Category: 3. Middle East

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing what experts say is the biggest threat to his rule yet as a succession battle erupts ahead of general elections scheduled for 2028.

Recent manoeuvrings by the president and his supporters to…

These are the key events on day 1,134 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

These are the key events from Wednesday, April 2:

Fighting

• One person was killed and two others injured in a Russian overnight attack on southeast Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region,…

Hungary’s long-standing ties with Israel will be on display when its nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban receives Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu in Budapest on Thursday — despite the latter being wanted under an International Criminal…

Hungary on Thursday said it will quit the International Criminal Court, just as Prime Minister Viktor Orban hosted his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, whom the tribunal has accused of war crimes in Gaza.

The government announcement to…

War has left Gaza littered with unexploded bombs that will take years to clear, with children drawn to metal casings maimed or even killed when they try to pick them up, a demining expert said.

Nicholas Orr, a former UK military deminer, told AFP…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Budapest early Thursday on his first trip to Europe since 2023 and in defiance of the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s arrest warrant against him.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban…

Syria accused Israel on Thursday of mounting a deadly destabilisation campaign after a wave of strikes hit military targets, including an airport, and ground incursions left 13 people dead.

Israel said it responded to fire from gunmen during an…

Syria on Thursday condemned deadly Israeli strikes across the country as a “flagrant violation” of its sovereignty, after Israel said it struck “military capabilities”.

Syrian state media said the strikes hit close to a defence research centre in…

Syrian state media said Israel struck near a defence research centre in Damascus and hit central Syria on Wednesday, as Israel said it struck “military” capabilities and a monitor reported four dead.

Israel has launched hundreds of strikes on…

United States President Donald Trump has unveiled his long-anticipated “reciprocal tariffs”, in a move that is expected to shake up global trade relations.

On Wednesday, Trump appeared in the White House Rose Garden, where the colonnades had…