Wed 10 January 2024: The killing of a Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon on Jan. 8, 2024, has raised concern that the conflict between Israel and Hamas could escalate into a regional war. Wissam al-Tawil, the head of a unit that operates on Lebanon’s southern border, was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike just days after a […]
Continue Reading
Tue 09 January 2024: The Israeli army did not claim to have destroyed Hamas’s forces, but rather to have eliminated its ‘senior commanders’. The Israeli army has announced it will scale down its operations in northern Gaza after it “dismantled” Hamas in the area. According to the Israeli military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, the […]
Continue Reading
A ship is docked at Berbera, a port Somaliland has agreed to lease to Ethiopia. Sun 07 January 2024: Ethiopia’s economy has struggled with no sea access, and an agreement to use a Somaliland port has upset its neighbour. A deal under which Somaliland has agreed to lease a Red Sea naval port to […]
Continue Reading
Thu 04 January 2024: South Africa’s case might take years, but it could add weight to growing international calls for Israel to stop the war. Last week, South Africa became the first country to file a suit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, ramping up international pressure on Tel Aviv to […]
Continue Reading
Thu 04 January 2024: The January 7 Bangladesh general election is set to deliver a victory to Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party. It might also turn out to be a watershed moment in the country’s history. Despite some similarities with the past two elections of 2014 and 2018, the post-election scenario in 2024 is likely to be different. […]
Continue Reading
Wed 03 January 2024: Beijing organises visits to far western region where it is accused of potential crimes against humanity, but not everyone is convinced. Albanian-Canadian historian and journalist Olsi Jazexhi believed in early 2019 that reports about human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) of Western China were lies. Accounts from […]
Continue Reading
Tue 02 January 2024: Criminal charges, weak rivals and renewed energy have helped the former US president recover from political setbacks. Washington, DC – “Florida man makes announcement.” That’s how the New York Post, a right-wing tabloid, described the launch of Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign last year: with the headline equivalent of a shrug. It was a […]
Continue Reading
Mon 01 January 2024: Have you ever heard a story so exciting you wanted to share it right away? Something like a shark swimming up a flooded highway? An image that seems to show just that was shared by many people after Hurricane Ian struck Florida in 2022. It was also widely shared after Hurricane […]
Continue Reading
Mon 01 January 2024: Surveys have shown a sharp drop in support for both of Britain’s big parties among Muslims over their refusal to criticise Israel for its war. London, United Kingdom — Visiting Tel Aviv in mid-October, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stood next to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, who had launched a devastating […]
Continue Reading
Mon 01 January 2024: Israeli control over the corridor between Gaza and Egypt – as its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought — would mean the de facto full reoccupation of the Gaza Strip. Israel has said it wants to take control of the entirety of the border area between Gaza and Egypt as it […]
Continue Reading
