Rohingya Christian refugee John Anwar was detained on May 6, 2025. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Relatives of ethnic Rohingya Christian refugees cast into the sea by India’s navy have yet to hear from them nearly two months after the cast-offs swam ashore to their native Myanmar (Burma). “If someone could just…
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China boosting purchases of Russian metals – Bloomberg
Aluminum, copper and nickel shipments have surged this year, according to trade data Beijing has increased purchases of Russian metals as Moscow pivots toward Asia amid Western sanctions, Bloomberg has reported, citing customs data. The US and its allies have been targeting Russian base metals in an effort to cut the country’s revenues amid the…
Rubio announces end to USAID programs
The foreign aid agency has failed to advance America’s interests, the US Secretary of State has said Washington has formally shut down its foreign aid agency USAID, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced, branding the organization inefficient and a failure in its core mission. Long the primary vehicle for funding political and development projects…
Another EU state introduces immigration controls
Poland’s prime minister has announced the reinstatement of temporary checks on the borders with Germany and Lithuania Poland has decided to temporarily reintroduce border controls along its frontiers with Germany and Lithuania to stop the flow of illegal migrants. All three nations are part of the Schengen Area, which allows free travel across most of…
Russian warplane crashes during training – MOD
Both crew members operating the SU-34 fighter-bomber are said to have ejected and survived A Russian SU-34 medium-range fighter-bomber crashed during a training flight in the country’s Nizhny Novgorod Region on Tuesday, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported. Both the pilot and the navigator who operated the twin-seat aircraft are understood to have ejected…
Putin and Macron hold phone call – Kremlin
The Russian and French presidents have discussed the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, the Kremlin press service has said Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron by telephone, the Kremlin press service said on Tuesday. It is the first phone contact between the leaders since September 2022. The…
Mexican drug cartel hacked FBI phone to kill informants – report
The incident took place during a US operation against the powerful criminal organization, the Department of Justice has revealed A hacker working for Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel accessed the phone records and geolocation data of a senior FBI agent assigned to the US Embassy in the country, according to the latest report by the…
Comedian Admits To Going Soft on Biden Because ‘He Was Compromised Mentally’
Saturday Night Live is one of the staples of American television. The live sketch comedy show has been on air for nearly 50 years now, having premiered on NBC on 11 October 1975. To be fair, they also have a history of going ‘harder’ on Republican politicians than Democrats, starting with the portrayal of President…
Paris says Le Pen’s AC plan full of hot air – Politico
The environment minister has said the proposal would only worsen urban heat France’s environment minister on Tuesday rejected a plan by former leader of the National Rally party Marine Le Pen to install air conditioners nationwide to protect citizens during increasingly hot summers, Politico has reported. Agnes Pannier-Runacher claims that AC units could make heatwaves…
Russia’s former deputy defense minister gets 13 years in $50mn corruption case
Timur Ivanov has been found guilty of embezzlement and fraud Russia’s former deputy defense minister, Timur Ivanov, has been sentenced to 13 years in a penal colony after being found guilty of embezzling state funds, the Moscow City Court announced on Tuesday. The 49-year-old, arrested in April 2024, previously held senior roles in Russia’s energy…
EU creating ‘liberal dictatorship’ in ex-Soviet country – Moscow
The Russian Foreign Ministry has condemned the prosecution in Moldova of regional head Yevgenia Gutsul as politically motivated repression Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has denounced the Moldovan authorities’ efforts to imprison the leader of the autonomous region of Gagauzia, Yevgenia Gutsul, calling it an example of “European anti-values in action.” Gutsul, who was…
MCC Sees Unprecedented Interest in Free University and Youth Courses
Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) has announced record-breaking interest in its nationwide talent development programmes, prompting an extension of the application deadline for its University Programme until midnight on 4 August. The institution, which offers free extracurricular training for primary, secondary, and university students, reported that its University Programme for incoming first-year students received an exceptional…
Durov and Snoop Dogg trade jabs over Telegram CEO’s 106 kids
The rapper has advised the tech billionaire to “slow down” on making new children Veteran American rapper Snoop Dogg has slammed Pavel Durov for fathering more than 100 children, claiming that the Telegram founder and CEO was “dropping litters” rather than making babies. Durov told French newspaper Le Point last month that he is the…
Ukraine isn’t Israel. And that’s exactly the problem
Why Trump managed to settle the conflict in the Middle East but not in Eastern Europe US President Donald Trump secured his image as a “peacemaker” by swiftly de-escalating tensions in the Israel-Iran conflict. However, the methods he employed have little to do with the system of international law that the West swears by when…
Baku court jails Russian journalists
The chief editors of Sputnik Azerbaijan have been placed into pre-trial detention for four months DETAILS TO FOLLOW Click this link for the original source of this article. Author: RT This content is courtesy of, and owned and copyrighted by, https://www.rt.com and its author. This content is made available by use of the public RSS…
Trump says he’ll ‘take a look’ at deporting Elon Musk
The US president has also suggested getting DOGE to investigate the billionaire, noting that he has received a lot of subsidies US President Donald Trump has said that he might entertain the idea of deporting Elon Musk and could consider getting the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to look into the billionaire’s government contracts. The…
South Africa seeks extension of US tariff hike deadline
Pretoria says it is negotiating for a maximum tariff rate of 10% from Washington as a worst-case scenario South Africa has asked the US for an extension on a looming tariff deadline, as the two countries continue negotiating a trade agreement. Relations have been strained between Pretoria and Washington since US President Donald Trump took…
Future of US–Ukraine Minerals Deal Clouded by Russian Gains
Russian forces have captured the village of Shevchenko in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, in a move that could significantly impact the minerals deal agreed between Washington and Kyiv back in April. Shevchenko is home to one of Europe’s most promising lithium deposits, estimated at 13.8 million tons of ore valued at nearly $1.5…