
HEZBOLLAH fired at least 185 rockets and other projectiles into Israel today, wounding seven people in the group’s heaviest barrage in several days.
The attack came in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut.
Meanwhile, an Israeli strike on a Lebanese army centre killed one soldier and wounded 18 others on the south-western coastal road between Tyre and Naqoura, Lebanon’s military said.

ROGER McKENZIE argues that the BRI represents a choice between treating humans as commodities or as equals — an essential project when, aside from China’s efforts, hundreds of millions worldwide are trapped in poverty

The colonial mindset behind the governance of the UN is the reason for its inertia when it comes to conflict resolution, argues ROGER McKENZIE – but can China’s Global Governance Initiative point in a new direction of global equality?

As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE