Putin warns of ‘lethal’ strikes at Russian warship parade on July 26, 2021President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Russia’s navy was capable of delivering lethal strikes against underwater and aerial enemy targets during a parade of warships in the port city of Saint Petersburg. The Russian leader’s boast comes days after military officials announced tests of advanced new weapons, some of which come from an arsenal Putin […]
Somalia postpones long-delayed election on July 26, 2021Somalia has postponed elections that were due to start on Sunday after months of delays in the deeply unstable Horn of Africa country, officials told AFP. Indirect parliamentary and presidential polls were due to open on July 25 with four days of voting for the upper house by state delegates. The election cycle was due […]
Nigerian bandits release 28 kidnapped students on July 26, 2021Gunmen who seized 121 students at a high school in northwestern Nigeria in early July have released 28 of them, a school official told AFP on Sunday. The attackers stormed Bethel Baptist High School in northwestern Kaduna state on July 5, abducting students who were sleeping in their dorms. The kidnapping was the latest by […]
Macron pressured to apologise for nuclear tests in French Polynesia on July 26, 2021French President Emmanuel Macron faced pressure to apologise for the devastating impact of decades of nuclear testing as he kicked off his first official trip to French Polynesia. During his four-day visit, Macron plans to address the legacy of nuclear testing from 1966 to 1996 as France developed atomic weapons, as well as discuss the […]
Virus-wracked Indonesia to loosen Covid-19 curbs on July 26, 2021Virus-wracked Indonesia said Sunday that small businesses and some shopping malls could reopen despite warnings that loosening curbs could spark another devastating Covid-19 wave, even as it moved to extend a web of restrictions launched this month. President Joko Widodo said measures imposed in early July would continue until August 2 as the highly infectious […]
US ‘stands with’ Guatemala prosecutor who fled country on July 26, 2021The United States on Sunday announced its support for Guatemala’s top anti-corruption investigator, who was dismissed from his post and has fled the country, deploring a blow to the rule of law. “We stand with the people of Guatemala and with Prosecutor Juan Francisco Sandoval,” tweeted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, adding that this […]