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Somaliland’s Information Minister, Ahmed Yasin Sheikh Ali, on Tuesday accused Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of planning to deploy federal troops to Sanaag region, alleging an attempt to destabilize a peaceful area as Al-Shabaab militants make territorial gains elsewhere.
Fresh fighting between rival Chin resistance groups in Myanmar’s Falam Township has reignited instability along the porous India-Myanmar border, sparking a wave of refugee inflows into India’s north-eastern state of Mizoram and escalating regional security concerns.
The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) announced a major update on Wednesday regarding its ongoing military campaign in the Amhara region, claiming it has “annihilated” dozens of Fano fighters in coordinated operations carried out between June 25 and July 1.
According to a statement published on the Defense Force’s social media platforms, the campaign — dubbed Operation Tide — involved coordinated efforts between the Eastern Command and various combat support units. The ENDF reported killing 83 fighters described as “extremists” and injuring 39 others in operations concentrated in the South Gondar and Gojjam areas.
A fresh wave of Russian airstrikes killed at least one person and wounded six others in Ukraine as hopes for a breakthrough in the efforts to end the three-year-old war were further dashed.
Russia fired a total of 537 aerial weapons at Ukraine, including 477 drones and decoys and 60 missiles, Ukraine’s air force said. It was “the most massive airstrike” since the war began after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Yuriy Ihnat, head of communications for Ukraine’s air force, told The Associated Press
A shaky ceasefire began to take hold between Israel and Iran on Tuesday under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, raising hopes for an end to the biggest ever military confrontation between the Middle East arch-foes.
Trump scolded both sides for early violations of the truce he announced at 0500 GMT, but directed especially stinging criticism at Washington’s close ally Israel over the scale of its strikes, telling it to “calm down now”.