Category: World

Neither the Grizzlies nor Clarke’s agency, Priority Sports, immediately released details surrounding his death. Published On 12 May 202612 May 2026 Brandon Clarke, an athlete for the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States, has died at the age of 29, according to his team, the Memphis Grizzlies. No cause of death was immediately…

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Annual report by ICRC finds worsening conditions for Colombian civilians amid continued fighting between armed groups. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has documented an uptick in displacement, disappearances and explosive injuries as a result of Colombia’s six-decade-long internal conflict. In an annual report released on Tuesday, the ICRC found that 2025 saw…

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US president lauds Islamabad, but his Republican ally says he does not trust Pakistan to facilitate Iran diplomacy. Published On 12 May 202612 May 2026 Donald Trump has reasserted his support for Pakistan to serve as a mediator between Iran and the United States after Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of the US president,…

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The UN says the use of drones is making the conflict more dangerous. Divided by fighting, desperate for peace. Three years of conflict in Sudan have caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent times. The UN says 14 million people have been displaced. Nearly half of Sudan is facing acute hunger. And more…

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The two-week-long drills come less than 30 years after NATO bombed Belgrade in the Kosovo war. Published On 12 May 202612 May 2026 Serbia and NATO have launched their first-ever joint military exercise, a landmark cooperation between the Balkan country and the alliance that bombed its capital less than 30 years ago. The two-week-long drills,…

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The office of Hakeem Jeffries, the top-ranking Democrat in the United States House of Representatives, has released a fiery statement condemning a fellow lawmaker who endorsed a racist comment about him. Tuesday’s statement came a day after US Representative Jen Kiggans appeared on a conservative radio talk show, where she discussed the ongoing battle over…

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John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, a Democrat, joins Republicans to advance Warsh’s confirmation. Published On 12 May 202612 May 2026 Kevin Warsh has been confirmed by the United States Senate to join the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors ahead of an expected vote that will have US President Donald Trump’s appointee lead the central bank. The…

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US diplomat Mike Huckabee has revealed that Israel deployed Iron Dome batteries and “personnel to help operate them” to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to help fend off Iranian attacks. The United States ambassador to Israel heaped praise on the UAE during an event in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, saying that Abu Dhabi serves as…

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From sanctions to rare earths, the economic rivalry between the US and China is intensifying. Signalling a more aggressive stance, China is now pushing back more openly against economic pressure from the United States. Beijing has ordered its companies to ignore US sanctions in a rare act of defiance, while expanding export controls on rare…

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Beirut, Lebanon – Israel’s war has created a lost generation of Lebanese students, widening societal disparities and, in turn, damaging national unity, experts have told Al Jazeera. Israel has destroyed schools across southern Lebanon and displaced hundreds of thousands of students. Hundreds of educational institutions have turned into makeshift shelters for thousands of displaced people,…

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