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Leaders across the European Union have condemned Iran’s overnight attacks on Israel. Writing on X, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: “I strongly condemn Iran‘s blatant and unjustifiable attack on Israel. And I call on Iran and its proxies to immediately cease these attacks.”   European capitals are calling for restraint and trying to de-escalate […]

Iran urged Israel on Sunday to refrain from military retaliation following an unprecedented attack overnight, which Tehran justified as a response to a deadly strike on its consulate building in Damascus Iranians celebrate on a street after the IRGC retaliatory attack on Israel, Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2024. (Reuters Photo). “The matter is considered concluded,” […]

Treaty Kenya is proposing in consultation with Djibouti and regional bloc IGAD would govern how landlocked states in the region can access ports on commercial terms Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a meeting with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto in the Kenyan capital as part of efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the […]

In Gaza, the Health Ministry reported on Friday that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments has reached at least 33,634, with an additional 89 fatalities in the last 24 hours alone. Palestinian women mourn victims from one family killed in an overnight Israeli bombardment on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on […]

Israel was on alert Thursday after its arch foe Iran threatened reprisals over a strike in Syria this month that killed two Iranian generals, and as the war against Hamas ground on in Gaza. Israeli tank maneuvers near Israel’s border with Gaza in southern Israel, April 7, 2024. (Reuters) Days after Israel strengthened its air defenses […]

EU countries failing to implement the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, narrowly endorsed by the European Parliament on Wednesday, could face legal action, the bloc’s home affairs chief has warned. “All member states have to implement it and apply it,” Ylva Johansson, the Commissioner who spearheaded the sweeping reform, told Euronews on Thursday. “If […]

The United Nations rights body is mulling a arms embargo resolution on Israel as Tel Aviv’s war on Gaza crossed yet another grim milestone Thursday. Palestinian father Ashraf cries as he holds the body of one of his two daughters after they were both killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, […]

Garowe, PUNTLAND – In a move that has sent shockwaves through Somalia’s political landscape, the autonomous region of Puntland has strengthened its ties with Ethiopia, a regional powerhouse.    This development comes as Somalia grapples with a severe constitutional crisis, triggered by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s controversial amendments to the constitution. Puntland’s actions underscore the […]

Seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen were killed on Monday in an Israeli airstrike as they delivered food to Gaza. The bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in a series of Israeli strikes were transported out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt on Wednesday ahead of their repatriation, Egypt’s state-run Qahera TV […]

A recent battalion-sized action that was repelled by Ukrainian forces gives an indication of Russia’s new priorities. Russia looks set to focus a potential late spring or summer offensive on the western part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region, according to a new assessment. The Institute for the Study of War think tank says the Russian military command may […]