Seoul, South Korea – South Korea is preparing emergency measures to secure crude oil supplies after disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, with plans to dispatch five Korean-flagged vessels to alternative routes in the Red Sea. The move comes as oil prices surge בעקבות escalating tensions linked to the US-Israeli…
Djibouti’s long-serving President Ismail Omar Guelleh, who has governed the Horn of Africa nation for nearly 30 years, is set to run for a sixth term in the upcoming presidential election on April 10, facing only one minor challenger, according to an official decree published Wednesday. The 78-year-old incumbent secured…
Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano, located in the Afar region near the Eritrean border, erupted on Sunday, November 23, 2025, marking its first known eruption in nearly 12,000 years. The eruption sent thick ash plumes soaring up to 14 kilometers (9 miles) into the sky, drifting across the Red Sea toward…