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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Monday Operation Prosperity Guardian, which he said was in response to “reckless Houthi attacks” from Yemen in the Red Sea. CENTCOM Commander Gen. Erik Kurilla onboard the USS Carney in the Red Sea. (US Central Command) Countries joining the naval task force include the UK, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, […]

The level of pressure on Israel is increasing as the death toll in Gaza has been reported as up to 19,000. Some of Israel’s closest European allies pressed for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas on Sunday, underscoring growing international unease with the devastating impact of the conflict on Gaza’s civilian population. The concerted […]

The Somali president’s son allegedly killed a motorcycle courier in a traffic accident in Istanbul’s Fatih district, according to Turkish media reports, which said he fled the country after the incident There was no immediate response from Somali President Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud or his office [File: Olivier Douliery/AFP] Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the son […]

Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said Israel appears to be trying to clear Gaza of its Palestinian population through its military offensive and evacuation orders. An Israeli government spokesperson called these allegations “outrageous and false”. “The developments we are witnessing point to attempts to move Palestinians into Egypt, regardless […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s oft-repeated call for reform in the U.N. Security Council found a new meaning after the U.S. blocked the call for a cease-fire in Gaza. Erdoğan reiterated the call among notorious move by Israel’s chief supporter he accuses of complicity earlier in atrocities in besieged Gaza US envoy in UN Robert A. […]

Donald Trump is appealing a court loss over whether he can avoid trial on criminal charges tied to his alleged interference in the 2020 Story Summary A federal judge ruled the president doesn’t have “the divine right of kings to evade” criminal accountability. Trump is also appealing a loss over whether his alleged acts were […]

The parliament of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland will choose the state’s next leader on 8January,  Reuters has reported. . Said Abdullahi Dani, President of Puntland State attends a session as members of the lower and upper house of the legislature meet to elect the new president in Mogadishu, Somalia on May 15, 2022 [Tufan Aktaş/Anadolu Agency] […]

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced Monday his candidacy for a third term in office, ahead of December elections he is widely expected to win. Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gather at an election campaign rally outside the Cairo University campus in Giza, October 2, 2023. © Khaled Desouki, AFP “As I have responded […]

Israel will not be able to escape accountability for all the oppression it has caused in Palestine since World War II, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday as the war in Gaza entered its second month. People mourn Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on houses, at Abu Yousef Al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern […]

Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in southern Gaza on Tuesday, prompting a UN warning of an “even more hellish scenario” as fighting pushes civilians into a steadily shrinking area of the besieged territory Palestinians fleeing Khan Younis arrive in Rafah further south near the Gaza Strip’s border with Egypt on December 5, 2023, after Israeli forces […]