At least 54 African Union peacekeepers were killed when militants attacked a base housing Ugandan units in Somalia last week, the Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, said. “We discovered the lifeless bodies of 54 fallen soldiers, including a commander,” Museveni said in a statement posted on his official Twitter account late on Saturday ... .
Kathmandu. Weak climbers being led up Mount Everest by expedition operators with insufficient experience are causing problems, a veteran mountain guide said on Sunday, after one of the deadliest climbing seasons in years on the world’s highest mountain ... .
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has said people found ‘guilty’ for the deadly train crash in India will receive the ‘harshest punishment’ ... “This is a very big, painful and disturbing incident, those family members who have been injured, the government will leave no effort for their well-being,” he said ... .
Serhiy Lysak posted online that three of the children were in serious condition. A total of 17 people were being treated in hospital ... ‘We will succeed’ ... There was no confirmation by Ukrainian military officials of a missile strike ... TopicsUkraineEuropenews ... .
Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema will leave Real Madrid as a free agent in the close season after 14 trophy-laden years, the club said on Sunday, with the striker being linked with a move to Saudi Arabian side Al Ittihad...The Frenchman decided to void the one-year extension clause he had in his contract ... View this post on Instagram ... (@realmadrid) ... .
Reuters. Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan announces new cabinet during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, on June 3, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday pledged to introduce a new constitution to replace the current one, as he officially began a new five-year term as the Turkish head of state ... .
North Korea denounced the U.N.Security Council for holding a meeting on its recent satellite launch upon "robbery demands" from the U.S., vowing to continue rejecting sanctions and taking "self-defensive" action, state media KCNA said Sunday. The U.S ... North Korea will never acknowledge U.N ... and its allies' "anti-North Korea, hostile policy." .
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The attacks come at night, when most in Kyiv are sound asleep ... In the recent escalation of Russian attacks, Olha Bukhno, 65, a cleaner, says a prayer every night ... Falling debris broke through the roof of a residential building in the Podlisk district but there were no immediate reports of casualties ... One, then another ... ___.
Tens of thousands gathered on Saturday for the fifth anti-government protest in recent weeks in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, after two back-to-back shootings that killed 18 people, half of them children ... ‘We have a violent society’. hate speech in spotlight after Serbian mass shootings. Read more ... “I’m here for all of us, especially my children ... .
JERUSALEM (AP) — A gunbattle involving an Egyptian border guard in southern Israel along the border left three Israeli soldiers and the Egyptian officer dead Saturday, officials said. It was a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier. Lt. Col ... He said several hours later, two soldiers in a guard post were shot and killed ... .
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AFP, TAIPEI. US and Canadian warships yesterday sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the navies of both countries said, in a joint mission through the sensitive waterway ... 7, 2014 ... There was no immediate response to the passage from China’s military, which routinely denounces such actions as a US effort to stir up tensions ... Additional reporting by Reuters.