France is still struggling to maintain a foothold in Africa, particularly in Libya, as UN and international efforts continue to find a solution to the country’s ongoing internal crisis.

Amid the takeover of Seiyun, the largest city in Yemen’s Hadramout Valley, by the UAE-backed STC militia, Saudi Arabia has dispatched a high-level delegation led by Maj. Gen. Mohammed bin Ubayd al-Qahtani in an apparent bid to defuse tensions in the oil-rich province.

As clashes erupt in Yemen’s Hadramawt between the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council and the Saudi-aligned Hadramout Tribes Confederacy, observers warn the province could be pushed toward full-scale civil war.

Turkiye has discovered enormous reserves of new rare-earth that could meet the equivalent of 1,000 years of global demand and end China's monopoly.