Speaking at the Nova Libya Expo in Benghazi today, National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman Masoud Suleiman said "The Corporation has plans to inc...

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Protesters are demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Green Party leader Zack Polanski hopes to shake Labour, which has held Holborn since the seat was created in 1983.

The patient had been living in DR Congo, where more than 4,000 people have died from the disease this year.

President Bola Tinubu describes the crash as a "painful moment" for the military and the entire nation.

In rare access to Taiz, the BBC World Service speaks to children, teachers and families affected by the war.

Saudi-backed forces gave conflicting reports of whether they had also seized the port city of Mokha, near the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

The agonising wait for Gaza’s missing Three years into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Palestinian families are still searching for answers about thousands of relatives who vanished during the war. Some disappeared during Israeli ground attacks on their neighbourhoods or displacement camps. Others went missing while searching for aid, checking on their homes or travelling near the so-called Yellow Line. For their families, the absence of any definitive answer has left them suspended between hope and grief, unsure whether to keep waiting or begin mourning. According to the Independent Commission for Human Rights, more than 11,000 people in Gaza remain unaccounted for, including those believed to be buried beneath the rubble and those suspected of enforced disappearance. The Palestinian Centre for Missing and Forcibly Disappeared estimates that between 2,500 and 3,000 people are suspected of enforced disappearance, having gone missing or lost contact with their families since the start of the war and through the ceasefire announced on 9 October 2025. Read more: The agonising wait for Gaza’s missing

Ethiopia pushes to secure Red Sea access as Tigray war raises regional tensions Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 10/06/2026 - 12:01 Addis Ababa says its ‘legitimate interests’ in the Red Sea must be recognised as Eritrea, Sudan and other neighbours reject unilateral moves A general view of Berbera Port and the city of Berbera, Somaliland, 31 August 2021 (Ed Ram/AFP) Off Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has renewed his call for access to the Red Sea, saying his landlocked country will work to secure an outlet to the sea as fighting in the north threatens to deepen tensions with its neighbours. Abiy made the remarks on Monday as he was sworn in for another five-year term, with Ethiopian government forces having retaken Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region, after a renewed offensive by an opposition alliance led by the Tigray People's Liberation Front. “Based on the principle of give and take, we will work diligently to ensure that Ethiopia has an outlet to the sea,” he said.  Since neighbouring Eritrea gained independence in 1993, Ethiopia has been landlocked, as the newly created state took away the port of Assab and with it Ethiopia's access to the sea. Earlier this year, a former Ethiopian government adviser told Middle East Eye that Ethiopia's key ally, the United Arab Emirates, was "calling the shots" in regard to Eritrea and any Ethiopian plans to retake Assab by force. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Since 1993, Ethiopia has relied on the port of Djibouti for sea access, but it has long sought alternative arrangements. In January 2024, Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with Somaliland, the breakaway region of Somalia also backed by the UAE and recognised by Israel, that envisaged access to the sea and a potential naval presence.  Inside Somaliland: How Berbera Port is central to the Red Sea's power struggle Read More » Somalia condemned the agreement as a violation of its sovereignty, although relations between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu subsequently improved. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the country did not object to Ethiopia gaining access to the sea through Somali territory.  “I look forward to working closely together to strengthen Somalia-Ethiopia relations & advance peace, stability & shared prosperity for our peoples & the Horn of Africa,” Mohamud said in a post congratulating Abiy on his new term. Ethiopia's other neighbours have taken a harder line. On Sunday, the leaders of Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia met in Egypt's New Alamein and issued a joint declaration affirming “the principle of freedom of navigation”, while saying that “the governance of the Red Sea is the exclusive responsibility of the littoral states”. The declaration also called for respect for international law governing transboundary rivers, including the Nile, and rejected unilateral measures affecting the existing water uses of Egypt and Sudan. In April, MEE revealed that an Ethiopian army base was being used to support the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces in the Sudan war. Dispute over maritime access    Ethiopia’s push for Red Sea access has become a growing source of tension with its neighbours. While Addis Ababa sees this as necessary to ensure the country’s economic and geopolitical security, Eritrea, Egypt, Sudan, and Somalia have stressed that coastal states have jurisdiction over their territorial waters. Exclusive: The Ethiopian army base covertly supporting Sudan’s RSF Read More » Somalia has opened the possibility of granting Ethiopia conditional access to the sea, if the two countries reach a formal agreement.  The dispute comes as fighting has intensified in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, with government-aligned forces retaking the regional capital Mekele after renewed clashes with Tigrayan forces. The escalation has raised fears of the conflict spiralling into a larger regional confrontation.  Eritrea finds itself in the middle of the discord, as Ethiopia has long sought to gain access to the Red Sea through Eritrean ports. The two neighbouring states have had a hostile relationship for decades, with Eritrea cutting diplomatic ties with Ethiopia last week after Addis Ababa closed its embassy in Asmara and expelled ten Eritrean diplomats. This deterioration in relations comes on the heels of the two countries’ dispute with Egypt and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which threatens to divert water from the Nile. The African Union has called for restraint and dialogue as hostilities in northern Ethiopia intensify, urging the parties to seek a peaceful resolution to the crisis. Horn of Africa News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

François Picard is pleased to welcome Philip Ingram, journalist and former British military intelligence officer. The events surrounding RAF Fairford are not an isolated incident, explains Ingram. It's part of a much wider security issue in which conventional military operations, intelligence activity and gray-zone tactics increasingly overlap.

France braced on Tuesday for a day of nationwide high-school ​blockades and trade union-led street protests in support of students demanding that President Emmanuel Macron's cash-strapped government tackle understaffed and dilapidated schools.

DUBAI: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday for an official visit to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Syria’s state news agency SANA reported. Sharaa was accompanied by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani. Riyadh Governor Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz received Al-Sharaa and Al-Shaibani upon their arrival.

RIYADH: Gulf economies could rebound sharply in 2027, with the World Bank forecasting 10.3 percent growth if the Iran conflict does not escalate this year. The organization made the claim on the basis that oil production and shipping return to normal from early 2027, with trade, tourism and domestic activity also looking to bounce back following the disruption caused by the US-led ward. The impact of the conflict, which has led to extensive disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, is likely to see G

Renewed fighting between Ethiopian federal forces and Tigrayan rebels increases risks of an escalation into a wider regional conflict, according to International Crisis Group analyst Magnus Taylor.

Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country.