Ugandan police on Saturday, January 17, denied claims by opposition leader Bobi Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP) that he had been arrested by soldiers, as President Yoweri Museveni moved toward a decisive re-election victory. NUP had alleged on Friday night that an army helicopter landed at Wine’s Kampala residence and “forcibly took him away…
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was placed under house arrest on Friday, January 16, a day after elections in which early results showed President Yoweri Museveni with a commanding lead as he seeks to extend his 40-year rule. Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, has faced accusations of “brutal repression” against opposition…
Russia has announced that a British diplomat is being expelled after the Federal Security Service (FSB) accused him of working as an undercover agent for British intelligence. The diplomat has been given two weeks to leave the country. Russia’s Foreign Ministry summoned Britain’s chargé d’affaires in Moscow to lodge a formal protest, saying Moscow…
U.S. federal law enforcement officers in Minneapolis shot an undocumented Venezuelan migrant during a targeted operation, authorities said, marking the city’s second federal-involved shooting in a week following the death of Renee Good. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said federal officers stopped the man on Wednesday night as part of an enforcement…
Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly pressed Donald Trump to delay possible military strikes on Iran during a tense, last-minute phone call, as preparations for a broader regional conflict rapidly intensified, according to The New York Times. With diplomatic personnel being evacuated from Tehran and Iranian airspace reportedly cleared, an attack appeared imminent before Netanyahu urged Trump…
The UK government has abandoned plans requiring workers to sign up for its digital ID scheme to prove their right to work. The decision comes after widespread backlash against the controversial policy, which aimed to introduce a free digital ID for UK nationals and residents to help curb illegal migration. The scheme was first announced…
U.S. President Donald Trump has reiterated his call for the United States to annex Greenland, declaring that any alternative would be “unacceptable.” Restating his long-held view that the move is vital to U.S. national security, Trump said NATO “should be leading the way” in securing Greenland for American control, arguing that the alliance would become…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the signing of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi that would open duty-free access for thousands of Nigerian products into the Arab country. In a statement shared on his X handle on Tuesday, January 13, President Tinubu disclosed that…
US prosecutors have initiated an inquiry that could result in a criminal indictment of the Federal Reserve, Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday, January 11, accusing the Trump administration of ramping up “threats and sustained pressure” over monetary policy. In a video statement, Powell confirmed that the central bank received grand jury subpoenas on Friday,…
The Cuban government has announced that 32 Cuban nationals were killed during a U.S. attack on Caracas that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. In a statement read on state television on Sunday, January 4, Havana said the deaths occurred during what it described as a “criminal attack” carried out by the…
