TEL AVIV – Demonstrators took to the streets across Israel Sunday, calling for an end to the war in Gaza and a deal to release hostages still held by militants, as the military prepares a new offensive. The protests come more than a week after Israel’s security cabinet approved plans to capture Gaza City, following...
NAIROBI – Whether in a sports jersey or a suit, Kenyan president William Ruto is casting himself as a model supporter of the national football team as an international tournament provides respite from recent bloody protests against his regime. In June and July, the East African country, usually known as a beacon of calm in...
CAIRO – Arab nations have slammed comments by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apparently expressing support for the idea of an expanded “Greater Israel”, calling the remarks a threat to their sovereignty at an especially tense time for the region. The term Greater Israel refers to a biblical interpretation of the nation’s territory during the...
PARIS – Britain, France and Germany have told the United Nations they are ready to reimpose UN-mandated sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme if no diplomatic solution is found by the end of August, according to a joint letter released yesterday. The letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council says...
PATRAS – Greece yesterday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a heatwave stoked blazes and forced the evacuation of thousands in southern Europe. Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, the Balkans and Britain have this week wilted in high temperatures that fuel wildfires and which scientists say human-induced...
LONDON – The Elders group of international stateswomen and statesmen for the first time on Tuesday called the situation in Gaza an “unfolding genocide”, saying that Israel’s obstruction of aid was causing a “famine”. “Today we express our shock and outrage at Israel’s deliberate obstruction of the entry of life-saving humanitarian aid into Gaza,” the...
EKURHULENI – The South African police fired rubber bullets at residents who tried to block the eviction of scores of houses near Johannesburg yesterday by throwing stones and torching a municipal building, officials said. After police gained access to the housing complex in Ekurhuleni, about 10 kilometres east of central Johannesburg, a squad of men...
KYIV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday warned against capitulating to the demands of President Vladimir Putin ahead of talks Friday between the Russian leader and US President Donald Trump. The US-Russia summit — so far planned without Zelensky — will be the first between a sitting US and Russian president since 2021. Kyiv is...
BAMAKO – Mali’s junta has carried out arrests to quash an alleged plot to overthrow the government within the army’s ranks, sources told AFP, but the circumstances of the detentions remain unexplained. The west African nation’s junta, which itself came to power in back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021, has made 55 arrests, mainly among...
When the US picks clients, vassals, and proxies, it needs men or women ready to trade in the interests, even the welfare and lives of their compatriots. Vladimir Zelenskyyy is such a man. A look at the elites of EU-NATO Europe shows he is not alone. But he is an especially extreme case. It is...