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Israel has struck the historic city of Tyre in Lebanon, targeting the Christian quarter for the first time after ordering a partial evacuation. The attack has heightened local concerns over the fate of the city’s revered Biblical heritage sites. According to Reuters, eight people were killed in a single strike on Tyre’s eastern edge on Tuesday. · The Christian quarter, located in the city’s northwest, had been excluded from previous Israeli…

Bulgaria’s new government has announced it will halt weapons deliveries to Ukraine, signaling a major policy shift for the NATO and EU member, which has been supplying arms to Kiev since the escalation of the conflict in 2022. The conflict cannot be resolved on the battlefield, Bulgarian Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov told reporters on Tuesday, arguing that Ukraine’s primary challenge is a shortage of personnel rather than weapons. · "What…

FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov warned during a recent meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services that “The West seeks to disrupt integration processes and undermine stability in CIS countries from within, making nations forget their shared history and trying to pit them against each other in order to take the situation here under control.” This is being advanced in part…

Anti-immigration riots broke out in Belfast on Tuesday night after a knife-wielding Sudanese asylum seeker allegedly attacked a man in the capital of Northern Ireland. The incident occurred amid a heated debate over migration policies, fuelled by a string of crimes involving foreign nationals across the United Kingdom. · Buses and cars were set ablaze as police urged the public to remain calm. · Videos from the scene showed vehicles engulfed in…

Mass protests erupt in Kenya over American plans to co-opt an air base there to quarantine US citizens. Locals fear the Ebola virus could spread from the site into a country without a single recorded case. · A gunman opens fire on Israeli soldiers and is shot dead after entering the country from Lebanon. It follows the IDF bombarding the ancient Lebanese city of Tyre killing several people. · Tehran insists that Washington must recognise the…

Northern Irish police have arrested a Sudanese asylum seeker over a brutal stabbing attack in Belfast on Monday. Graphic video footage showed locals intervening as the attacker plunged a kitchen knife into his victim’s neck. The attacker, who is in his 30s, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said on Tuesday. His victim, who is in his 40s, suffered stab wounds to his back, face, and eyes,…

The IDF reportedly strikes southern Lebanon just hours after Iran announces the end of its military operation against Israel. It comes as Tehran and West Jerusalem exchange heavy fire for the first time in months with Iran vowing a tougher response if IDF aggression in Lebanon persists. · With Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's party securing less than 50 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections - meaning a crucial majority has…

‘I came to see Russia because global hegemony is collapsing. The US is a dying empire and they all go out with a bang’ – Andrew Tate. · On the latest episode of Sanchez Effect, Rick sits down with a man who needs no introduction. Andrew Tate doesn’t hold back on Russia’s surging clout, especially in its powerful partnership with China, and he’s convinced the post-WWII order is about as secure as a paper cup in a hurricane. · And the cherry on…

The rally was organized by the non-partisan group Project M1llion, which says it brings together a broad coalition of disaffected Germans, including farmers, tradespeople, business owners, logistics workers, laborers, pensioners, and mothers - “all the people who realize that something is terribly wrong here.” The rally was organized by the non-partisan group Project M1llion, which says it brings together a broad coalition of disaffected…

French prosecutors have been ordered to review all ongoing complaints involving violence against minors after the murder of an 11-year-old girl exposed major failures in the justice system. Last week, police discovered the body of a girl named Lyhanna in an abandoned grain silo in southwestern France shortly after she disappeared near Fleurance. Authorities have since arrested 41-year-old Jerome B., whose daughter went to the same school as…