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VLADIMIR Putin’s botched but vicious invasion of Ukraine is being run by a brutal cabal of bloodthirsty generals. Russia’s top commanders have a savage charge sheet against them, including deliberately running down and killing protesters with tanks, and indiscriminately shelling civilians. As Putin’s planned quick invasion of Ukraine appears to turn against him, the Russian army has resorted…

PUTIN has made a chilling threat to Europe as he warned that if Sweden and Finland join NATO there will be “detrimental military and political consequences.” Russia shares a border with Finland and a sea border with Sweden – and the comments followed Putin’s intensified invasion of Ukraine as they attempt to reach Kyiv. Russian…

Residents of the Pacific territory of New Caledonia voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to remain part of France in a third referendum that was boycotted by pro-independence groups, reports say. Police reinforcements have been sent to the territory known as “the pebble”, which is of strategic importance to France and is part of a wider tussle…

Police authorities have confirmed that Malikah Shabazz, one of six daughters of civil rights activist Malcolm X, was found dead Monday at her Brooklyn home. According to reports, 56-year-old Shabazz was found unresponsive in her home in Midwood. The city’s medical examiner who responded to the scene did not believe that the death was suspicious, while…

Leader of army unit that overthrew President Alpha Conde tells government ministers there will be ‘no witch hunt’, a day after coup in West African nation. Guinean government officials are barred from leaving the country until further notice and a curfew imposed in mining areas has been lifted, the leader of an army unit that…