Middle East

Former Botswana President Ian Khama has described the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) as the “only terrorist organization in the Middle East” and likening its leadership to a “Hitler clone” and “Bin Laden Netanyahu.” The statement has drawn attention due to its provocative language amid the ongoing Israel-Palestinian conflict. Khama, who served as Botswana’s president from […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry denounced the G7’s statement on the Israel-Iran conflict Tuesday, accusing world leaders of ignoring what it called Israel’s “blatant aggression” against Iranian nuclear facilities and civilian targets. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said the G7 statement “revealingly disregarded” Israeli attacks on Iran’s “peaceful nuclear infrastructure” as well as “indiscriminate targetting of residential […]

In 1976, as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin hosted South Africa’s Prime Minister John Vorster at Jerusalem’s Holocaust memorial, a far more significant partnership was taking shape behind closed doors. The two nations had already begun a clandestine nuclear collaboration that would reshape the military landscape of the twentieth century. Recently declassified documents reveal the […]

The International Criminal Court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas’s military chief Mohammed Deif. “The Chamber issued warrants of arrest for two individuals, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at […]

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said a strike on a displacement camp in the south of the Palestinian territory killed at least 20 people Saturday. More than 90 others were injured in the strike on Al-Mawasi camp, the ministry said, condemning a “brutal massacre.” It came as the Israeli military pursued attacks in central […]

The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has recently finalized a significant power purchase agreement with Skypower, an energy company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This landmark deal, known as the Green Giant project, is poised to deliver 500 megawatts (MW) of solar energy to Zimbabwe, providing electricity to approximately 2 million […]

As desert nation of UAE grapples with unprecedented rainfall, causing flooding that wreaks havoc on highways and Dubai’s airport, speculation regarding the potential role of cloud seeding abound. On Wednesday, efforts to recover commenced after the heaviest rain ever recorded inundated Dubai International Airport, disrupting flights at the world’s busiest airfield for international travel. According […]

In the aftermath of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) recognizing a plausible case implicating Israel in genocide in Gaza, a groundbreaking legal proceeding unfolded in a federal courtroom in Oakland, California. Testifying before District Court Judge Jeffrey White in a live-streamed session, several Palestinians filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden, Secretary of State […]

More than 900 people died, and over 30 million others were affected in Pakistan as a result of massive floods caused by torrential rains, prompting the government to declare a national emergency. The death toll rose to 937 on Thursday, including 343 children and 198 women, Daily Pakistan reported, citing data from the National Disaster […]

A suicide bomb attack on a mosque in the Afghanistan has killed at least 50 people, officials say. The attack, which occurred in a Shiite mosque, is the deadliest assault since US forces left in September. The blast hit the mosque during the Friday prayer service at the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque, when members of the […]

(Reuters) – The Taliban government in Afghanistan appealed on Sunday for international flights to be resumed, promising full cooperation with airlines and saying that problems at Kabul airport had been resolved. The statement from the foreign affairs ministry comes as the new administration has stepped up efforts to open up the country and gain international […]

Senior Taliban officials met in Kabul on Sunday with the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who promised to maintain assistance for the Afghan people, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, head of the Taliban’s political office and other officials met Martin Griffiths as Afghanistan faces a potentially catastrophic humanitarian crisis caused by […]