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WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's Zelenskiy heads to US with 'victory plan' at perilous moment President Volodymyr Zelenskiy travels to the United States to set out a "victory plan" to his closest ally this week, in an urgent attempt to influence White House policy on Ukraine's war with Russia no matter who wins the U.S. elections in November. The Ukrainian leader has said he wants to present the plan to President Joe Biden and his two potential successors, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, during the trip, which will see Zelenskiy addressing the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. Zelenskiy has said that if…
Hungarian intelligence agency interviewed CEO linked to exploding Hezbollah pagers Hungarian intelligence services have conducted several interviews with the CEO of BAC Consulting, a Budapest-based company linked to deadly explosions of pagers used by Hezbollah members this week, the Hungarian government said on Saturday. Taiwanese pager firm Gold Apollo said on Wednesday that the model of pagers used in detonations in Lebanon were made by BAC Consulting, adding it had only licensed out its brand to the company and was not involved in the production of the devices. Cristiana Barsony-Arcidiacono, 49, the Italian-Hungarian CEO and owner of BAC Consulting, told…
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's air defence units destroy 71 Russian drones, Ukraine's air force says Ukraine's air defence units destroyed 71 out of 80 attack drones that Russia launched overnight, Ukraine's air force said on Sunday. Six more of the Russian drones were lost after getting neutralised by Ukraine's electronic warfare, the air force said on the Telegram messaging app. Russia also launched two guided missiles from occupied parts of Ukraine's Luhansk region, the air force said. It did not say what happened to the missiles. ** Russian strike on apartment block in Kharkiv injures 21 Russian forces struck a multi-storey…
Israeli forces raid Al Jazeera bureau in West Bank with closure order Qatari Al Jazeera TV said on Sunday morning that Israeli forces stormed its bureau in the West Bank's Ramallah city with a military order to close it for 45 days. The Qatar-based channel aired live footage of the Israeli troops storming the channel's office and handing over a military closure order to one of the Al Jazeera TV staff before the broadcast was disrupted. In a statement, the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate condemned the Israeli move, saying "this arbitrary military decision is considered a new violation against journalistic and…
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says it hit two Russian munitions depots overnight Ukraine said on Saturday it had hit two Russian munition depots overnight, in attacks that illustrated its growing capability to strike targets deep inside Russia. Russian officials acknowledged the Ukrainian attack on one of the depots in southern Krasnodar region, saying it was carried out with drones. They introduced local emergency measures to mitigate the effects of the assault. A statement by Ukraine's military general staff said the munitions depots were at Tikhoretsk in Krasnodar region and Oktyabrsky in the western region of Tver. "The (Tikhoretsk) facility is in…
Top Hezbollah commander among 14 killed in Israeli strike on Beirut Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday, vowing to press on with a new military campaign until it is able to secure the area around the Lebanese border. The Israeli military and a security source in Lebanon said Ibrahim Aqil had been killed with other senior members of an elite Hezbollah unit in the airstrike, sharply escalating the year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group. Hezbollah confirmed Aqil's death in a statement just after…
Saturday, 21 September 2024 04:27

What to know after Day 940 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine bans official use of Telegram app over fears of Russian spying Ukraine has banned use of the Telegram messaging app on official devices used by government officials, military personnel and critical workers because it believes its enemy Russia can spy on both messages and users, a top security body said on Friday. The National Security and Defence Council announced the restrictions after Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency, presented the council with evidence of Russian special services' ability to snoop on the platform, it said in a statement. But Andriy Kovalenko, head of the…
Israel destroys 1,000 Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels, military says Israeli fighter jets pounded Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon late on Thursday, striking hundreds of rocket launcher barrels that were set to be used to immediately fire toward Israeli territory, the military said. It said that since the afternoon, fighter jets struck some 100 rocket launchers consisting of about 1,000 barrels. "The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) will continue to operate to degrade the Hezbollah terrorist organization’s infrastructure and capabilities in order to defend the State of Israel," the IDF said. The intense barrage followed attacks earlier in the week attributed by…
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia’s drone production to increase tenfold – Putin The Russian military is set to receive ten times more drones in 2024 than it did in the year before, President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday during a meeting of the country’s Military-Industrial Commission on the development of unmanned aircraft systems. The president stated that in 2023, the Russian Armed Forces received nearly 140,000 drones of various types and their production rate has since gone up significantly. “This year, the production of drones is planned to increase several times, or to be more precise, almost ten times,”Putin said. He said…
Hezbollah devices explode again in Lebanon, raising fears of wider Israel conflict Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon's south in the country's deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between the militants and Israel nearly a year ago, stoking tensions after similar explosions of the group's pagers the day before. Lebanon's health ministry said 20 people were killed and more than 450 injured on Wednesday in Beirut's suburbs and the Bekaa Valley, while the death toll from Tuesday's explosions rose to 12, including two children, with nearly 3,000 injured. Israeli officials have not commented on…
November 05, 2024

The 3 hardest things about being a CEO, according to Inc. 5000 entrepreneurs

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November 05, 2024

Nigeria falls further in critical governance index - Report

PRESS RELEASE The release of the 2024 Mo Ibrahim Index on African Governance has revealed…
October 31, 2024

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Aditi Shrikant There are few massive success stories that didn’t start out with some sort…
November 02, 2024

This startup helps parents-to-be select embryos for ‘designer babies’ with higher IQ, other traits

American start-up Heliospect Genomics is charging wealthy parents-to-be up to $50,000 to screen their embryos…
November 05, 2024

Sokoto govt raises alarm over formation of new terror group

Sokoto State Government has raised the alarm over the emergence of another terrorist group in…
November 05, 2024

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 396

Israel's strikes on Iran spark interest in air-launched ballistic missiles Israel's effective use of air-launched…
October 16, 2024

The AI revolution: How Predictive, Prescriptive, and Generative AI are reshaping the world

Bernard Marr In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, three powerful forces are reshaping our…
October 27, 2024

Nigeria awarded 3-0 win over Libya after airport fiasco

Nigeria have been awarded a 3-0 victory over Libya, and three vital points, from their…

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