Category: 3. Middle East

Tensions are again mounting between longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea over Addis Ababa’s quest for maritime access, causing fears of yet another conflict in the Horn of Africa barely seven years after the two neighbours restored ties.

Eritrea…

Japan to award Iwao Hakamada, held wrongfully for close to 50 years and released last year, largest-ever payout.

Japan has awarded a wrongly convicted man who was on death row for close to half a century compensation of 217 million yen ($1.44m).

At the start of March, Norwegian marine fuel supplier Haltbakk Bunkers refused to service a United States warship, calling on others to boycott the US fleet.

Haltbakk CEO Gunnar Gran appeared to have been incensed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

Building tension and violence threatens to unravel the peace deal that halted ethnic conflict in 2018.

South Sudan is on the brink of a renewed civil war as violence between rival factions escalates, the United Nations has warned.

The situation…

Yunseo Chung, 21, moved to the US when she was seven and now faces deportation over pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia University.

United States permanent resident and Columbia University student Yunseo Chung, 21, has sued US President Donald…