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RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian soldier thanks Biden for sending Abrams tanks to Ukraine The Russian troops have seemingly recorded a video, where one of them mockingly thanked US President Joe Biden for supplying Kiev with Abrams tanks and giving Moscow’s forces an opportunity to earn some extra money by destroying them. Footage came amid reports about several such US-made heavy armor pieces being destroyed in less than a week. A short clip that surfaced on social media featured an apparent Russian serviceman wearing full military gear, a helmet and a mask. “We, Russian warriors express our sincere gratitude to you for…
US says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas must now decide Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it, a senior U.S. administration official said Saturday, a day before talks to reach an agreement were to resume in Egypt. International mediators have been working for weeks to broker a deal to pause the fighting before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins around March 10. A deal would likely allow aid to reach hundreds of thousands of…
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Eight killed in Russian drone attack on Odesa, Ukraine says A Russian drone attack whose multiple victims included an infant and a two-year-old on Saturday could have been avoided if Ukraine was not facing delays to weapons supplies, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Seven Western leaders have signed 10-year security agreements with Ukraine in the last two months as Kyiv fights to plug a big hole in stockpiles with a vital package of U.S. military assistance stuck in Congress and facing months of Republican opposition. "When lives are lost, and partners are simply playing internal political games or disputes,…
US to airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza — how it can help and why it's so complicated President Joe Biden on Friday announced that the U.S. will begin airdropping sorely needed humanitarian assistance into Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Here’s what you need to know: WHEN WILL THE AIRDROPS START? Biden said the airdrops will be coordinated with Jordan, which has conducted several rounds of airdrops into Gaza in recent months and will begin in the “coming days.” The first deliveries are expected to be pallets of food -– military rations known as MREs — with other assistance potentially…
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE CIA has ‘many bases’ in Ukraine – FSB boss The CIA has “many” bases in Ukraine, the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Aleksandr Bortnikov told Russian television on Thursday, when asked about a New York Times report on the spy network. The US newspaper described a decade-long record of cooperation between the American spy agency and Ukrainian special services. According to the article, which was published last Sunday, the CIA has 12 secret bases on Ukrainian soil which are actively working against Russia. The paper wrote that over the past eight years, the CIA has…
More than 100 killed while seeking aid in Gaza, overall death toll passes 30,000 Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they waited for an aid delivery, but Israel blamed the deaths on crowds that surrounded aid trucks, saying victims had been trampled or run over. At least 112 people were killed and more than 280 wounded in the incident near Gaza City, Palestinian health officials said. The loss of civilian lives was the biggest in weeks. Hamas said the incident could jeopardise talks in Qatar aimed at securing a ceasefire and…
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE UK ‘directly involved’ in Ukraine conflict – Kremlin Britain’s direct military involvement in Ukraine was never a secret, but one of the country’s establishment media outlets has now admitted it outright, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said on Thursday. The outlet RTVI asked Peskov to comment a report from The Times which claimed that Admiral Tony Radakin, the head of the UK armed forces, has helped make “battle plans” for Ukraine. “In general, it’s no secret that the British really provide different forms of support [to Ukraine]. People on the ground and intelligence and so…
Food aid reaches north Gaza for first time in weeks. Israeli hostages' families push for release Aid convoys carrying food reached northern Gaza this week, Israeli officials said Wednesday, the first major delivery in a month to the devastated, isolated area, where the U.N. has warned of worsening starvation among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians amid Israel’s offensive. The increasing alarm over hunger across Gaza has fueled international calls for a cease-fire as the U.S., Egypt and Qatar work to secure a deal between Israel and Hamas for a pause in fighting and the release of some of the hostages…
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Western special forces working in Ukraine – FT The unofficial presence of Western special forces in Ukraine is a matter of common knowledge, the Financial Times wrote on Tuesday, citing a senior European defense official, speaking anonymously. The comment came in response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s earlier suggestion of potential NATO deployments in Ukraine. Speaking to the media after a gathering of European leaders in Paris on Monday, Macron said there was “no consensus [at the meeting] to send, in an official manner, troops on the ground, but in terms of dynamics, we cannot exclude anything.” He…
A deal between Israel and Hamas appears to be taking shape. What would it look like? Israel and Hamas are inching toward a new deal that would free some of the roughly 130 hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for a weekslong pause in the war, now in its fifth month. U.S. President Joe Biden says a deal could go into effect as early as Monday, ahead of what is seen as an unofficial deadline — the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, around March 10. A deal would bring some respite to desperate people in…
May 10, 2025

Marketers import N2.4tn petrol as competition with Dangote Refinery intensifies

Tensions have escalated between major oil marketers and the Dangote petroleum refinery as they compete…
May 10, 2025

Multiple political parties hinder governance, one-party system could work - Ganduje

Abdullahi Ganduje, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), suggested that a one-party system…
May 10, 2025

The No. 1 lesson I learnt about relationship building, from a human connection specialist

Developing healthy, lifelong connections is something that Mark Groves knows all about: He equips individuals…
May 10, 2025

Town residents involutarily get high after Police burn 20 tons of confiscated cannabis

The 25,000 residents of Lice, a town in Turkey’s Diyarbakır province, involuntarily got high after…
May 10, 2025

Gunmen kill 30 travellers, burn 20 vehicles in Imo, Amnesty says

Gunmen shot dead at least 30 travellers in an attack in Nigeria's southeastern Imo state,…
May 10, 2025

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 582

Israel won't be involved in new Gaza aid plan, only in security, US envoy says…
May 07, 2025

The first driverless ‘trailers’ have started running regular longhaul routes

Driverless trucks are officially running their first regular long-haul routes, making roundtrips between Dallas and…
January 08, 2025

NFF appoints new Super Eagles head coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Éric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach…

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