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RTSun, 13 Mar 2022 12:02 UTC Several rockets have reportedly struck an area in Erbil, northern Iraq, near a US diplomatic compound. Erbil is the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. Footage shared online purports to show a series of ...

No fewer than 301 stranded Nigerians returned home from Ukraine amidst Russian attacks on multiple fronts. The stranded Nigerians, including students from war-torn Sumy, Russia, were evacuated through Budapest, Hungary. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission confirmed their arrival on Saturday ...

The Federal government has turned off some illegal financial institutions operating in a few elements of Lagos State.Naija News reports that the illegal financial institutions were turned off following customers’ complaints of malpractices and invasion of privacy. In a conversation ...

F. William EngdahlNew Eastern OutlookWed, 09 Mar 2022 00:00 UTC The decision by the Russian President to order military action in neighboring Ukraine beginning February 24, 2022 has shocked many, myself included. The question at this point almost two weeks ...

This will contain a few statements and this first one is from about 12 hours ago.  Source is MoD Russia Telegram Channel:  https://t.me/mod_russia_en Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry ▪️ The grouping of troops of Lugansk People’s Republic, continuing offensive operations, took ...

First, here is the promised map: I won’t comment on it, Andrei Martyanov gave you the full story for today. UPDATE: another map I found here: https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2022/03/09/updated_russian_occupation_of_ukraine_troop-to-task_estimate_820732.html

by Batko Milacic for Ooduarere via the Saker Blog During his daily briefing early on March 9, the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, General Igor Konashenkov, said that Russian troops had seized documents confirming Kiev’s plans to attack the self-proclaimed Donetsk ...

By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely cross-posted. The non-government in Kiev is simply not allowed by the Empire to negotiate anything. By now what we may call a Triple Threat has been established as the catalyst ...

For a few, Kemi Afolabi’s announcement may be the first time they’d hear of the illness called Lupus.  As new as it can certainly sound, lupus is a common disease in Nigeria with over 100,000 cases diagnosed annually, based on ...

https://ukraina.ru/exclusive/20220309/1033469118.html by Rostislav Ishchenko translated by V. What is bound to happen is bound to happen someday. In 2014, I wrote to appeal to the remaining anti-fascists in Ukraine, urging them to leave the country as soon as possible. I ...