Azerbaijan says set up checkpoint on key route to Armenia
Azerbaijan said it set up a checkpoint on Sunday on the Lachin corridor, the only land link between Armenia and the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. The two ex-Soviet Caucasus nations have fought two wars over Azerbaijan’s Armenian-majority region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Sunday’s checkpoint is the first set up by Azerbaijan since the latest war ended in 2020 […]
Thousands flee Sudan capital as clashes rage despite truce
Thousands of residents fled Sudan’s capital on Wednesday as fighting between the army and paramilitaries — which has killed around 200 people — raged for a fifth day after a 24-hour truce collapsed. The violence erupted on Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup: army chief Abdel Fattah […]
Israeli forces shoot 7 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
NABLUS: Israeli forces shot and wounded seven people in a raid on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said as the Israeli army confirmed an operation was underway. The ministry reported “six minor injuries from live fire” reached a governmental hospital in Jenin, while another person shot had been admitted to […]
Sudanese paramilitary force claims control of Khartoum airport amid clashes with army
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Saturday that it had taken control of Khartoum international airport, as clashes erupted with the army. Gunfire could be heard in several parts of Khartoum and eyewitnesses said gunfire was also heard in adjoining cities. A Reuters journalist saw cannons and armoured vehicles deployed in the streets […]
Yemen prisoner swap starts as truce talks set for second round
A major prisoner exchange involving hundreds of captives from Yemen’s civil war got underway on Friday after truce talks ended with an agreement to hold a second round. The first plane departed Sanaa, the rebel-held capital, for government-controlled Aden hours after a Saudi delegation departed without a fresh truce but with plans to meet again. […]
Zelensky blasts Russia over beheading video
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced Russian “beasts” after a video appeared to show the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner, prompting international outrage. The emergence of the disturbing footage, which was unable to independently verify, sparked fury in Ukraine, with Kyiv saying Russia is “worse than ISIS” — a reference to the militant […]
Syria and Tunisia restore diplomatic ties after a decade
Beirut: Syria will reopen its embassy in Tunisia after the North African country announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Damascus, Syrian state media reported Wednesday. Tunisia has become the latest Arab state to reestablish diplomatic ties with Syria, after cutting off relations a decade ago. The move by Tunisian President Kais Saied to […]
China rehearses ‘sealing off’ Taiwan, US deploys naval destroyer
China simulated “sealing off” Taiwan during a third day of wargames around the self-ruled island on Monday, as the United States deployed a naval destroyer into Beijing-claimed waters in a show of force. China launched the exercises in response to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen last week meeting US House speaker Kevin McCarthy, an encounter it […]
Iran installs cameras in public places to identify, penalise unveiled women
In a further attempt to rein in increasing numbers of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iranian authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled women, the police announced on Saturday. After they have been identified, violators will receive “warning text messages as to the consequences”, police said in […]
Trump, facing criminal charges, calls for defunding the FBI
Former US president Donald Trump on Wednesday called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to slash funding for the US Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), going on the offensive a day after pleading not guilty in New York to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump, who is seeking to […]
