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Somalia: A Country Divided, a Region On Edge - Somalia Caught in the Crossfire of Foreign Rivalries
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Somalia is approaching a dangerous political and security crossroads. A confrontation ov...
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailCongo-Kinshasa: Spike in Attacks On DR Congo Journalists Fueled in Part By Ebola Reporting
[CPJ] The recent spike in physical assaults and threats directed at journalists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
DR Congo · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailEast Africa: East Africa's Migration Story Is Not Just About Europe - What Policymakers Get Wrong
[The Conversation Africa] Migration from east Africa and the Horn of Africa is often portrayed as a journey towards Euro...
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailDemocrats not yet unified in first post-election Iran war test
Congressional Democrats will face the first test of their willingness to translate their electoral gains into action aga...
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailHow CIA used Ukraine as a platform for covert war against Russia
The following is an excerpt from Stephen Kinzer's new book: Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine (Henry Hol...
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailKushner & Witkoff do the Abu Dhabi shuffle: Ukraine peace ahead?
The talks in Abu Dhabi demonstrate that the Ukraine peace process is finally moving in the right direction. Whether it w...
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailDisgraced neocons Feith & Libby: stop whining about 'forever wars'
Apparently, it takes the prospect of ending the war on Iran to get the blood running hot in aging and otherwise reclusiv...
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailMore than 300 migrants rescued off Spain’s Canary Islands
More than 300 migrants were rescued off Spain’s Canary Islands amid a surge in Atlantic crossings.
Spain · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailSudan: OCHA Reports 71 Aid Workers Killed in Sudan in 2025 As Humanitarian Funding Crisis Deepens
[Dabanga] Amsterdam -- At least 71 humanitarian workers were killed and 28 injured in Sudan during 2025, as attacks on a...
Sudan · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailCameroon: Cameroon Sets February Date for Long-Delayed Parliamentary and Local Elections
[RFI] Cameroon will hold parliamentary and local elections on 7 February 2027, setting the stage for a vote that could t...
Cameroon · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailAfrica: UN Chief Urges World Leaders to Tackle Fossil Fuels At COP31
[RFI] UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres railed against the oil and gas lobby on Wednesday, telling world leaders fos...
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailUK eases BN(O) visa barriers for Hong Kong protesters convicted over 2019 unrest
The UK government has confirmed that convictions linked to Hong Kong’s 2019 protests should generally not prevent otherw...
United Kingdom · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailRussian diesel exports double after Trump lifts sanctions, but US gets none
Boost in shipments expected to be shortlived after Ukraine resumes attacks on refineries
Russia · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailFrance signals support for Spain’s ECB presidential candidate
Pablo Hernández de Cos’s bid gains momentum as Paris and Berlin eye package deal on central bank leadership
France · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailEU and UK set to delay 10% tariff on electric cars
European carmakers had warned the levy would make them more vulnerable to Chinese competition
United Kingdom · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailRussian diesel exports double after Trump lifts sanctions, but US gets none
Boost in shipments expected to be shortlived after Ukraine resumes attacks on refineries
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailRomania offers to pay for US troops
President Nicușor Dan says his country wants ‘more American troops and more lethal capabilities’
Romania · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailWant to be a shipwreck treasure hunter? You’d better lawyer up
Oceans have become battlefields for salvage companies and nation states — with hundreds of sunken galleons up for grabs
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailHow Switzerland’s rescue of a Russian bank went spectacularly wrong
A four-year saga of unpaid debts, feuding owners and legal battles
Switzerland · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailChinese carmakers offer lifeline to Europe’s struggling steel industry
Chief of major auto supplier Voestalpine says BYD and others will boost sector even as factories close
China · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailHow Switzerland’s rescue of a Russian bank went spectacularly wrong
A four-year saga of unpaid debts, feuding owners and legal battles
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailChinese carmakers offer lifeline to Europe’s struggling steel industry
Chief of major auto supplier Voestalpine says BYD and others will boost sector even as factories close
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailAfter the US, how should middle powers work together?
In an era of unreliable superpowers, mid-sized countries are banding together
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailUS and China are failing the same AI race, only differently
In late September, construction crews in Ulanqab, on the edge of the Gobi Desert, filed through face-scanning gates to r...
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailAlice Huang, Chinese woman accused of spying on Nvidia chief, entered Taiwan 8 times
Beijing has rejected the spying allegations.
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailWatch: Pezeshkian says Iran wants compensation for environmental damage from US-Israeli attacks
Watch: Pezeshkian says Iran wants compensation for environmental damage from US-Israeli attacks Iran’s President Masoud ...
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailJokowi’s Son Gibran Resigns as Indonesia Vice President
Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka formally submitted his resignation to the country’s national assembly T...
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailFighting intensifies in Yemen as Houthis deny targeting Mecca
World Health Organization says more than 320,000 people have been displaced in Yemen fighting since August 1.
Yemen · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailNorth Korean troop dispatch to Russia unlikely in winter: Ex-Ukrainian official
North Korea is unlikely to carry out another large-scale troop deployment to support Russia’s war against Ukraine this w...
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailBolivia arrests former judge on suspicion of drug trafficking
Arrests in Bolivia linked to a US-backed security alliance crackdown on drug cartels in Latin America.
Bolivia · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailSenators Ask Trump Administration to Preserve Nvidia Documents
Two Democratic senators asked the Trump administration on Thursday to preserve all records regarding the export of Nvidi...
Washington, D.C., United States · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailRussia attacks Khmelnytskyi Oblast energy infrastructure, leaving outages
"As a result of the Russian attack, energy infrastructure was damaged, causing emergency power outages in the Shepetivka...
Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailUN peacekeepers failed to protect civilians before South Sudan massacre, Amnesty says
United Nations peacekeepers and South Sudanese authorities failed to take adequate action despite warnings weeks before ...
South Sudan · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailTurkey's president calls the war in Gaza an 'gecocide' at the UN climate summit
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called for the world to recognize the environmental impacts of the I...
Gaza, Palestine · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailTrump defends Iran war in Veterans Day address
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump defended the war against Iran Wednesday at a US Veterans Day commemoration...
United States · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailIran’s chief negotiator tells Al Jazeera ‘ball in US court’
Iran’s chief negotiator says it’s up to the US to answer Iran’s position in the latest round of peace talks.
Iran · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailState dinners to scrutiny: Nvidia’s Huang falls out of favour in Trump’s Washington
AI kingmaker’s opponents see ‘blood in the water’ after affair with suspected Chinese spy
Washington, United States · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailChina's Xi says Taiwan 'reunification' must happen as history cannot be stopped
BEIJING, Nov 12 - The tide of history cannot be stopped, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, as he urged comp...
Taiwan · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailChina’s Xi says Taiwan ‘reunification’ must happen as history cannot be stopped
Xi’s speech comes a week ahead of the APEC summit in China.
No location · Nov 12, 2026 · WedgetailPacific fuel crisis cost region nearly $1 billion in six months, NZ briefings reveal
Officials say the fuel crisis triggered in late February due to the war between Iran and the United States of America ha...
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