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Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels confirmed on Saturday that Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several ministers were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the capital Sanaa on Thursday. Al-Rahawi, who had served as prime minister to the Houthi-led government since August 2024, was targeted along with other officials during a routine workshop held by the government […]

KYIV – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Western allies on Thursday to send a “strong joint signal” to Vladimir Putin, after Russia killed 23 people in one of its deadliest attacks on Kyiv since the start of the war.Russia has rained down aerial strikes on Ukrainian cities despite US President Donald Trump’s push for a […]

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 […]

On Tuesday, the Kremlin dismissed allegations made by Alexei Navalny’s widow, who claimed President Vladimir Putin was responsible for her husband’s death in prison last week. Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesperson, labeled the accusations as baseless and offensive towards the Russian President. However, he refrained from further comments due to the recent bereavement of Yulia […]

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 […]

Japan’s oldest person died on Tuesday at the age of 116, officials said, offering their condolences for Fusa Tatsumi who lived through two world wars and multiple pandemics. Born in 1907, Tatsumi raised three children with her husband, a farmer, in Osaka, local broadcaster MBS reported. “Tatsumi died aged 116 at a care facility in […]