[ NEW ] The Israeli government received Somaliland's President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi on Sunday for his first international visit.

The breakaway Somali region has deepened ties with Tel Aviv since the Netanyahu government recognized it in December 2025.

In return, Tel Aviv gained access to Berbera Airport, a stretch of coast sitting directly across the Gulf of Aden from Yemen.

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[ NEW ] South Africa expelled at least 2,745 African nationals in one week after hate groups marched through cities with sticks and whips, demanding foreigners leave. Interior Minister Leon Schreiber announced the figure Sunday.

Malawi, Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique organized voluntary return programs. Some 7,000 Malawians had gathered in a vacant lot in Durban before being bused home by their own government.

At least Two Mozambicans died following a violent march against illegal immigration in Mossel Bay on May 29.

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[ NEW ] More than 1,000 Sudanese civilians killed by drone strikes in the first five months of 2026. Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, told the Human Rights Council in Geneva today. G7 foreign ministers were meeting in the same city.

Both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deployed explosive-laden drones against hospitals, displacement camps, markets, and dams. Conflict monitoring group ACLED recorded a 600% rise in drone-related civilian deaths over the past two years.

Nearly 34 million people, close to two in every three Sudanese, require humanitarian assistance. The UN describes rape and sexual violence across the country as "rampant."

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[ NEW ] France is looking to negotiate a new arms partnership with the UAE, as the country stands accused of being the main sponsor of genocide in Sudan.

French Defence Minister Catherine Vautrin held talks with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan over co-development of the Rafale F5, France's next combat aircraft. The UAE already operates Rafale jets but a new deal is seeking to help fund the new model in exchange for production contracts.

The UAE has armed Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) with weapons, financing and mercenaries since Sudan's war began in April 2023. The RSF has carried out mass killings and rape in Darfur. A UN fact-finding mission ruled in February 2026 that the attacks bore the hallmarks of genocide.

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[ NEW ] Senegal's President Faye is pushing for an IMF deal after sacking Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in May for opposing one. An IMF mission arrived in Dakar on June 15.

Sonko, elected parliamentary speaker days after his dismissal, a post Faye cannot dissolve, says he holds "no rigid positions" on debt restructuring, which he once called a "disgrace."

Central bank veteran Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo has replaced Sonko as prime minister. Senegal's public debt has reached 132% of GDP after the former government concealed billions in borrowing, a scandal the IMF is itself under internal investigation for missing.

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[ WATCH ] In the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, dozens of young South Africans have gathered at the Hector Pieterson Memorial Centre in Soweto.

On June 16, 1976, students took to the streets of Soweto to protest apartheid laws forcing them to study in Afrikaans — the language of the colonizer. Police opened fire. Many of those killed by the police were children.

Estimates of the death toll in the weeks that followed go as high as 700. No one knows the real number.

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[ NEW ] The Trump administration has escalated US airstrikes in Somalia to their highest recorded level, new data shows. Eight children were killed in Jamaame on Nov. 15, 2025, as they walked home from school.

The escalation was enabled by a directive signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in February 2025, which removed the White House sign-off previously required before any strike in Somalia. Kill authority passed directly to Africom generals.

Trump has called Somalis "stupid," "low IQ" and citizens of a "crooked country." 17 days after the Jamaame killings, he declared Somali immigrants unfit for US residency.

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[ JUST IN ] The US Navy launched "Pacific Partnership 2026," a 5-month mission touring Southeast Asia.

While framed as humanitarian aid, this deployment uses soft power to contain China’s rising influence and rebuild shaky US hegemony in a region central to global imperial dominance.

This initiative aims to align critical nations with Western interests through training programs and infrastructure projects, embedding military presence under the guise of disaster relief.

Over 300 personnel from 8 allied nations are targeting critical zones like Vietnam and Indonesia to anchor Western control.

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[ NEW ] Japan’s Takaichi is on a mission to expand her anti-China network and boost Tokyo’s global role as the G7 summit wraps up.

At the summit, Takaichi proposed a stockpile partnership program to bolster critical mineral supply chains and reduce China’s dominance in the sector.

Takaichi expressed her determination “to bring about the necessary transformation” to tackle emerging challenges as Japan’s “Iron Lady”, comparing herself to former right-wing British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

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[ JUST IN ] Ukraine has launched its biggest drone assault on Moscow in two years, according to Russian media.

Russian air defenses shot down at least 194 drones bound for the capital overnight into Thursday, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated.

Among Ukraine’s targets was the Moscow Oil Refinery in the southeastern district of Kapotnya.

Meanwhile, Russia retaliated by firing seven missiles and 239 drones at Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

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[ NEW ] Gunfire and explosions heard at Niamey airport in Niger.

Unknown assailants opened fire at the entrance of the International Airport this morning, with residents reporting sustained exchanges lasting more than an hour, including heavy weapons.

Security forces cordoned off the perimeter. Niger's military authorities have issued no official statement.

The same facility was struck in late January, in an assault later claimed by the Islamic State that targeted the airport and its adjacent military base for several hours.

Niger has repeatedly accused France, whose forces it expelled after the July 2023 coup, of direct collusion with the armed groups now operating across the Sahel.

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[ NEW ] The BRICS bank has approved a $1 billion loan to rehabilitate South Africa. The New Development Bank approved the funds to rehabilitate water, sanitation and electricity infrastructure in eight cities serving nearly 22 million people.

The loan covers Johannesburg, Cape Town, Tshwane, eThekwini, Ekurhuleni, Buffalo City, Mangaung and Nelson Mandela Bay — roughly 40% of the country's population and its main economic centers.

The New Development Bank was founded in 2015 by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa as an alternative to the Bretton Woods financial institutions.

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[ NEW ] Trump calls Japan's Prime Minster Takaichi his "biggest fan."

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[ NEW ] The US is drawing up a power-sharing plan for Libya. Massad Boulos, father-in-law of Tiffany Trump, the US president's daughter, is leading the effort.

The plan would put Saddam Haftar at the head of a new executive council. His father, Khalifa Haftar, is the warlord who controls eastern Libya. Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the UN-recognized prime minister in Tripoli since 2021, would keep his post.

Libya holds Africa's largest proven oil reserves. ConocoPhillips and Chevron have both signed oil agreements with the country this year. Boulos has said he wants Libyan output to reach five million barrels a day by the end of the decade.

UN bodies and human rights groups have documented torture, illegal detention and human trafficking under Haftar's rule in eastern Libya. Armed groups tied to his forces have taken over state institutions. The deal would give those same groups a formal share of national power.

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New footage from today shows US and Filipino forces practising amphibious raids to seize contested terrain in the South China Sea.

Over the past five years, US-Philippine military maneuvers have surged.

Official sources confirm that operations have scaled from roughly 300 annual drills in 2020 to surpassing 500 scheduled deployments in 2026.

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[ BREAKING ] UK PM Keir Starmer Announces Resignation.

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Colombia has been gripped by unrest following the disputed election victory of Abelardo de la Espriella, a far-right millionaire candidate aligned with Washington.

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[ BREAKING ] Israeli PM Netanyahu:

"I greatly appreciate the support we have received from our American friends. But today I say: we need our own independent weapons-production system. We must manufacture our own armaments."

As the crack in US-Israeli relations becomes increasingly evident following the US-Iran deal, Israeli PM Netanyahu has declared his intention to detach Israeli affairs from US economic and military support.

According to the Council on Foreign Relations, the United States has provided more than $300 billion in total economic and military assistance to Tel Aviv since 1948.

The current 2019-2028 Memorandum of Understanding, signed during the Obama administration, commits the US to $38 billion over ten years, including $33 billion in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and $5 billion for missile defense systems.

Following October 7, the US Congress approved additional funding packages that included $3.5 billion in FMF and a broader $10.6 billion support package.

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