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[Key Points] Lee balances strategic autonomy, alliances and North Korea diplomacy

Pragmatic autonomy push: Lee Jae Myung backs open, values-based cooperation among middle powers while preserving existin...

Zelenskyy Sees No Quick End to War in Ukraine

Ukraine is looking for a "package" from allies that would cover air defense reinforcements as well as energy, including ...

Canada slams Iran for 'destabilizing actions', says it will maintain 'significant pressure' on Tehran

Canada slams Iran for 'destabilizing actions', says it will maintain 'significant pressure' on Tehran Canada has slammed...

Nigeria: Military Moves to Choke Logistics, Financial Lifelines Sustaining Asymmetric Warfare

[This Day] Abuja -- The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd.), has revealed that a major component...

South Africa: Foot-and-Mouth Vaccine Prices Put State Boss in Hot Seat

[Scrolla] · Dr Jacob Modumoh was placed on precautionary suspension after claims of serious misconduct involving foot-an...

Uganda: Museveni Urges Ugandans to Turn Development Into Household Wealth

[Nile Post] President Museveni has urged Ugandans to use the country's development infrastructure and government program...

Namibia: Swapo Vows Speaker Removal 'Over Our Dead Bodies'

[Namibian] Swapo says National Assembly speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila would be removed "over our dead bodies".

Namibia: Malaria Claims 122 Lives As Cases Spike to 122,000

[Namibian] Namibia has recorded 122 malaria deaths and 122 612 confirmed cases so far this year.

More than 300 killed amid fighting in Yemen

More than 300 killed amid fighting in Yemen Over 300 fighters and civilians have been killed since renewed fighting erup...

EU diplomatic service scraps new high-level defence group amid pressure from member states

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has scrapped a new defence advisory group days after unveiling it, following pushbac...

Hong Kong a ‘trusted partner’ to drive Central Asia growth, city leader says

Hong Kong is committed to being a “trusted partner” in driving Central Asia’s emergence as a global growth engine, accor...

Europe Today: Far-right AfD makes history in Germany as Mladić's funeral tests Serbia's EU bid

The far-right AfD party won the regional elections in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. Meanwhile, the burial of convi...

Economic Compellence Beyond the Buyer: Targeting Iran’s Oil-Revenue Network in China

Abstract Operations Epic Fury and Roaring Lion created significant military leverage against Iran but have not secured t...

Ministers propose converting female prison estate into cells for men

Plans would see parts of estate converted but campaigners warn it just ‘moves the crisis from one part to another’Minist...

Fire in Indonesia’s Papua kills 11, including 6 children

The Illusion of Technocratic Transformation in Cambodia

The country is hitting a developmental wall because necessary structural reforms clash directly with the needs of an ent...

Iranians recount horrors of suspected US missile attack on first day of war

Thirteen-year-old Mohammad Reza Barfar remembers the free kick more clearly than almost anything else on February 28 whe...

Lee stresses ‘pragmatic, open cooperation’ in response to Macron’s autonomy call

President Lee Jae Myung underlined South Korea’s pursuit of pragmatic and open cooperation among countries that share co...

Conservative opposition vows to block military academy integration plan

Main opposition People Power Party leader Rep. Jang Dong-hyeok on Monday vowed to block the government's plan to integra...

Israeli strike targets ambulance in south Lebanon, paramedic killed

Israeli strike targets ambulance in south Lebanon, paramedic killed An Israeli air strike targeting an ambulance in sout...

China pivot: Hyundai looks to exports, Toyota goes all in on EVs

China’s rise as an electric vehicle powerhouse is forcing global automakers to rewrite their playbooks. With its speed, ...

Netanyahu orders evacuation of some West Bank settler outposts: minister

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the evacuation of some settlements in the occupied West Bank deem...

EU to give Greenland a cash boost amid Trump annexation drive

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was expected ‌to unveil a boost in EU investments in Greenland and cl...

Iran says it plans to announce a new 'exclusion zone' near the Strait of Hormuz

The new head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council on Sunday said Tehran plans to announce an "exclusion zone” out...

New videos of man in 9/11 lawsuit reveal extremist links

The footage and other evidence the FBI failed to share undermine Omar al-Bayoumi's 25 years of denials.

UN Resolution 2758: when interpretation becomes institutional power

At the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau last week, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was asked whether it was app...

EU races to rethink Arctic policy as the global power grab continues

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in Greenland to discuss the Arctic's growing importance among alli...

Kenya: IEBC Begins Electoral Risk Management Tool Deployment Ahead of 2027 Election

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Preparations for Kenya's 2027 General Election have entered a new phase with the Independent Ele...

Kenya: Ruto, Governors Set for Talks to End Nationwide Nurses' Strike

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto and governors are set to hold talks on Monday as pressure mounts to resol...

South Africa: Severe Storms Batter Gauteng, North West and Northern Cape - Roads Closed, Homes Damaged

[Daily Maverick] South African Weather Services says severe thunderstorm warnings are in place for the next two days in ...

Sudan: Sudan Prime Minister Says Leadership Will Not Compromise National Sovereignty

[SNA] Prime Minister Dr. Kamil Idris affirmed that the country's leadership would not compromise national sovereignty or...

Mozambique: Military Personnel Encouraged to Take Action Following Terrorist Attack in Niassa Reserve

[AIM] Maputo -- The Secretary of State for the northern province of Niassa, Silva Livone, has encouraged the Mozambican ...

South Sudan: New Reservoir Offers Innovative Solution to South Sudan Cattle Beef

[UN News] At the end of a history-laden path winding through palm trees and scattered ruins - remnants of once-vibrant v...

US state of New Mexico becomes latest target of Trump's name-changing spree

US President Donald Trump’s name-changing spree found an unlikely new target on Sunday when he suggested the state of Ne...

Sudan: Int'l Coalition Condemns Attack On WFP Aid Convoy in Kordofan, Sudan

[Dabanga] Brussels / London / Amsterdam / Dilling -- The missions of the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, G...

Sudan: Communist Party - 'Sudan's War Economy Deepens the Economic Abyss'

[Dabanga] Amsterdam / Khartoum -- Sudan's Communist Party asserts the war has pushed the country into the gravest econom...

Africa: UN Vote Gives Africa Rightful Size On World Map

[Dabanga] New York / Amsterdam -- An African-led campaign against the dominance and 'cartographic colonialism' of the Me...

Israel-Hezbollah clashes deepen threat to fragile truce as Lebanon's president calls for U.S. support

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called on the U.S. to help stop Israeli attacks after Sunday strikes killed at least seve...

Zambia: Driven From Their Island, Zambian Fishermen Pay Price of Chinese Expansion

[RFI] Hundreds of fishermen say they were violently driven from an island in southern Zambia and have been unable to ret...

Africa: Africa Gets Only 23% of the Climate Finance It Needs - and Pays Too Much for It

[The Conversation Africa] African countries have committed themselves to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and protecting...