South Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the world must never get tired in supporting the Palestinian cause. Mashatile represented South Africa at the inaugural Saudi-African summit in Riyadh. He also called for cessation of hostilities in Gaza as the conflict intensifies. Mashatile sat down with SABC International Relations reporter[…]
The leaders of Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray region refused on Wednesday to surrender to federal troops and instead claimed they were winning a war that has exacerbated ethnic fractures in the vast nation and further destabilised the Horn of Africa. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) said it was defeating “the[…]
During his time in office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s army killed nearly 3,500 Palestinians, including hundreds of women and children, and tens of thousands injured and displaced. Netanyahu, shown as one of the chief architects of Israel’s oppression and violations against Palestine, served as the prime minister during the[…]
Washington’s self-professed solidarity with Iranians protesting against rising fuel costs cannot be taken seriously since US sanctions have caused so much suffering in the Islamic Republic, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said. “The regime that imposes coercive economic actions and bars delivery of food and drugs to the elderly and patients,[…]
Palestinians, rights groups, politicians and others have sharply criticised the Trump administration after it announced the United States was no longer considered Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank “inconsistent” with international law. “After carefully studying all sides of the legal debate, this administration agrees … (the) establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the[…]
After Israeli forces targeted and killed a top Islamic Jihad commander in an air raid on his home in Gaza City, the Palestinian group announced the death of Bahaa Abu al-Ata on Tuesday. The killing of Abu al-Ata has since led to a significant escalation of military and sociopolitical tensions[…]
Saudi Arabia wants its allies to believe Tehran launched attacks on its oil facilities, even though the one thing their evidence proves is the Iranian-made arms. Even so, Donald Trump will unlikely greenlight a war against Iran. ‘Made in Iran’ is not ‘launched by Iran’ The possibility that Iranian-made missiles[…]
At least 29 people were killed in two separate incidents in Burkina Faso’s troubled north on Sunday after a food convoy and a transport truck were attacked, the government said. One vehicle transporting people and goods “rode over an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Barsalogho area” leaving at least[…]
Iraq has rejected any Israeli participation in a naval force to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, at the heart of tensions with Iran. Iraq “rejects any participation of forces of the Zionist entity in any military force to secure passage of ships in the Arabian Gulf”, Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim wrote on social[…]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that all standing agreements with the state of Israel will be suspended indefinitely, following the bulldozing of homes in the occupied West Bank. President Abbas announced the decision on Thursday afternoon, and said it would take effect by Friday. The move comes in response[…]
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