HANOI, 27 February 2025 (BSS/AFP) – A Vietnamese court on Thursday sentenced a prominent independent journalist to 30 months in prison over Facebook posts that criticised the government, according to state media. Huy Duc, a veteran journalist who once worked for major state-run newspapers, gained prominence through his widely followed blog and Facebook account, where […]

MOSCOW, 27 February 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Russia’s Ministry of Defence announced on Thursday that it had intercepted and destroyed 19 drones overnight across various regions of the country, including the annexed Crimean Peninsula. Meanwhile, local authorities reported the death of one person in the Belgorod region following a drone attack. The governor of Belgorod, Vyacheslav […]

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, 27 February 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Hamas has handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages early on Thursday, Israeli authorities confirmed, coinciding with the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to the West Bank and Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office stated that the coffins of “four fallen hostages” had […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Haiti is experiencing a surge in extreme brutality, with widespread killings and mass displacements, according to a warning issued by UN agencies, NGOs, and international donors. In a statement released Monday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and its partners described harrowing scenes of […]

BRASÍLIA, Feb 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been hospitalized in Shanghai, China, due to an ear inflammation, her team announced on Tuesday. The 77-year-old economist, who currently serves as the president of the New Development Bank (NDB)—a financial institution established by the BRICS bloc—was admitted to the Shanghai East International […]

WASHINGTON, Feb 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) – After making history as the first private company to land a robot on the Moon, albeit with a less-than-perfect touchdown, Intuitive Machines is preparing for another attempt—this time aiming for a flawless landing. The Houston-based company’s new lunar lander, Athena, is scheduled for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]