Venâncio Mondlane, the opposition politician from Mozambique, told the Financial Times that his country’s ruling FRELIMO party, which was founded in 1962 and rallied the country against the Portuguese rulers, has seen its support slip in recent years and warned that the country’s youth movement is frustrated with the status quo.
At least 71,424 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the Gaza genocide began in October 2023, and at least 171,324 have been injured, according to health officials in the enclave.
The Iranian government blamed outside agitators tied to the U.S. and Israel for the violence that has broken out during the country’s anti-government protests and told local news outlets that Tehran has “experienced firsthand how the urban terrorist criminals committed ISIS-like violence.”
There are about one million young people in Britain who are not employed or even training for a job, which has alarmed public officials who say the level has reached a crisis point, according to a newly released report.
A Palestinian human rights group announced last week that illegal Israeli “settler” attacks in the West Bank have resulted in at least 20 Palestinian families fleeing from their homes “after repeated assaults” at the hands of these settlers.
China, one of the world’s largest buyers of crude oil, watched with concern as the U.S. seized control of Venezuela’s oil industry because Beijing relies on cheap oil from Washington-sanctioned countries, which raised concerns that it could start getting choked in the market if the U.S. also attacks Iran.
The Saudi military last week carried out airstrikes on southern Yemen after the UAE-backed leader of a separatist movement skipped a scheduled meeting in Riyadh amid worsening tensions in the region that risk a wider confrontation.
The Financial Times published an article last week that warned about the inherent risks inside Venezuela if President Donald Trump really wants to “run” the country and called Venezuelans who stand up to American imperialism “gangs, goons, and guerrillas” in a headline.
Ukraine has ramped up attacks on Russian oil tankers in the region in its latest effort to try and paralyze Moscow’s energy-dependent economy—even as the Trump administration tries to end the war with a peace deal.
There’s a rush inside Germany among companies and workers who want a piece of the action as Berlin committed itself to increasing military spending by more than $500 billion over the next 10 years and see the funds as a way to shake off the country’s struggling industrial economy.