How conflict minerals fuel war in eastern DR Congo amid US sanctions
The US has imposed sanctions on Rwandan companies it says helped finance armed groups through the illicit minerals trade

The US has imposed sanctions on Rwandan companies it says helped finance armed groups through the illicit minerals trade









Indonesian troops have recovered the body of American pilot Nicholas Goselin from the restive Papua region.

Dmitry Medvedev says Iran’s ability to disrupt traffic in the Strait of Hormuz is equivalent to possession of a nuclear.
Kyiv’s drones disrupt St Petersburg internet and flights as Russian strikes halt a gas facility in central Ukraine.
Tuareg-led armed group says it attacked northern town where Malian troops and Russian fighters are based.
Threats escalate after Houthis block Saudi warplanes, allowing Iranian plane to land in Sanaa for first time in decade.
Syrian Bar Association mourns six lawyers amid international condemnation of Thursday’s attack in Damascus.
Several heads of state and other government officials will gather in Tehran for supreme leader’s state funeral.

A US pilot has been killed in Indonesia’s Papua region after separatist rebels said they shot him.
As RSF troops besiege el-Obeid, 500,000 civilians face mass atrocities amid drone strikes and a stalled peace process.