Tensions are mounting between longtime rivals and uneasy neighbors, Ethiopia and Eritrea, as Addis Ababa’s renewed push for Red Sea access raises fears of a new war in the Horn of Africa, just seven years after the restoration of diplomatic ties.

As battlefield setbacks mount, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s government has had little choice but to look east, where Turkiye awaited with an outstretched hand and ready weapons.

Algeria is facing a new diplomatic crisis with Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, raising questions about how the situation will unfold and whether Morocco could capitalize on the opportunity amid ongoing tensions between Rabat and Algiers.

Warnings of a potential civil war within “Israel” have intensified amid the escalating conflict between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the judiciary, and the Shin Bet security service.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is facing pressure to step down after his martial law announcement shocked MPs, the public and international allies.