Two countries hold talks in bid to avoid confrontation in Syria. Israel and Turkiye have been holding closed-door meetings in Azerbaijan to work out ways to avoid direct conflict in Syria. Both have a military presence there, and both accuse the other of threatening regional security. Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes on … Read more
For the last three years, presidents, prime ministers, movie actors, rock stars and writers have traveled to Ukraine, seeking to show solidarity with a country under assault from its neighbor, Russia. Add Prince Harry to that list. On Thursday, Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, made an unannounced visit to the city of … Read more
Beijing hits back with its own set of tariffs on all US goods after Trump’s latest levies. China has announced tariffs on US products in response to new levies imposed on Chinese goods by US President Donald Trump. Beijing unveiled a 34-percent tariff on all US goods and restrictions on exports of rare earth minerals. … Read more
Here is where the war stands on Sunday, March 30: Fighting Russian bombing of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, injured two people and damaged a kindergarten and private homes, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces had launched more than 1,000 drones on this country over the past week. Oleh Syniehubov, governor of … Read more
These are the key events on day 1,130 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is where the war stands on Sunday, March 30: Fighting Ukraine’s air force said it destroyed 65 out of 111 drones launched by Russia overnight, which caused damage in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Odesa and Donetsk regions. At least two people were … Read more
Paramilitary fighters with Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces withdrew in large numbers from the battered capital of Khartoum on Wednesday, fleeing a city they had occupied since a ruinous war broke out nearly two years ago. “Khartoum is now free,” declared Sudan’s military chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who arrived by helicopter for a brief visit … Read more
The Sudanese army has achieved major gains in Khartoum, but fighters with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces say they’re strengthening their positions in Darfur. Two years of fighting has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Is the conflict in Sudan at a turning point? Presenter: Sami Zeidan Guests: Dallia Abdelmoniem – political commentator and civil … Read more
Just months after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Syria has been rocked by an eruption of violence. Coastal towns have turned into killing fields, with forces aligned with the government accused of massacring hundreds of civilians from religious minorities. The Syrian online space is also littered with misinformation – part of an information war … Read more
Finnish court sentences Russian fighter to life imprisonment for war crimes against Ukrainian soldiers in 2014. A Russian national has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Finland for war crimes committed in Ukraine. The district court of Finland’s capital, Helsinki, ruled on Friday that Voislav Torden, then a commander of the far-right Russian nationalist paramilitary … Read more
President Trump’s diplomatic drive puts pressure on Kyiv and Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the front while Washington’s diplomatic drive to end the Ukraine war intensifies. US officials are in Moscow after winning Ukrainian backing for a 30-day ceasefire. Is the war nearing an end – and what are the obstacles? Presenter: Cyril Vanier … Read more