A sacred drum that once served as a powerful communication tool for communities in Ivory Coast has returned home more than a century after it was seized during French colonial rule. Known as the Djidji Ayokwe, the massive wooden instrument was taken by French authorities in 1916 and later transported to France, where it remained…
US Expands Middle East Military Presence Amid Iran-Israel Tensions, USS Tripoli Deploys Marines The United States is significantly expanding its military footprint in the Middle East, sending thousands of Marines and a powerful amphibious assault ship to the region as tensions with Iran intensify. The deployment comes amid a rapidly escalating conflict involving the United…
WASHINGTON: A complex tug-of-war inside the White House is driving US. President Donald Trump’s shifting public statements on the course of the Iran war, as aides debate when and how to declare victory even as the conflict spreads across West Asia.Some officials and advisers are warning Trump that surging gasoline prices could exact a political…
On summer Fridays in the Dutch city of Alkmaar, the air fills with the smell of aged dairy and the rhythmic shuffle of wooden stretchers across the stone square. At precisely 10 a.m., a bell rings over the historic Waagplein and the spectacle begins. Dozens of men dressed in spotless white uniforms and straw hats…
President Donald Trump on Friday said he believed that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was helping Iran in its war against the United States and Israel.Trump’s comment came in a radio interview with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, and 1 week after the President lashed out at Fox News reporter Peter Doocy for asking him at…
There’s a joke doing the rounds online which goes something like this: “Marco Rubio learning he has to become the new ____.”The blank changes depending on the day. Sometimes the internet appoints him the next Pope, sometimes the manager of Manchester United, and occasionally even the Ayatollah of Iran. Like all good memes, it exaggerates…
A woman spoke about the “shocking” moment she was issued a £150 fine after feeding a pigeon a bit of tortilla wrap.Sam Elkin, 23, from Southport, was in Manchester with her partner to celebrate her birthday on March 9 when she was handed the fine for “littering” in the city’s Piccadilly Gardens, BBC reported.Sam told…
A man in the UK murdered his estranged wife before calmly going to a leisure centre to shower and later claiming that mysterious voices in his head had ordered the killing, a court has heard. The victim, Paria Veisi, 37, was stabbed multiple times at her husband Alireza Askari’s home in Cardiff after the couple…
File photo: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy (Picture credit: AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday said a US decision to temporarily ease sanctions on Russian oil sales could hand Moscow about $10 billion in extra revenue, warning the move would directly undermine efforts to end the war in Ukraine.“This one concession alone by the United States…
A man who attacked a synagogue in Michigan was shot dead after the incident. Investigators said he had shared images of children killed in Israeli airstrikes moments before the attack.The attacker was identified as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, who drove a vehicle into the grounds of Temple Israel on Thursday. Security personnel at the synagogue confronted…
