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  Kenya’s Mrima Hill draws US, China interest
Mrima Hill in Kenya’s coastal region is emerging as a central ground for global power play, with the US and China showing interest in the US$62 billion rich mineral forest that locals regard as a shrine. In 2013, an assessment report by Cortec...
    
  Moscow Rocked by Explosions as Russia Says 193 Drones Downed in Overnight Barrage
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Monday it had downed 193 Ukrainian drones overnight, with local authorities reporting one person killed in the attacks. “During the past night, air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 193 Ukrainian fixed-wing...
    
  Russia greenlights most Chilean seafood, but suspends imports from seven companies
Russia is planning to continue to allow the importation of most Chilean fishery and aquaculture products following meetings in St. Petersburg between officials from both countries, however, seven salmon aquaculture companies will still face a ban...
    
  President Trump Orders Pentagon to “Immediately” Start Testing Nuclear Weapons; Move Comes Hour Before Xi Meeting and After Putin Announced Two New Russia Nuclear Weapons Systems Tests
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night from South Korea he has ordered the Department of War to “immediately” start testing nuclear weapons, something the United States has not done since 1992 at the end of the Cold War. The mushroom...
    
  Read Handwritten Notes On Clinton’s ‘Plan To Tie Trump' That James Comey Left In An FBI Safe
The FBI uncovered a handwritten note by former FBI Director James Comey in which he wrote “HRC plans to tie Trump” and “HRC health” just weeks before Election Day 2016, despite it being tucked away in a long dormant safe the week of President...
    
  Ukraine disputes Putin's claim that Russian troops have surrounded 2 cities
Breadcrumb Trail Links News World Author of the article: Associated Press Illia Novikov Published Oct 29, 2025 • 3 minute read In this image made from video provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, a Russian...
    
  Schott Pharma received 2.78 million euros from the state but no factory as yet
The Schott Pharma Company, which specialises in manufacturing packaging for the pharmaceutical industry as well as processing other types of glass, has received a subsidy of 2.78 million euros from the Government of Serbia. With this funding, the...
    
  Was conscious during rescue: Worker dies after medieval tower partly collapses in Rome
The tragic death of a construction worker following the partial collapse of Rome’s medieval Torre dei Conti has cast a shadow over the city’s historic heart and prompted questions about safety at restoration sites. A worker who was pulled from the...
    
  Africa under strain: Genocide fears in Sudan, Trump threatens military action in Nigeria
Thousands remain trapped in Al-Fashir as Sudan’s civil war worsens Sudan is facing one of its darkest moments as reports of ethnic massacres emerge from the war-torn Darfur region. Sudanese journalist Abdullah Hussein described the situation as a...
    
  Worker who was freed after 12 hours trapped under rubble when a 13th-century tower collapsed near Rome's Colosseum has died - while another fights for his life
A Romanian construction worker who was freed after spending 12 hours trapped under the rubble of a medieval tower in central Rome has died. Part of the 13th-century Torre dei Conti, located just steps from the Colosseum and Imperial Forum,...
    
  Cardinal Dominik Duka dies at 82: former archbishop of Prague Church
Cardinal Dominik Duka, the 36th Archbishop of Prague and one of the most influential Czech Catholic leaders of the post-communist era, passed away early on November 4 in Prague. The Archdiocese of Prague announced his death in a statement on...
    
  Russia downs 193 Ukrainian drones amid escalating cross-border strikes
Published on: October 27, 2025 3:46 PM Russia claimed on Monday that its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 193 Ukrainian drones overnight, marking one of the largest reported aerial attacks since the war began. According to officials,...
    
  Russian Airstrike Damages Zaporizhzhia Village Infrastructure, One Injured
Consequences of the Russian airstrike on Ternuvatomu in the Zaporizhzhia region on October 27, 2025. Telegram / Ivan Fedorov As reported by Ivan Fedorov, head of the Oblast Military Administration, in the Telegram channel Today, October 27,...
    
  Russian Drone Attack Injures Civilians in Kherson on October 27
As reported by Kherson Regional Military Administration On October 27, the occupying Russian forces used a drone that dropped explosives on a passenger car in Inhultsi, Kherson region. The information was confirmed by the Kherson Regional Military...
African Leaders Champion Traditional Medicine While Missing Regulatory Summit
African health officials occupied prominent roles at the World Health Summit in Berlin on October 12 and 13, championing traditional medicine integration into national health systems. Yet when WHO’s International Regulatory Cooperation for Herbal...
    
  Delegation of Indian MPs participates in Asian Parliamentary Assembly meeting in Moscow
Indian delegation participates in meeting of Asian Parliamentary Assembly Standing Committee on Social and Cultural Affairs (Image Credit: X/@IndEmbMoscow) Moscow, Oct 29 (IANS) A three-member delegation of Indian MPs - including Rajkumar Chahar,...
    
  What it's like giving birth in a war zone: Ukrainian mothers tell of sheltering underground, going into labour as explosions ring out and hiding their babies from Russian soldiers
'I had to hide my newborn baby from the Russian soldiers lining the streets outside the maternity hospital,' Anastasiia Serha recalls. The 31-year-old is one of the dozens of Ukrainian women who had to give birth during the siege of Kherson - with...
    
  Putin defies Trump as Russia tests nuclear-powered underwater drone ‘Poseidon’
Russia has successfully tested a nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered underwater drone, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, defying US President Donald Trump’s warnings with Moscow’s second test of a new nuclear weapons system in just a few days....
    
  “I talked with God…” The strange history of Moscow’s ‘mail-order cult’
Long before Haunted Palouse, Scarywood or other local attractions became Palouse Halloween staples, Moscow, Idaho, had a mysterious phenomenon of its own, which all began with a postage stamp. Created in 1929 by Moscow pharmacist and resident,...
    
  Putin defies Trump as Russia tests nuclear drone
Russia has successfully tested a nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered underwater drone, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, defying US President Donald Trump’s warnings with Moscow’s second test of a new nuclear weapons system in just a few...