Nobel peace laureate Pillay calls US sanctions on ICC ‘unheard, unacceptable’

Pillay laments that “there are hundreds of staff in ICC who feel they are under threat”.
10 Oct, 2026
A year of ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza, Israel killed over 1,450 Palestinians

A year after Trump declared the war over, Israel is still killing Palestinians daily, occupying more of Gaza than the truce allows and leaving families hungry, while the promised reconstruction has yet to begin.
10 Oct, 2026
Bab el-Mandeb ‘cleared of Houthi remnants,’ Saudi envoy to Yemen says

Mohammed Al Jaber calls development ‘victory for every Yemeni and Arab’
9 Oct, 2026
Why the Houthi advances in Yemen raise concerns for Horn of Africa

Bab al-Mandeb is a strategic location where goods move between markets of Asia, Arabia, Europe and America, before finding their way to Africa, Fighting in the area means higher transportation cost through South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.
9 Oct, 2026

US suspends major IT firms from green card programme, including Microsoft, Adobe

Trump planning military action against Iran before US midterms — report

Oct 7: Trauma, tragedy and the normalisation of Palestinian suffering

US federal judge blocks Trump administration’s $1.8m fines on undocumented migrants

Yemeni forces recapture key Red Sea port of Mokha from Houthis
4 Oct, 2026
Iran says it is prepared to ‘fight and negotiate’ with US
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Tehran is prepared for both military confrontation and diplomacy, while insisting the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until its conditions are met.

4 Oct, 2026
Israel kills Christian mother, daughter in failed bid to assassinate Hamas leader in targeted strike
Local media say Israeli assessments suggest Ali al-Amoudi survived the pinpoint attack in Gaza City that instead killed five Palestinians, including four women.

4 Oct, 2026
Trump says Iran has ‘virtually given up’ nuclear weapon ambitions
US president’s remarks on a central objective of his administration’s war come amid the prospect of renewed military strikes on Iran.

1 Oct, 2026
Trump declines to endorse Netanyahu for another term
US president says he has not heard “bad things” about opposition contender Gadi Eisenkot.

30 Sep, 2026
US lifts long-standing ban on arms exports to Syria
The move comes as the Trump administration moves to normalise diplomatic and trade relations with Syria following the fall of Bashar al Assad’s regime.

30 Sep, 2026
UAE flight diverted to Saudi Arabia after pilots fight mid-air
The flight briefly transmitted a general emergency signal before switching to the code used for unlawful interference onboard.

30 Sep, 2026
Türkiye and the UN: The world has outgrown the top five
Ankara’s call for urgent reforms to the global body reflects the mood and needs of the world that has long outgrown the circumstances that led to the creation of the UN.

30 Sep, 2026
US forces exit remaining bases in Iraq, ending two-decade military presence
Trump administration is overseeing the withdrawal, carrying forward a plan negotiated by the previous administration for departure of US troops from Iraq.

29 Sep, 2026
Trump hosts AI titans at White House as extinction-risk warnings intensify
Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Greg Brockman, Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Jeff Bezos, Bill McDermott, and Sanjay Mehrotra are expected to be among attendees, US media report.

29 Sep, 2026
Central Tokyo lashed with record 34 straight days of rain
Total rainfall roughly reached three times the average precipitation for the entire month of September.




