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At least seven soldiers have been killed in Pakistan after militants attacked a military post in North Waziristan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan. “The terrorists rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the post, followed by multiple suicide bombing attacks, which led to [the] collapse of [a] portion of a building,” Pakistan’s military said. Five soldiers were killed in the initial blast and another two in the ensuing gun battle. The military said six attackers, some wearing bomb vests, were also killed in the firefight.Afghan Taliban accused of destabilizing neighboring statesTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and…

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Two former Brazilian military commanders said former President Jair Bolsonaro discussed a possible coup d’etat to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, according to judicial documents released Friday. The testimonies place Bolsonaro at the center of a plot to declare martial law and stop leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office. The alleged plot did not eventuate. Bolsonaro left the country to avoid handing the presidential sash to Lula but days later, his supporters stormed government buildings and shut down highways in an attempt to overturn the result on January 8, 2023. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de…

Some 5 million people in Sudan could face “catastrophic food insecurity” in the coming months as fighting continues between rival generals, according to UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths. The conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces militia has had a severe impact on agricultural production, disrupted trade, caused price increases and impeded the flow of humanitarian aid, he said. “Without urgent humanitarian assistance and access to basic commodities … almost 5 million people could slip into catastrophic food insecurity in some parts of the country in the coming months,” Griffiths wrote in a note to the UN Security…

US air safety officials are investigating a Boeing 737-800 plane that was missing a panel when the United Airlines flight landed on Friday.The Federal Aviation Authority is probing United Airlines Flight 433, which left San Francisco and landed in Oregon on Friday. It was carrying 139 passengers and six crew members. Amber Judd, director at Rogue Valley International Medford Airport, said the plane landed safely and the external panel was discovered missing during a post-flight inspection. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 2:53 What’s going on at Boeing? The airport paused operations to check the runway…

Visitors crowd around the works of Cheryl McIntosh in Ernst Moritz Arndt House, a branch of Bonn City Museum. Anybody who wants to view all of the installations and collages, needs to be patient. Her exhibition Counter Thoughts, Counter Images has been attracting a lot of interest. McIntosh, who was born in Jamaica, uses her art to address colonial history. The exhibition is part of the German city of Bonn’s Culture(s) of Remembrance project that highlights themes of colonialism, racism, resistance and recognition.McIntosh expresses colonial exploitation in a floor installation that portrays cotton, sugar and coffee next to an apparently enslaved figureImage: Emanuel Spieske Forgotten history In an…

This Tik-tok videoalready has more than four million views: a young woman telling her audience that in Canada, people “are not allowed to be from Palestine any more.”  The woman, who has been identified only as Blair in Canadian media, explains that her grandmother was not able to renew her passport with “Palestine” as her birthplace.  “Imagine being 90 years old and having your actual place of birth just erased from your identity,” she adds, accusing authorities of “cultural genocide.”  Other posts echoed Blair’s caseand even a former UN special rapporteur spoke of “anti-Palestinian racism.”  In addition, a petitionwas started…

Airport security staff continued a strike called by trade union Verdi at several smaller German hubs on Friday, with authorities predicting considerably fewer cancellations and disruptions than on the previous day but still saying thousands of travelers are liable to be impacted. Verdi members at Hanover, Dortmund, Weeze, Dresden, Leipzig and Karslruhe/Baden-Baden are not working, seeking to intensify pressure ahead of the next round of negotiations scheduled for March 20.  Meanwhile, a German employers’ federation said on Friday that the series of strikes affecting planes and trains in particular in recent weeks were “not just annoying, but a growth brake.”  German strikes hurting…

Fundamentalist Christian churches from the United States are increasingly gaining power and influence in societies and political spheres across Africa. Many of them have been whipping up negative sentiments against LGBTQ+ people and abortion rights. Haley McEwen, a sociologist at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, has examined some of their influential networks. “US Christian right-wing groups have been very active in the US foreign policy since the early 2000s,” McEwen told DW. “There are several organizations that have been around since the 1970s — and in the early 2000s they started to increase their influence internationally.” Conservative activists often portray LGBTQ+ people as alien…

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has secured a 33% pay rise to run world football which meant his salary exceeded £3.6m last year, Sky News has found.The increase during the Women’s World Cup year featured deep in financial documents approved by the FIFA Council yesterday and sent to global football officials. Mr Infantino’s base salary was 1.95m Swiss francs (£1.7m) in 2022. Image: Spain won the Women’s World Cup in 2023. Pic: Reuters In a previously-undisclosed decision by the FIFA compensation subcommittee, Mr Infantino’s base pay was raised to 2.6m Swiss francs (£2.3m) following his re-election for a third term as…