International

Airports, Oil Fields and an Evacuation Order: The Houthi Campaign Against Saudi Arabia Reaches the Eastern Province

World Politics 

Overview

Saudi Arabia is now absorbing the most sustained attack on its territory in years. On the evening of October 21, a strike hit King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, the gateway to the kingdom's oil-rich Eastern Province, and an intercepted drone targeting a…

"You Are a Humanitarian, Sir": Witkoff Meets Putin, Wins a Prisoner and a Promise of Talks, and Ignites a Washington Firestorm

World Politics 

Overview

On October 21, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff sat down with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg for roughly three hours and left with two concrete results and one political disaster. Putin agreed in principle to resume U.S.-brokered trilateral…

Veteran Nollywood actor Francis Duru dies at 57

LAGOS

Veteran Nigerian actor Francis Duru has died at the age of 57 following a brief illness, his family has announced.
The family confirmed his death in a statement posted on the actor’s official Instagram page in the early hours of Friday, October 23, 2026.
“We, the family of Francis Duru, regret to…

Drone Strike on Abyei Market Kills at Least 153, Pulling South Sudan Closer to Sudan's War

JUBA / ABYEI

A drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei region on the border between Sudan and South Sudan has killed at least 153 people, according to a South Sudanese official, in an attack that has pulled a border dispute into the Sudan war. South Sudan has summoned Sudan's ambassador, Sudan's army has…

South Africa Heads Into Fragmented Local Elections as Courts, Polls and Disinformation Rules Shape the Final Fortnight

JOHANNESBURG 

Thirteen days before South Africans vote in municipal elections on Nov. 4, the contest has become a test of whether the African National Congress can arrest its slide, whether the Democratic Alliance can convert its urban strength into governing power, and whether any party can win a clear…

Guinea-Bissau's December Vote Slips Out of Reach as Junta Purges Allies of Exiled Ex-President

BISSAU, Oct. 

Guinea-Bissau's military rulers promised to hand power back to civilians with elections on Dec. 6. Six weeks before that date, the promise is in doubt. The National Electoral Commission has said the conditions for the vote have not been met, the prime minister has said credible…