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Mark Zuckerberg has threatened to shut down the META social media apps including Facebook and Instagram from the United Kingdom and in Europe as a whole, following a dispute over data protection laws with Europe. Meta has quietly issued a warning saying that it could shut down the services if Europe does not let it perform the transatlantic data transfers, a means of transferring people's private data from secure servers […]

The United States says it will install a guided-missile destroyer and state-of-the-art fighter jets to help defend the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after a series of missile attacks by Yemeni rebels. The US embassy in the UAE said the deployment to support the UAE against the current threat, follows a phone call between Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Zayef Al-Nahyan. The UAE, part of […]

US Ambassador, Linda Thomas -Greenfield said the mobilization was the biggest Europe had seen in decades, while her Russian counterpart accused the US of fuelling panic and unacceptable interference in Russia's affairs. Meanwhile reports say a number of European leaders are travelling to Ukraine today for talks.  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is flying to Kyiv after promising to work with Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky to find a diplomatic solution to […]

France says dozens of militants have been killed in Burkina Faso in operations involving local and French troops. The assaults were conducted as part of the French-led Operation Barkhane against Islamist groups in the Sahel region of Africa - before the 23 January coup. The French military said it took part in four operations alongside Burkinabè troops between 16 and 23 January, noting that the objective of these assaults - […]

US White House says President Joe Biden will honour his commitment to make an African-American woman his first nomination to the Supreme Court. She will replace the liberal justice, Stephen Breyer, who is expected to retire at the end of the current Supreme Court term in June. Only two African Americans, both men, have ever served on the court: Justice Thurgood Marshall from 1967 to 1991 and his successor Justice […]

US Coast Guard officials are searching for 39 people who are feared missing after their ship capsized on Saturday night off the Florida coast. Officials were alerted yesterday morning after fishermen spotted a man clinging to the hull of a boat 45 miles from the city of Fort Pierce. The survivor said the group had embarked from Bimini, Bahamas, on Saturday night and hit foul weather but US officials say […]