The incident is the latest in recent errant bombings of residents in Nigeria’s north where armed groups are rampant. A Nigerian military attack that used drones to target rebels instead killed at least 85 civilians gathered for a religious celebration, authorities said Monday. The attack was the latest in recent errant bombings of residents in…
President Putin’s decree takes number of Russian service personnel to 1.32 million amid continuing Ukraine war. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase the maximum number of troops by nearly 170,000 people, as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine continues into its 22nd month. Putin’s decree was released by the Kremlin on Friday…
The circumstances of the shooting in Bissau, the capital, remain unclear. Gunshots were fired overnight in Guinea-Bissau’s capital Bissau and continued into Friday morning, according to Reuters and AFP news agencies. The circumstances of the shooting remain unclear. One reporter said gunshots were first heard after midnight in the neighbourhood of Antula, on the outskirts…
Ukrainian officials say wife of Kyrylo Budanov has been hospitalised due to heavy metals poisoning. The wife of Ukraine’s military spy chief has been poisoned with heavy metals and is undergoing treatment, a Ukrainian official says. A spokesperson for the Ukrainian military intelligence agency, or GUR, said Marianna Budanova, wife of Kyrylo Budanov, was receiving…
Information minister says 13 military officers arrested in relation to the weekend assault in capital Freetown. A series of attacks on military barracks and prisons in Sierra Leone over the weekend was a failed coup attempt, according to police and government officials in the West African country. Information Minister Chernor Bah said that 13 military…
An uneasy calm is gradually settling in Freetown following gunfire over the weekend that threw Sierra Leone’s capital into panic mode. Gunshots rang out early Sunday morning as armed men attacked Wilberforce barracks, the military’s main encampment and one of the largest garrisons in the West African country. Videos on social media showed several inmates…
President says most of the leaders arrested after attack on military barracks and prisons in the West African nation. At least 20 people have been killed, including 13 soldiers, and several wounded in a series of attacks over the weekend that targeted military barracks and prisons in Sierra Leone, according to the army. Speaking to…
The government assures the public it is ‘in control’ as it pursues suspects in the capital Freetown. Sierra Leone has declared a nationwide curfew after gunmen attacked a military barracks in the capital, Freetown, according to a government statement. Sierra Leone’s government on Sunday said they had repelled the attack at the military’s main Wilberforce…
Kim examined ‘major target regions’, including the US military base at Pearl Harbor, KCNA says. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected spy satellite images of “major target regions”, including the South Korean capital, Seoul, and the United States military base at Pearl Harbor, according to state media. Kim examined photos of several US…
As the war enters its 639th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, November 24, 2023. Fighting Vitaliy Barabash, head of the military administration in Avdiivka, said Russian forces had unleashed “the fiercest” attacks on the devastated town. “Everything is very tough,” Barabash told Channel 24 television. “As regards the…