Over 400,000 in Tigray suffering famine now, with 1.8m on brink

Acting UN aid chief Ramesh Rajasingham says humanitarian situation in conflict-hit northern Ethiopian region has ‘worsened dramatically’ in recent weeks.

More than 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray are now suffering famine and 1.8 million others are on the brink, a top United Nations official has said, painting a devastating picture of an embattled region where humanitarian access is extremely restricted.

Naufrage de migrants au large des côtes tunisiennes, au moins 21 morts

Les gardes-côtes tunisiens ont repêché leurs corps au large du port de Sfax, dans le centre de la Tunisie. Ces migrants, originaires d’Afrique subsaharienne, tentaient de rallier l’Europe.

Vingt et un cadavres de migrants ont été repêchés, dimanche, par la garde maritime tunisienne après le naufrage de leur embarcation, a annoncé, lundi 5 juillet, la garde nationale (gendarmerie). Partis de Sfax, dans le centre de la Tunisie, ces migrants étaient tous originaires d’Afrique subsaharienne et tentaient de rallier clandestinement l’Europe. Cinquante personnes ont pu être secourues, selon la même source.

Des hommes armés enlèvent 140 lycéens au Nigeria

Un pensionnat de l’Etat de Kaduna, dans le nord-ouest du pays, a été attaqué dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi.

Des hommes armés ont attaqué dans la nuit de dimanche 4 à lundi 5 juillet un pensionnat de l’Etat de Kaduna, dans le nord-ouest du Nigeria, kidnappant 140 lycéens, vraisemblablement pour les échanger contre une rançon, a déclaré un responsable de l’établissement.

Circulă pe net: Gândurile unui american

Nu am visat niciodată că trebuie să mă confrunt cu perspective a nu trăi în Statele Unite ale Americii, cel puțin nu pe cea pe care am cunoscut-o toată viața. Nu mi-am dorit niciodată să trăiesc altundeva.

A Closer Look at Brussels Offers a More Nuanced View of Radicalization

Around the world, this city of great, if often ramshackle, charm has become Exhibit A in the case against immigration, particularly when it involves large numbers of Muslims.

Donald J. Trump called the Belgian capital “a hellhole,” while Lubomir Zaoralek, the foreign minister of the Czech Republic, recently cited the city to explain why his and other Eastern European countries had steadfastly resisted a plan by the European Union to spread Syrian and other Muslim refugees around the Continent under a quota system.

The Molenbeek Effect: the Facts beyond the Myth

The story of this district in Brussels, hideout for some of the terrorists of the 2015 Paris attacks, demonstrates that in the fight against radicalism new socio-political configurations and a mature and courageous Islamic leadership are needed

Many of the terrorists involved in the Paris attacks occurring on 13 November 2015 came from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, a neighbourhood in Brussels that has since become the butt of aggressive discourse in France, Italy, the United States and elsewhere. Linked to Belgian jihadists who left to fight amongst Islamic State’s ranks in Syria during the period 2013-2014, this network continued its works with the attacks on Brussels airport and the “Maalbeek” underground station in Brussels on 22 March 2016. In the light of these events, one can justifiably ask whether there exists a “Molenbeek effect” on Islamic radicalism and what lessons may be learned from this case.

Is Iran preparing a new series of attacks on US, Israel with proxies?

This is the scenario the US has been concerned about for years. The pro-Iran attacks may spill over to Syria.

Iran’s media gave major headlines to claims of attacks on US forces in Syria on Sunday. The July 4 date was symbolic; it was US Independence Day. What could be a better day for Iran to claim it had struck a US base in Syria?

However, it turns out the rumors of the rocket attacks were likely false, and the US-led coalition denied any incident happened in Syria.

Yemen’s Houthis deny that Iran gave them advanced drones

The Houthis think they can get legitimacy through negotiations, but haven’t given up on using drones and rockets.

Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have achieved many successes using drones and missiles in recent years. The US, Saudi Arabia and other countries have linked the Houthi drones and missiles to Iran over the past four years.

But the Houthi ambassador to Iran, Mohamed al-Dailami, who was appointed in 2019, gave an interview to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency this week. The Houthis had developed their own weapons and were not receiving drones from Iran, he said.