Sudan's Sovereign Council Chairman, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, revealed on Saturday, August 17, 2024, that efforts are underway to form a transitional government in the country. This announcement comes nearly three years after Burhan dissolved a civilian government formed to lead the country t...
The United States, Qatar, and Egypt announced on Friday, August 16, 2024, that they had presented a new proposal during two days of talks in Doha, aiming to "narrow the gaps" between Israel and Hamas, which has rejected the proposal. A joint statement from the three countries stated t...
The recent surge in monkeypox cases in Africa, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the disease a global health emergency, its highest level of alert. The outbreak, which has spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to...
The Swedish Public Health Agency announced on Thursday, August 15, 2024, the detection of the first case of monkeypox outside Africa caused by the new strain, which the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency on Wednesday. The agency stated in a press release that &qu...
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the monkeypox outbreak in Africa a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on Wednesday, August 14th, 2024. This is the highest level of alert the organization can issue. "Today, the Emergency Co...
The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, announced on Tuesday, August 13th, 2024, that they had fired two rockets at Tel Aviv and its surrounding areas in central Israel. This marks the first such attack since May 26th. In a brief statement, the Qassam...
A powerful earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale struck central Syria on Monday evening, killing an elderly woman and injuring around 25 people in Hama province. The tremor was felt by residents in several provinces. According to the Syrian regime's news agency, SANA, the elderly wo...
The United States announced on Monday, August 12, 2024, that it will resume selling offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, reversing a years-long suspension citing human rights concerns in Yemen. State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters that since the arms sales freeze, and with th...
As Tunisia gears up for its presidential election on October 6th, a crackdown on freedom of expression and political debate is intensifying, according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch. The report highlights a concerning trend of media suppression, with at least five journalists...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has declared that his country will not seek any foreign assistance in the wake of devastating floods that ravaged areas near the Chinese border. Instead, he has ordered the relocation of thousands of displaced residents to the capital for better care. Kim estimat...
The Biden administration has decided to lift the ban on the sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, according to a report by Reuters on August 9, 2024. This decision marks a reversal of a three-year-old policy aimed at pressuring the Kingdom to end its involvement in the Yemeni civil war. Th...
A senior Hamas leader, Samer al-Hajj, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Friday, August 9, 2024, the Palestinian group confirmed. In a statement, Hamas mourned al-Hajj, calling him a "martyred commander" who "fell in a treacherous Zionist...
Following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week, Israel has vowed to hunt down and eliminate his successor, Yahya Sinwar, who was elected as the new head of Hamas' political bureau on Tuesday. Israeli Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi made the thr...
The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has declared the appointment of Yahya Sinwar as the new head of its political bureau, succeeding Ismail Haniyeh who was assassinated in Tehran last week. Hamas officials have described Sinwar's selection as a "message with significant implications for...
The Hamas movement announced on Tuesday evening, August 6, 2024, that Yahya Sinwar, the movement's leader in the Gaza Strip, has been chosen as the new head of the Hamas Political Bureau, succeeding Ismail Haniyeh who was assassinated in Tehran on Wednesday. Haniyeh was killed in an airstrike ...
A Tunisian court on Monday, August 5th, sentenced four potential presidential candidates to eight months in prison, barring them from running for office for life on charges of "buying endorsements." Political analysts and lawyers have condemned the ruling, alleging it is an attempt...
The Hamas movement is still deliberating on a successor for Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last Wednesday, according to a Hamas official on Monday, August 5th. Reuters reported that the official, who remained unnamed, said discussions about who will lead the movement after...
Khalil al-Hayya, deputy head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, announced on Sunday that the movement will finalize consultations to select a new leader within days, following the assassination of its political bureau chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran on Wednesday. Al-Hayya made the statement during a ...
On Sunday, August 4, 2024, the Palestinian news agency reported the deaths of 25 Palestinians in an Israeli airstrike targeting two schools in western Gaza City. According to the agency, Israel launched an airstrike on the "Al-Nasr" and "Hassan Salama" schools in the Al-Nasr...
British authorities are facing mounting pressure to quell the worst riots England has seen in 13 years, sparked by the deaths of young girls at a dance school and fueled by far-right activists. The unrest, stemming from misinformation surrounding a mass stabbing that killed the girls last week,...