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Uganda protests Rwandan military's 'violation of territory'

Kampala says Rwandan troops crossed border and killed two men, but Kigali dismisses the account as ‘fake news’. Uganda has protested an incursion by Rwandan soldiers on its territory that it said resulted in two deaths, a development that could inflame already tense relations between the neighbours. Two Rwandan soldiers entered Ugandan territory in the […]

Former UK Brexit minister Raab enters battle to be next PM

LONDON (Reuters) – Former Brexit Minister Dominic Raab became the sixth candidate to enter the contest to replace Theresa May as prime minister on Saturday, vowing to fight for a fairer deal on Brexit. “To deliver Brexit successfully will require focus, discipline and resolve,” Raab wrote in an article for the Mail on Sunday newspaper. […]

Seven up: Contest to replace May as British prime minister gets crowded

LONDON (Reuters) – The contest to replace Theresa May as British prime minister hotted up on Saturday with seven candidates now throwing their hat into the ring, saying they would succeed where she failed by taking a deeply-divided Britain out of the European Union. May announced on Friday she was quitting over her failure to […]

Mum and Afghan veteran set to be FIRST woman to join SAS

The 28-year-old already has a tour of duty with Britain’s elite Special Reconnaissance Regiment under her belt. She is understood to have been on covert operations both in the UK and abroad and is training for the six-month SAS selection course. And sources have told the Daily Star Sunday the commanding officer of the regiment, […]

Trump defies Congress, completes $8B weapons sale to Saudi Arabia, UAE

U.S. President Donald Trump, declaring a national emergency because of tensions with Iran, swept aside objections from Congress on Friday to complete the sale of over $8 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. The Trump administration informed congressional committees that it will go ahead with 22 military sales to the Saudis, […]

Christianity CRACKDOWN: Horrifying account of ‘extreme persecution’ suffered in Iran

Religious freedom activists met with politicians in Washington DC this week to discuss the escalating war against religious minorities in Iran. Among the attendees was Maryam Rostampour who was sent to one of Iran’s most infamous prisons and sentenced to execution by hanging after promoting the religion in Iran. Ms Rostampour told the audience: “The […]

Several civilians killed in air raids in Yemen's Taiz province

Two children are among those killed in a Saudi-UAE-led coalition air attack in the Mawiya district of Taiz. At least nine civilians have been killed in overnight air raids east of Yemen’s third city of Taiz, a medic and rebel forces said on Saturday. Two children were among the nine killed in the Mawiya district […]