If partial results from this weeks election in South Africa stay the course, the free hand the African National Congress (ANC) has enjoyed on the national political stage for 30 years could well be coming to an end.

Despite being confined to an Israeli jail for more than two decades, Marwan Barghouti consistently leads Palestinian opinion polls, and although many Israelis see him as a terrorist, others concede he may be both sides' best chance at a peaceful co-existence.

Entering into its third year of war, Ukraine is struggling to deal with a lack of weapons, lack of soldiers and lack of international aid. But Lt.-Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the countrys head of defence intelligence, remains defiant.

The Jenin refugee camp has long been a symbol of Palestinian armed resistance to the Israeli occupation. It was a frequent target of Israeli raids well before Hamas launched its deadly attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7. Since then, the raids have dramatically increased.

More than 800 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced by settler violence in the West Bank since Oct. 7. Coupled with events in Gaza, the despair, anger and anxiety many West Bank Palestinians say they already live with under occupation is amplifying.