🇱🇰WSJ: Public anger is flaring in Sri Lanka over the government’s handling of an economic crisis that has led to rolling blackouts, hourslong waits for basic goods such as diesel fuel, and cooking gas and food inflation hitting 30.2% last month.
🇲🇱AFP: The US State Department said Sunday it was following “extremely disturbing” accounts of killings in central Mali, after the Sahel state's military said it killed over 200 militants in the volatile region. ...
However, the announcement followed social media reports this week alleging that large numbers of civilians had been killed in Moura
However, the announcement followed social media reports this week alleging that large numbers of civilians had been killed in Moura
🇳🇬Reuters: The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) cannot account for 168 people following an attack on a train last week in which eight people were killed and several wounded, the company has said.
Suspected bandits blew up the track on the Abuja-Kaduna route in the northwest of the country and then opened fire on the night train in the late March 28 attack.
Suspected bandits blew up the track on the Abuja-Kaduna route in the northwest of the country and then opened fire on the night train in the late March 28 attack.
🇲🇱AFP: France 'deeply concerned' by Mali killings involving army and 'Russian mercenaries' - foreign ministry
🇷🇺🇺🇦AFP: More than 4.2 million Ukrainian refugees have now fled the country since the Russian invasion, the United Nations said Monday, adding that the humanitarian situation was worsening
🇷🇺🇺🇦CNN: Ukrainian officials said around 90% of residential buildings have been damaged or destroyed in the strategic port city as a result of intense bombardment.
🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦Fox Business: As Kyiv, Ukraine, continues to be pummeled by Russian airstrikes, private businesses across America are sending weapons directly into the war zone. An American gun manufacturer is sending 2,500 piston driven, semi-automatic AR-15 style rifles to Kyiv, helping arm civilians who stayed in the country to fight against the Russians.
🇫🇷France24: A demonstration by thousands of supporters of murdered Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna on Sunday turned violent amid fears the clashes with police could delay talks between the island's political leaders and the French government.
The clashes involved more than 100 young people -- often hooded and wearing gas masks -- in front of the prefecture in the city of Ajaccio immediately after the arrival a procession of demonstrators, AFP witnessed.
The clashes involved more than 100 young people -- often hooded and wearing gas masks -- in front of the prefecture in the city of Ajaccio immediately after the arrival a procession of demonstrators, AFP witnessed.
🇮🇱Haaretz: Israel's defense establishment estimates that some 200 Israeli Arabs identify with the Islamic State, 20 of whom they believe might carry out attacks in Israel in the organization’s name.
🇷🇺🇺🇦AFP: Russia's military is "repositioning" to focus its firepower on attempting to conquer a swath of eastern Ukraine after failing to control the whole country, United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan tells reporters
🇷🇺🇺🇦The Kyiv Independent: Air raid alerts go off in almost every region of Ukraine
🇨🇳CSIS: To enable its growing space and counterspace capabilities, China operates four spaceports and a family of Long March launch vehicles with a range of sizes and capabilities. In 2021, China conducted 52 successful space launches suffered three space launch failures, and reportedly conducted a non-space test launch of a hypersonic glide vehicle.