China on Friday took its feud with Tokyo over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Taikachi’s recent comments on Taiwan to the United Nations, as tensions between the East Asian neighbours deepened and ties plunged to their lowest since 2023. “If Japan dares to attempt an armed intervention in the cross-Strait situation, it would be an act…
Many people in Chad already depended on humanitarian assistance even before the start of the war in Sudan. Thousands more Sudanese people fleeing the country’s bloody war continue to arrive in neighbouring and impoverished Chad, as the humanitarian situation deteriorates on the ground in the region. More than 4.3 million Sudanese have fled to neighbouring countries since…
Venezuela’s military is unlikely to be able to match US aggression. But President Maduro has other options, say experts. Venezuela on Tuesday announced what it called a major nationwide military deployment in response to the presence of growing United States naval forces off its coast. On Thursday, the US also unveiled an operation, called Southern…
The Republican president has repeatedly called scrutiny over his own relationship with Epstein a ‘Democratic hoax’. United States President Donald Trump has called on the Department of Justice to investigate ties between one of his Democratic predecessors, Bill Clinton, and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But the request comes shortly after a trove of…
The men arrested are linked to a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, who claimed responsibility for the bombing. Pakistan has arrested four members of an Afghan cell over their alleged involvement in a deadly suicide bombing in its capital Islamabad earlier this week, as tensions heighten further between the neighbouring foes. Tuesday’s…
Ethiopia has confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, after nine cases were reported in the south of the country. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday commended the Ethiopian Health Ministry and other health agencies for their “rapid and transparent response to the outbreak”. “This fast action demonstrates the seriousness of…