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Rwanda is accused of backing the M23 rebel group, which controls Goma and other parts of eastern DR Congo
Rwanda pulls out of regional bloc over DR Congo row
KINSHASA — Rwanda says it is pulling out of a central African regional bloc after a diplomatic row over its involvement in the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.The country was supposed to take up the chairman role of the Economic Community of Central African States (Eccas), which rotates between its 11 members.But it was prevented from doing so at a meeting on Saturday in Equatorial Guinea.Announcing its decision to leave Eccas, Rwanda said its right to take up the "chairmanship... was deliberately ignored in order to impose the DRC's diktat".As a result, it saw "no justification for remaining in an organization whose current functioning runs counter to its founding principles and intended purpose".The row comes as efforts to end the...
June 08, 2025

Rwanda pulls out of regional bloc over DR Congo row

Climate activist Greta Thunberg boards the Madleen boat before setting sail for Gaza along with activists of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition Catania, Italy, June 1, 2025
Israel’s defense minister vows to prevent aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg reaching Gaza
JERUSALEM — Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that Israel wouldn't allow anyone to break its naval blockade of the Palestinian territory, which he said was aimed at preventing Hamas from importing arms.In a post on X Katz announced that he has instructed the Israeli Defense Force "to act to prevent the Madleen hate flotilla" from reaching the strip's coast: "You should turn back -- because you will not reach Gaza."Thunberg is among 12 activists aboard the Madleen, which is operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. The vessel departed Sicily last Sunday on a mission that aims to break the sea blockade of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid, while raising awareness over the growing humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave.The activists had said...
June 08, 2025

Israel’s defense minister vows to prevent aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg reaching Gaza

Demonstration for an end to the war in Gaza organised in Rome
Tens of thousands gather in Rome for demonstration against the war in Gaza
ROME — The march, organised in Rome by the opposition forces Partito Democratico (Democratic Party), Movimento 5 Stelle (M5s) and Alleanza Verdi Sinistra Italiana (Avs), started from Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II and finished before the basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano.Tens of thousands of people, according to the organizers, marched waving Palestine, peace and party flags and anti-war placards. But a number of Israel and peace flags with the Star of David in the center could also be seen.The banner reading "Gaza stop the massacre. Enough complicity" opened the procession, behind a stream of people arriving from all over Italy. According to the local authorities, at least ten thousand people lined the streets of Rome, and thousands more were in the square where the procession...
June 08, 2025

Tens of thousands gather in Rome for demonstration against the war in Gaza

Miguel Uribe Turbay has been a senator for the conservative Centro Democratico party since 2022
Colombia presidential hopeful shot in head at rally
BOGOTA — A Colombian presidential candidate is in a critical condition after he was shot three times — reportedly twice in the head — at a campaign event in the capital, Bogotá.Miguel Uribe Turbay, a 39-year-old senator, was attacked while addressing supporters in a park on Saturday. Police arrested a 15-year-old suspect at the scene, the attorney general's office said.Uribe's wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, called on the nation to pray for his survival. "Miguel is currently fighting for his life. Let us ask God to guide the hands of the doctors who are treating him," she said.Uribe's Centro Democratico party condemned the attack, calling it a threat to "democracy and freedom in Colombia".Phone footage shared online appears to show the moment when he...
June 08, 2025

Colombia presidential hopeful shot in head at rally

Sonny Olumati was born in Italy - but still has no citizenship at 39
Italian citizenship referendum polarizes country
ROME — Sonny Olumati was born in Rome and has lived in Italy all his life but the country he calls home does not recognize him as its own.To Italy, Sonny is Nigerian, like his passport, and the 39-year-old is only welcome as long as his latest residence permit."I've been born here. I will live here. I will die here," the dancer and activist tells me in what he calls "macaroni" Italian-English beneath the palm trees of a scruffy Roman park."But not having citizenship is like... being rejected from your country. And I don't think this is a feeling we should have".That is why Sonny and others have been campaigning for a "Yes" vote in a national referendum on Sunday and Monday that proposes halving the time required to apply for Italian...
June 08, 2025

Italian citizenship referendum polarizes country

Palestinians wait in line to receive hot meals distributed by charity organizations while Israel's destructive attacks continue on 7 June, 2025
Six killed by Israeli gunfire near Gaza aid site, Hamas officials say
JERUSALEM — Six Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded by Israeli gunfire in the latest deadly incident close to an aid distribution center in southern Gaza, the Hamas-run Civil Defense agency says.People had gathered to collect food supplies on Saturday morning when the shooting started, a spokesman for the agency said. Reports quoting an eyewitness said the Israelis opened fire when people tried to advance toward the site.The Israeli military said it fired warning shots at suspects who approached them in a threatening manner.Dozens of Palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured trying to get to the distribution center this week.The US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) which runs the centre says it has paused its operations to deal with...
June 08, 2025

Six killed by Israeli gunfire near Gaza aid site, Hamas officials say

Donald Trump photographed in the Oval Office during a visit from UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Trump says relationship with Musk is over
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has said his relationship with Elon Musk is over."I would assume so, yeah," Trump told NBC News on Saturday, when asked if he thought the pair's close relationship had ended. He replied "No" when asked if he wished to mend the damaged ties.The comments were Trump's latest since the epic fallout between him and Musk unraveled on social media.It came after the tech billionaire — who donated millions to Trump's election campaign and became a White House aide — publicly criticized the president's tax and spending bill, a key domestic policy.A majority of Republicans have fallen in line behind the president. Vice-President JD Vance said that Musk had "gone so nuclear" and may never be welcomed back into...
June 08, 2025

Trump says relationship with Musk is over

Firefighters on the scene of an apartment building hit by Russian airstrikes in Kharkiv, Ukraine,
Massive Russian aerial attack targets Kharkiv
KYIV — A large Russian attack with drones and missiles has hit Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring 21, local officials said. The barrage — the latest in near-daily widescale attacks — included aerial glide bombs that have become part of a fierce Russian onslaught in the three-year war.The intensity of the Russian attacks on Ukraine over the past weeks has further dampened hopes that the warring sides could reach a peace deal anytime soon — especially after Kyiv recently embarrassed the Kremlin with a surprise drone attack on military air bases deep inside Russia.According to Ukraine’s Air Force, Russia struck with 215 missiles and drones overnight, and Ukrainian air defenses shot down and neutralized 87 drones and seven...
June 07, 2025

Massive Russian aerial attack targets Kharkiv

Protesters, including one wearing a Guantanamo Bay style prison jumpsuit, gather during the visit of US President George W. Bush to Tallinn, Estonia (File photo)
Estonia's plan to rent prison space to Sweden sparks fears of imported organized crime
TALLINN — Estonia will lease space at Tartu Prison to Sweden and accept up to 600 inmates under a new agreement being negotiated between the two countries. The draft legislation has been sent to the parliament.Meanwhile, the Estonian Office of the Chancellor of Justice and the Internal Security Service emphasizes the risks that placing foreign prisoners in Tartu may bring.Amid the possible worsening situation for the Estonian prisoners, the main concern is that people with connections to extremism or international organized crime may arrive in Estonia.The Internal Security Service has forwarded the recommendations to the government and hopes that it will take them into account to the greatest extent possible.Marta Tuul, spokesperson of the Internal Security Service commented on Estonian...
June 07, 2025

Estonia's plan to rent prison space to Sweden sparks fears of imported organized crime

The remains of a house after a tornado tore through Skrzydow, near Czestochowa, Poland. (File photo)
Around 30,000 people in Poland's south cut off from electricity after severe storms
WARSAW — Authorities in Poland say around 30,000 people were left with no electricity on Friday after strong winds broke trees and tore down power lines.It follows extreme weather events across the country, particularly in the southern region, where heavy rain, strong winds, and hailstorms caused damage to facades of residential and farm buildings.The fire brigade's service said their men have been working to deal with the impact since Thursday evening.Spokesman for the State Fire Service in Kielce, firefighters had more interventions than usual."We have routinely had more than 2,000 interventions across the country, and on the territory of the Świętokrzyskie, these interventions were more than 200", said Senior Capt. Marcin Bajur.Most of the incidents reported were in...
June 07, 2025

Around 30,000 people in Poland's south cut off from electricity after severe storms

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