Al-Anbar police foiled a plot by ISIS to kill leaders, security forces, and local officials with “toxic chemicals.” In a statement, the police command said on Tuesday, , “The counter-crime detachments of the Al-Anbar Police arrested a group of four terrorists who confessed to belonging to ISIS.” The detainees “confessed …

A new COVID-19 vaccine might also protect cancer patients with weak immune systems, a new study found. Researchers from the American Association for Cancer Research found that CoVac-1, a new vaccine developed in Germany, induced T-cell (part of the immune system that develops stem cells in the bone marrow to …

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it categorically disagreed with US President Joe Biden’s description of Russia’s actions in Ukraine as ‘genocide.’ Biden said on Tuesday that Russia’s behavior in Ukraine amounted to genocide in his view, using that word for the first time. “We consider this kind of effort …

Fourteen others were taken to hospital but are in stable condition, says the governor of Aswan. Ten people, including five Egyptians, four French, and one Belgian national, have been killed when a bus carrying tourists collided with a truck and burst into flames in southern Egypt, authorities say. The accident …

The floods are expected to continue in the coming days and possibly cause more destruction across KwaZulu-Natal province. The death toll resulting from intense rainfall in the eastern coastal South African province of KwaZulu-Natal has risen to 259, officials have said. The rains which began on Monday night flooded settlements, …

Finland will take a decision about whether to apply to join the US-led NATO alliance in the next few weeks, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Wednesday, underlining a shift in security perspectives since Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Finland and fellow Nordic state and neighbour Sweden are close partners with …

Ivory Coast Prime Minister Patrick Achi tabled his resignation and that of his government on Wednesday, President Alassane Ouattara said during a cabinet meeting during which he accepted the resignation. The President did not provide reasons for the resignation but said he would name a new Prime Minister next week …