The price of Brent Crude Oil remains volatile as a result of the war in the Middle East, surging to around $109 dollars a barrel. Iran’s Revolutions Guards have threatened to target oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar. This after Israel’s attacked on the world’s largest natural gas field in the Persian Gulf, which …

US President Donald Trump has suggested that he would “take” the island nation of Cuba, adding that it would be a great honour. Trump was responding to media questions in the Oval Office amid on ongoing US oil blockage that has imperilled Cuba’s already battered economy and affected communications, the healthcare system and transportation, among others. Amid ongoing talks between …

US President Donald Trump has warned that North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) faced a “very bad” future if allies failed to support US efforts to secure the Strait of Hormuz. Over the weekend, Trump also called specifically on China, France, Japan and South Korea to secure the Strait with an announcement on a potential coalition of countries to police the …

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination says racist hate speech by United States political leaders, including President Donald Trump, has sparked human rights violations in the country. The Committee is made up of independent experts that monitor implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by its States parties, which include …

Six countries have made declarations of interventions this week in South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide at the International Court of Justice, including the United States. Washington’s submission in addition those from Hungary and Fiji have come out in support of Israel, while The Kingdom of the Netherlands, Namibia and Iceland have made arguments in support of South Africa’s …

A message from Iran’s newly appointed Supreme Leader Motjaba Khamenei appeared to defy a resolution passed by the United Nationas (UN) Security Council demanding Tehran immediately stop all attacks directed at Arab countries in the region. The resolution, which passed with 13 voters in favour and two abstentions from Russia and China, only targeted Iran’s retaliatory strikes but made no …

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day on Sunday, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has stressed that the dignity, opportunity and freedom women deserve could only be achieved through fighting discriminatory laws and practices. This year’s theme is “Rights, Justice, Action for all women and girls”. The annual Commission on the Status of Women at the UN Headquarters in …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in the State of Illinois, in the United States, to attend the private funeral service of the late Rev Jesse Jackson. In a statement confirming his arrival, the Presidency says Ramaphosa will join members of the Jackson family, the PUSH Rainbow Coalition, the broader United States Civil Rights movement and …

US President Donald Trump has reportedly said that he needs to be personally involved in selecting Iran’s next leader – after the military escalation led by the United States and Israel against Iran entered its sixth day. Trump was speaking in a telephonic interview with the Axios News outlet earlier on Thursday. He repeated the same views in an interview …

Most UN Security Council members avoided criticising the US Israeli operation against Iran or criticised it very obliquely when the Council met in an emergency session, hours after the military escalation began on Saturday.   That’s the view of a senior analyst with the International Crisis Group who took aim at European nations for their criticism and condemnation of Iran’s …