Beirut, Lebanon – The Houthis, the most prominent group in Yemen, have seen their popularity soar in the region after their attacks on Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea threatened to disrupt a major global maritime route. In recent weeks, the Iran-linked group has mobilised hundreds of thousands of people to…
Mindset meets the Ukrainian therapists fighting to keep a population sane in a country at war. During the Soviet era, many of Ukraine’s political dissidents were locked up in asylums. It’s why mental healthcare carries a negative stigma. But as the war with Russia rages on, Ukrainians are learning they…
Central Gaza Strip – Palestinians in Gaza’s smallest refugee camp have once again found themselves digging the bodies of their relatives out from under rubble, hours after Israeli forces announced their withdrawal from the area. Witnesses in the Maghazi refugee camp say many of the residents were shot at close…
Assoumani, an ex-military officer whose opponents accuse him of muzzling dissent, first came to power in a 1999 coup. An overnight curfew has been imposed in the East African island nation of Comoros after violent protests against President Azali Assoumani’s re-election rocked the archipelago, the interior ministry said. Assoumani won…
EXPLAINER Medical aid enters Gaza while deadly Israeli strikes continue on the south of the enclave. Here’s how things stand on Thursday, January 18, 2024: Latest updates Five trucks carrying medical aid for hospitals and 45 Israeli captives entered Gaza on Wednesday, announced Qatar, which mediated a deal between Hamas…
On fourth day of strikes, the US military says it targeted 14 Houthi missiles that were ‘loaded to be fired’ from Yemen. The United States military says its forces launched strikes on 14 Houthi missiles “that were loaded to be fired” from Yemen in the fourth day of direct attacks…
Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan hit Iran with “highly coordinated” military strikes on Thursday morning, a little more than 24 hours after Iranian air strikes in Balochistan, further raising tensions between the neighbours and sparking fears of a broader conflict. On Thursday morning, according to a statement from its Ministry of…
New Delhi, India – Immediately after becoming the prime minister in 2014, Narendra Modi held backdoor negotiations with the Finance Commission of India to significantly cut funds allocated to the country’s states. However, the head of the commission, an independent constitutional body deciding states’ shares from central taxes, resisted, and…
It was one of Joe Biden’s first major foreign policy decisions. Less than a month after taking office in January 2021, the United States president lifted two “terrorist” designations imposed by his predecessor, Donald Trump, against Yemen’s Houthi rebels. At the time, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the move…
Tunis, Tunisia – A boat said to be carrying some 37 migrants and asylum seekers has gone missing off the coast of Sfax in Tunisia. Relatives described receiving final phone calls at around 2:30pm on January 11, as the boat was setting out to sea. By around 10pm the same…
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