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Joseph Kabila now leads the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, launched in Goma on Monday, which ends the AFC and says it may use force. The post DR Congo’s Kabila Heads Armed Front Launched Monday appeared first on The Rio Times.
After four years of relative calm, the war pitting Yemen’s Houthi militia against the country’s internationally recognized government and its backer Saudi Arabia is back on. Announcing the start of a full-scale military campaign against the Houthis, the Saudi-led force said on social media on October 4th that the goal is to “eliminate” the group. Bloomberg's Veena Ali-Khan examines why the Houthis are so hard to defeat. She speaks with hosts Businessweek Daily hosts Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. (Source: Bloomberg)
Deadly air raids on gold miners in Sudan expose deepening border lawlessness and regional instability.
Delta Air Lines Inc. said it plans to delay the launch of its nonstop service between Atlanta and Saudi Arabia until next year due to drone and cruise missile attacks detected by the country on Monday.
Tehran seeks dialogue in Yemen conflict, warning a military solution risks complicating the volatile regional situation.
CCTV footage shows the moment of a Russian strike on a residential street in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Jerusalem Daily: Panicked Palestinians flee Israeli attacks on Gaza
A fresh Houthi strike hit Riyadh’s international airport on Sunday, a day after another attack claimed by the Yemeni group killed at least a dozen people and forced authorities to suspend operations at the facility. Saturday’s attack, the deadliest on Saudi soil in more than a decade, was a sharp escalation in the Yemen war, where Riyadh backs the internationally recognised government against the Houthis. The Iran-backed group on Sunday claimed multiple attacks over the past 24 hours, including...
Saudi Arabia has accused Yemen’s Houthis of killing 12 people and injuring 300 in Saturday's attack on King Khalid Inter
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said an "unidentified projectile" had targeted Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, causing a fire. The incident came hours after the Iran-backed Houthis warned airlines and travellers to stay away from Saudi airports. David Smith, The Guardian's Washington bureau chief, tells us more.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had pushed for a 60-day full ceasefire.
The Houthis have stepped up their attacks on Saudi Arabian soil, and while the physical damage can be quickly repaired, its reputation for stability is taking a battering.
Saudi coalition blames Houthi group for the missile strike on the main international airport in Riyadh.
Sanaa has faced intense bombing since the Yemeni government announced a campaign to take the capital from the Houthis.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections due next month until September 11, 2027, and called a presidential poll for the same date, blaming Israel and the security situation in the Palestinian territories for the delay. Our correspondent in Jerusalem Noga Tarnopolsky tells us more.
Early Saturday, Russia targeted residential neighbourhoods in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia with "five guided aerial bombs", according to Ukraine's National Police. At least 15 people were killed, including three children, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said. The family of a young girl killed in the attack was inconsolable.
Fifteen people, including three children, were killed in a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to lift sanctions on Russian diesel, in a major setback for Kyiv. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg tells us more.
Yemen said Saturday that forces were advancing against the Houthis around the Bab al-Mandab strait, a week after the country's Saudi-backed government announced that it was initiating a counter-offensive to take back territory seized by the pro-Iran group during last month's lightning offensive. In Riyadh, diplomatic sources reported a missile attack on the civilian airport, with at least five Saudi nationals wounded being treated in intensive care.
"Blood diamonds" became infamous for funding the brutal civil war in Sierra Leone. Beginning 25 years ago, the Kimberley Process aimed to put an end to this illegal trade. Accused of complicity in the conflict, the diamond industry has since sought to clean up its image, emphasising an ethical shift. But a quarter of a century on, have the former "blood diamonds" truly become synonymous with development? FRANCE 24's Sarah Sakho and Simon Martin report.
The November 2022 Pretoria agreement ended the previous war between Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). However, the renewed fighting has exposed how fragile that settlement remains.
As fighting intensifies, Yemenis face a deepening economic crisis, with unpaid salaries and rising prices.
Russia and China block US efforts to expand the Darfur arms embargo to cover all of Sudan amid ongoing conflict.
UN says fighting has displaced more than 200,000 people in five weeks.
Saudi Arabia said three civilians were killed and 36 people injured in two separate attacks in the capital, Riyadh.
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris called the October 7 attacks a "horrible act of terrorism" that brought Palestinians "only destruction", while warning of an "expansionist" Israeli government. He also said that the economic fallout from the Iran war is already "happening", defended doubling his UAE investment despite the regional conflict, and praised Syria's new president.