Libya’s Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) reported today that the second day of technical meetings between itself, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) a...

Updating Libya Herald on the latest news of the 9th Libya Construction Exhibition 2026, CEO of organisers ADD Events, Ghaleb Gheblawi, said ‘‘We expec...

The filmmaker taking on Kenya’s colonised tea plantations

ICC and Axa terminate agreement amid mounting US criticism and looming financial restrictions on the court, FT reports.

It comes a week after fighting erupted north of the capital between the army and a new alliance of armed groups.

It is estimated more than 200 people have died in blazes in the north-east of the country over the summer.

Israel's prime minister says the pilot who tried to take over the Flydubai plane clearly intended to "down the plane".

A pilot who stabbed another pilot on an Israel-bound plane is being investigated in Saudi Arabia, Benjamin Netanyahu says.

Eritrea and Ethiopia shutter embassies as new Red Sea conflict looms Submitted by Sean Mathews on Thu, 10/01/2026 - 19:22 In response to Ethiopia's embassy closure, Eritrea accused Addis Ababa of funding armed groups to topple government Tigray People's Liberation Front fighters walk towards a field in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region, Ethiopia, on 30 June 2021(Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP) Off Eritrea and Ethiopia have severed all diplomatic ties after accusing one another of engaging in hostile actions, in a major flare-up that could foreshadow another war on the volatile Red Sea. Ethiopia on Thursday announced it was expelling 10 Eritrean diplomats and closing its embassy in Eritrea’s capital of Asmara, after reports of explosions in Addis Ababa. The strike punctured Addis Ababa’s relative calm despite Ethiopia’s federal government battling an alliance of rebel movements opposed to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Ethiopia’s regions of Tigray, Amhara and Afar. Western and regional officials in Addis Ababa confirmed to Middle East Eye the sound of explosions in the capital due to a drone strike. AFP reported that the explosion rocked the Ethiopian National Defence Force headquarters in the Tor Hayloch area of Addis Ababa.  In a statement, Ethiopia accused Eritrea of engaging in “direct and indirect acts of hostility and belligerence” against it. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Eritrea said in response it was severing all diplomatic relations with Ethiopia, accusing it of pursuing “an agenda of incessant hostility” against it.  “In parallel with these aggressive intentions, Ethiopia has gone further to host, train, and provide arms to an assortment of what it calls ‘Eritrean armed opposition groups’ to stoke internal conflict for ‘regime change’ in Eritrea,” Eritrea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. Deterioration of ties, risks Eritrea and Ethiopia have been at odds for months, with regional diplomats warning that ties were deteriorating fast. The two briefly formed an alliance to fight the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the ruling party in Ethiopia's Tigray region, during Ethiopia’s 2020-2022 civil war. Since then, they have returned to being bitter foes. Addis Ababa has made claims against Eritrea’s Red Sea coastline and accuses Eritrea of supporting rebel groups like the TPLF, which Asmara denies. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "[Abiy Ahmed] has a two-waters strategy like Israel. Only for him it is from the Nile River to the Red Sea," Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh told MEE in an exclusive interview from Asmara last month. He referred to an Israeli expansionist vision that stretches from the Gaza Strip to the Jordan River at the frontier of the occupied West Bank.  Exclusive: UAE pursuing 'port imperialism' across Africa, Eritrean foreign minister says Read More » With fighting already flaring between Ethiopia’s federal government and the TPLF, a breakdown in relations with Eritrea could widen the war to the Red Sea at a time when Yemen and Sudan are both in conflict. The risk is that the conflict could draw in regional players, including Egypt, Turkey, Somalia, and the Gulf states. The TPLF is already aligned with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), which are fighting the Rapid Support Forces, a militia accused of genocide that is backed by the UAE and has training camps in Ethiopia. Eritrea is aligned with Egypt and Saudi Arabia in supporting the SAF. One of Ethiopia’s staunchest supporters is the UAE, which has provided drones and other military supplies to Abiy Ahmed’s forces. Saleh also told MEE that Asmara believes the UAE is cooperating with Israel against Asmara. Israel has a historical precedent for supporting Ethiopia. In the late 1970s and late 1980s, Israel provided arms to Ethiopia's Marxist Derg government, which were used against Eritrean fighters.  Horn of Africa News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

Oil supertanker hit in Hormuz: Iranian media An oil supertanker is in flames in the Strait of Hormuz after it was hit by a missile, Iran’s Fars news agency is reporting.  The attack took place eight kilometres off the coast of Oman, Fars reported, without attributing a perpetrator to the attack.  The attack is the latest in a spate of attacks on vessels in the strait, with UK Maritime Trade Operations logging three incidents on Wednesday alone. US President Donald Trump rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the strait on Sunday.

British police on Thursday arrested a British-Iranian dual national in connection with the security incident at the Fairford airbase Wednesday. Five other men initially arrested over the incidence were later released without charge on bail.

With looming elections and a draft budget that aims to address a €305.7bn financing requirement, French households are increasingly in the red. Will wages ever manage to outpace energy inflation?

Protesters disrupted Ireland’s match against Austria, urging Ireland to boycott future games with Israel over its actions in Gaza. The Football Association of Ireland has resisted calls for a boycott due to potential UEFA sanctions.

The U.S. is deploying about 9,000 troops to the Middle East aboard ships as President Trump warns of potential strikes on Iran. Trump suggests possible Iranian links to an attempted plane crash.

The 82-year-old has spent most of his life, since his ouster in 2019, between hospital and prison

Classes for some 1.6 million public-school students were due to start in early September but have been postponed indefinitely, as teachers regularly take to the streets to protest over unmet demands