UK rejects Moscow’s claim RAF aircraft entered Russian territory

UK rejects Moscow's claim

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) says the RC-135 Rivet Joint flight was part of a “regular mission”. A Russian fighter conducted an “unsafe close pass” of the aircraft over international seas. Russia considers the incident to be a “deliberate provocation”. The United Kingdom has disputed that an RAF jet crossed Russian airspace near the Arctic … Read more

United Nations secretary-general to visit Ukraine and Turkey

United Nations secretary-general

Secretary-General António Guterres will visit Ukraine this week. He will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and discuss the Black Sea grain deal. In July, Ukraine and Russia reached an agreement that would permit the resumption of essential grain exports from Black Sea ports.   United Nations, Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres will … Read more

Donald Trump says FBI took three passports in Mar-a-Lago raid

Donald Trump

The FBI has accused Donald Trump of snatching his passports during a raid of his Mar-a-Lago resort. The former US president said three of his passports were “stolen” in a “attack on a political opponent”. Last week, the FBI raided his home after agents discovered boxes of confidential information.   The FBI has accused Donald … Read more

Briton pleads not guilty  for mercenary charges in Russian-backed court

Briton pleads not guilty  

John Harding, Andrew Hill, and Dylan Healy are among five European men on trial in Donetsk. Could face death penalty under statutes of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. All five plead not guilty to charges of mercenarism and training to seize power by force.   Three Britons have pleaded not guilty to mercenary accusations in a … Read more

Iraq’s Sadr renounces his call for massive protests

Iraq's Sadr

Sadr had called for a “million-man demonstration” in Baghdad on Saturday. His opponents, the pro-Iran Coordination Framework, want to impose conditions. Iraq still lacks a government, a new prime minister, and a new president due to group disagreements over building a coalition.   Iraq’s fiery Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr reversed his earlier call for a … Read more

One child, 3 teens accused of attacking California woman

California woman

A 70-year-old victim was attacked and robbed on July 31. Four teenagers, aged 11 to 18, were detained for violently robbing her. The woman was transported to a hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries.   Four teenagers, aged 11 to 18, were detained for violently robbing an elderly Asian woman in San Francisco, according … Read more

Stacey Abrams co-chaired a foundation that funds officers

Stacey Abrams

Stacey Abrams co-chaired a racial justice organization that gave tens of thousands of dollars to activists who want to defund and eliminate the police. In April 2021, Abrams was named co-chair of the Black Voices for Black Justice Fund (BVBJ). During the George Floyd disturbance of 2020, Williams, a founder member of the Black Lives … Read more

Russia blames new Crimea explosions on sabotage

Crimea explosions

Explosions rocked armaments store at another military station in Crimea. Russian officials initially claimed explosions were caused by fire before blaming “sabotage”. A separate fire broke out at a power substation, causing damage to a train.   A week after an apparent Ukrainian strike on a Russian military base in occupied Crimea, a series of … Read more

Massachusetts teen saves drowning toddler

Massachusetts teen

Savennah Mendes-Rodrigues, 19, was studying for her dental school admissions test. A 2-year-old had fallen into a swimming pool in Abington, Massachusetts. She gave him chest compressions to the beat of ’70s disco hit, “Stayin’ Alive”.   A young girl rescued a toddler who was about to drown in a swimming pool in a Boston … Read more

Liz Cheney asks Democrats to shift parties and boost her GOP primary campaign

Liz Cheney

Wyoming residents head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the state’s primary elections. Republican congresswoman Rep. Liz Cheney is seeking support from Democrats. A voting information page on her campaign website even includes directions on how individuals can change their party so they can vote for her.   Wyoming residents will head to … Read more

Russian troops in south Ukraine pushed as Kiev increases attacks

Russian troops in south Ukraine

Russian military command posts under threat in Kherson region of southern Ukraine. Ukrainian soldiers are cutting off river and rail supply lines and target ammunition depots. Some Russian troops may be fleeing to the other side of the Dnipro River, analysts say.   Russian forces in the occupied Kherson region of southern Ukraine are finding … Read more

Russian defence ministry signs contracts for missiles and air defence systems

Russian defence ministry

The Russian Ministry of Defense On Tuesday, signed state contracts with a total value of more than 500 billion rubles. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in June that the first Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile system would go on combat alert in Russia at the end of 2022. This information was obtained from the Russian government’s … Read more

The fire-damaged Abu Sefein Church to be fixed

Abu Sefein Church

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has charged the Armed Forces Engineering Authority with restoring the Abu Sefein church. The authority’s chief, Hisham El-Swefy, called Pope Tawadros II to advise him of the plot. A fire at the church on Sunday killed 41 people and injured 16.   President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has charged the Armed … Read more