Bank of Uganda warned over facilitating illicit gold trade 

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Updated at 1758 EAT on Friday 16 May 2025 As Bank of Uganda (BoU) intensifies its gold purchases to boost national reserves, experts are raising red flags about the origin of gold being traded within the country, warning that without strict traceability, the central bank risks being entangled in the…

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American basketball player arrested in Indonesia for alleged drug smuggling

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Updated at 1744 EAT on Friday 16 May 2025 An American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country, police said Thursday. The Southeast Asian country has extremely strict drug laws, and convicted smugglers are sometimes executed by firing squad….

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Pezeshkian says Iran will ‘not bow’ to bullying from Trump

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Updated at 1015 EAT on Thursday 15 May 2025 Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country would not “bow to any bully” in response to United States President Donald Trump’s criticism of Tehran during his ongoing three-day Gulf tour. Trump thinks he can come here, chant slogans, and scare us….

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Trump’s critics and supporters unite against Qatar plane deal

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Updated at 1001 EAT on Thursday 15 May 2025 The idea that Donald Trumps’s acceptence of a plane from Qatar has drawn bipartism scrutiny underscores how some behaviors transsend party loyalty and tap into broader concerns about propriety,national interest and foreign entanglements. The problem for the White House is that…

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Israeli air strikes kill 40 People in Gaza

By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda Updated at 0933 EAT on Thursday 15 May 2025 More than 40 people have been killed in the latest Israeli strikes across the Strip, according to hospital sources. There are reports that at least 36 bodies were taken to hospitals in the south, which saw intense Israeli bombardment overnight. With…

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