Nikki Haley says she’ll vote for Trump in November elections.

Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has said she plans to vote for Donald Trump, her former opponent and boss, in the 2024 US presidential election. Ms Haley, who once served as Mr Trump’s United Nations ambassador, was the last of his major rivals to drop out of the party primary contest, in early March….

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Putin, Bashir and Kony among ICC war crimes suspects at large.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief and three Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes. If those requests are granted the Israeli and Hamas leaders would join a list of war crime suspects who remain at large from the…

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The Impact of Raisi’s Death on Iran Amid Dual Succession Crises.

Iranian clerics attend a funeral procession for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and six other passengers and crew who were killed following a helicopter crash, in Qom, Iran, May 21, 2024. The untimely death of the Islamic Republic’s president and its foreign minister in a mysterious helicopter crash on May…

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Kenya defends cost of jet for President Ruto’s US trip.

Kenya’s government has defended the cost of President William Ruto’s trip to the US. The price of hiring the luxury private jet in which he and his delegation travelled is estimated to be $1.5m (£1.2m), according to Kenya’s private KTN TV station. “The benefits from this visit far outweigh such a million times,” government spokesman…

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Who was behind the DRC’s attempted coup, and were Americans involved?

The attackers were led by Christian Malanga, a politician and former military officer based in the US. The army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) thwarted a coup against the government of President Felix Tshisekedi in the early hours of Sunday, the country’s officials have said. At least three people were killed  in the…

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South Africa’s top court bars Zuma from standing in election.

South Africa’s highest court has barred former President Jacob Zuma from running for parliament in next week’s general election. The Constitutional Court ruled that his 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court disqualified him. Mr Zuma was convicted in 2021 for refusing to testify at an inquiry investigating corruption during his presidency which ended in…

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World Leaders React to Death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

Much of the world was caught by surprise when Ebrahim Raisi, the President of Iran and anticipated successor to the country’s Supreme Leader, was killed in a helicopter crash along with the country’s Foreign Minister over the weekend. Iran’s role on the world stage had become increasingly complex under Raisi’s leadership, as the regime navigated…

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Religion and Politics Bittersweet Marriage in Uganda.

 By Robert Kigongo. Tale as old as the sun rising from the East to setting the West is the marriage between religion and politics. Scarring as truly it can be, this is bittersweet marriage of convenience not based on pure love as that of the blue lagoon that Adam and Eve shared in Genesis.   Constantly, what sparks this debate in public domain particularly in Uganda  are the new reformation Pentecostal pastors…

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