Ukraine’s drone interceptors in high demand in the Middle East

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukrainian drone experts will arrive in the Middle East this week to help Gulf states under attack from Iran.In recent days, Iran has fired a number of Shahed drones across the Middle East - and some air defences in the region have struggled to cope.Ukraine has spent the last four years inventing cheap but effective ways of defending their skies from similar Russian strikes, and now some countries have come knocking on their…

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Istanbul’s ex-mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to stand trial on corruption charges

"This politically motivated prosecution, which is based almost entirely on secret witness testimony, is riddled with serious international fair trial and rule of law issues," Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty's deputy director for Europe, said on Friday. Source link

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Alleged Bondi gunman seeks court order to suppress family’s identity

Naveed Akram, who was critically injured, has yet to enter a plea. He said only one word when he appeared in court for the first time last month, answering "yeah" when asked if he had heard a discussion about an extension of different suppression orders. Source link

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Cocoa farmers in Ghana and Ivory Coast face bitter times as chocolate market slumps

As a result, the health of the sector has a direct effect on the wealth of the country and to help revamp it, the government has announced a raft of measures, including plans to process more of the crop in Ghana itself, rather than have the raw bean converted into chocolate and other products outside the country. Source link

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VAR: Masked fan unplugs monitor in German second division match

A masked fan unplugged a video assistant referee (VAR) monitor in a German second division match on Sunday as the referee was went to the pitchside screen to check a penalty award.The incident occurred at the end of the first half of Preussen Munster's 2-1 home defeat by Hertha Berlin in Bundesliga 2.VAR had intervened and referee Felix Bickel was asked to review the incident on a pitchside monitor, but found the screen blank."A masked spectator from the…

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Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader?

In 1999, Mojtaba went to Qom, a holy city which is considered an important centre of Shia theology, to continue his religious studies. It is notable that he did not wear clerical clothing until this time, and it is unclear why he decided to attend a seminary at 30, as it is more usual to do so in one's younger years. Source link

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