Fresh clashes break out between Armenia and Azerbaijan near Lachin Corridor
The countries have fought two wars and engaged in scores of violent clashes over the status of the region of Nagorno Karabakh since 1988, leading to the deaths of thousands of people
Serbian student groups protest new state-wide exam to qualify for higher education
The Serbian government is pushing the long pending plan to introduce Državna matura, a new state-wide qualifying exam for high school students to get admission into higher educational institutes
On anniversary of Easter Rising, calls for Irish unity are strengthened
During Easter week in April 1916, Irish militant republican forces started an uprising against the British colonialists in Dublin, marking a new era in the Irish freedom struggle against British imperialism
UN relief workers go on strike in Gaza over pay and working conditions
Workers of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) have been staging regular protests, including strike action, over the last year demanding including better wages, permanent contracts, and additional recruitment
Pakistan to launch all-out counterterrorism operation amid severe political and economic crisis
Two bomb explosions hit the city of Quetta just days after Pakistan’s top National Security Committee (NSC) agreed to launch an all-out comprehensive counter-terrorism operation against armed groups.
Thousands of illegal Israeli settlers storm Palestinian land demanding settlement construction
The mob was led by key ministers of the Benjamin Netanyahu government, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotric, and was joined by at least 20 parliamentarians. They wanted the Israeli government to reopen and “legalize” the settlement outpost Evyatar
Palestinian boy dies in fresh Israeli raids, Al-Aqsa stormed again
The Israeli forces were carrying out a raid at the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho when the child was killed
Saudi delegates visit Yemeni capital Sana’a to hold talks with Houthis
The Oman-mediated peace talks to end the nine-year-old war in Yemen received a boost after China brokered a rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia last month. Media reports say Saudi Arabia and the Houthis agreed on the draft of a ceasefire agreement last month, which lays out the plan for a more detailed negotiation