The US has accused the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing genocide and imposed sanctions on its leader. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, was being punished for his role in “systematic” atrocities against the Sudanese people during the 20-month conflict. He said…
Watch: Ros Atkins on…Elon Musk’s political interventions Few European leaders have felt the lash of Elon Musk’s social media outbursts more than Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The tech-billionaire owner of X has called him an “incompetent fool” and urged him to resign. On Thursday Musk will use his platform to host Alice Weidel, the head…
Holding new elections in Syria could take up to four years, rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has said in a broadcast interview. This is the first time he has given a timeline for possible elections in Syria since his group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led a rebel offensive that ousted former President Bashar al-Assad. In the…
Mozambique’s main opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has declared that he will install himself as president on 15 January after rejecting his defeat in presidential elections. His announcement came as his supporters staged violent protests across the country to demand an end to the 49-year-rule of the Frelimo party. The capital Maputo was like a ghost…
Israel’s defence minister has for the first time acknowledged that Israel killed Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July. Israel Katz made the comments in a speech vowing to target the heads of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen, which has been firing missiles and drones at Israel. Haniyeh was killed in a…
Syria’s rebel leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has dismissed the online controversy over videos showing him gesturing to a young woman to cover her hair before he posed for a photo with her last week. The incident sparked criticism from both liberal and conservative commentators amid intense speculation about the county’s future direction after rebels swept to…
Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing is on his first visit to China since he ousted the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. The significant losses his regime has suffered in the civil war at the hands of poorly-armed insurgents has raised questions over how long he will remain at…
DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP Although Maia Sandu was well ahead after the first round, her rival has the support of several other candidates Moldovans are going to the polls in the second round run-off of a presidential election seen as a choice between a European future or a return to Russian influence. Pro-European President Maia Sandu faces…
Iran has reportedly ordered for a “harsh and regretful” response to Saturday’s deadly Israeli attack on Iranian military facilities. The New York Times, citing three Iranian officials, reported that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had instructed the Supreme National Security Council on Monday to prepare for attacking Israel. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends…
