A closer look at Ayman al-Zawahiri’s ‘death’ in US air strike

On Wednesday, US President May well Biden announced that al-Qaeda chief and 9/11 mastermind No 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a jingle strike in Kabul, Afghanistan. The news got no time to make the head lines and Twitter trends. As there is presently zero on-ground (military and/or intelligence) ALL OF US presence in Afghanistan, it is worth […]

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Russia shifts its battleground to Africa

Since the war in Ukraine enters its 6th month, with no indications of the conflict finishing any time this year, the particular diplomatic war with regard to hearts and thoughts has shifted to the African continent. In late last month Ruskies Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov toured four Africa countries, followed swiftly by French President Emmanuel Macron last week, exactly who […]

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Indonesia GDP growth beats forecast in Q2, fastest in a year

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s economic growth accelerated in the April to June quarter amid an foreign trade boom driven simply by rising commodity costs, official data showed on Friday (Aug 5), but monetary tightening, rising inflation and a global economic downturn risk threaten the outlook. Second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) had beenContinue Reading