Month: May 2025
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From Restrictions to Regional Harmony: Tanzania and Malawi Sign Landmark Trade Agreements
1–2 minutesDODOMA, TANZANIA – May 4, 2025 Tanzania and Malawi have taken a significant step toward restoring and strengthening bilateral trade ties after recent tensions, following a high-level joint ministerial meeting held in Dodoma. The meeting aimed to resolve the diplomatic and economic fallout from Malawi’s March ban on Tanzanian agricultural imports, which had triggered retaliatory…
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True Independence Impossible Without Monetary Sovereignty: Niger Hosts Conference to Promote AES Single Currency
1–2 minutesNIAMEY, NIGER – May 4, 2025 Calls for Africa’s monetary liberation echoed strongly in Niamey as Niger hosted a high-level conference focused on abolishing the CFA franc and replacing it with a single currency for the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Pan-Africanists, economists, and political leaders gathered to champion what they described as the final…
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Kenyan Woman Caught Smuggling 1.3kg of Cocaine to India at JKIA
1–2 minutesNAIROBI – May 4, 2025 A 25-year-old Kenyan woman was arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) while attempting to smuggle 1.3 kilograms of cocaine to Goa, India, in what authorities say is part of a growing crackdown on international drug trafficking. The suspect, Caroline Wanjiku Mwangi, was intercepted by detectives from the Anti-Narcotics Unit…
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Putin: Russia Standing Alone Against the Collective West, Says Minsk Accords Were a Deception
1–2 minutesMOSCOW – May 4, 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that Russia is confronting the entire collective West on its own, accusing Western powers of deception and using diplomacy as a cover to prepare Ukraine for war. The remarks were made in a newly released documentary titled “Russia. Kremlin. Putin. 25 Years,” which reflects…
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Yemeni Army Claims Ballistic Missile Strike on Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, Warns International Airlines
1–2 minutesSANAA/TEL AVIV – May 4, 2025 The Yemeni Armed Forces, through their official spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree, have claimed responsibility for a ballistic missile strike targeting Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport on Sunday. The missile reportedly bypassed Israeli air defenses and caused panic, with over 3 million Israeli settlers rushing to shelters, according to…
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Video: Footage shows a huge 25-meter-deep crater at Ben Gurion Airport after a Yemeni missile strike.
1–2 minutesScenes of destruction at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv after it was targeted by a missile from Yemen.
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Pakistan Warns of Retaliation Amid Fears of Imminent Indian Military Strike, Cites ‘Credible Intel’
2–3 minutesISLAMABAD – May 4, 2025 Tensions between nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan have escalated sharply, with Islamabad warning that it possesses “credible information” pointing to an imminent Indian military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours, according to Pakistan’s Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Dunya TV, Minister Tarar…
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Sudan Renews Urgent Call for Global Action as RSF Atrocities Escalate in West Kordofan
2–3 minutesKHARTOUM, Sudan – May 4, 2025 Sudan’s Foreign Ministry has renewed its urgent appeal to the international community, demanding swift and decisive action against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who stand accused of committing widespread atrocities in West Kordofan. According to the Sudan News Agency (SUNA), approximately 300 civilians were brutally killed by RSF rebels…
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Moscow Accuses Zelensky of Issuing “Direct Threat” Over May 9 Victory Day Celebrations
2–3 minutesMoscow, May 4 – Russia has condemned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s recent remarks regarding the security of Victory Day celebrations on May 9, calling them a “direct threat” and likening them to the rhetoric of an “international terrorist.” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, in a statement to Sputnik, responded sharply to Zelensky’s comment that…
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Iran Condemns Israel’s Killing of Palestinian Journalists, Labels U.S. and Allies as Complicit
2–3 minutesTehran, May 4 – On World Press Freedom Day, Iran sharply criticized Israel for what it described as the systematic targeting and killing of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei made the remarks in a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), condemning what he called “colonial genocide” and placing blame squarely…
