HARARE – A Russian national has been arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on allegations of human trafficking after allegedly facilitating the travel of a Zimbabwean man to Russia under circumstances now under investigation by authorities. Leonid Koftev, 36, appeared before Harare magistrate Jessie Kufa on Wednesday, facing charges of human trafficking, breaching immigration conditions, and operating an unregistered employment agency. The court remanded him

Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, has said there is no justification for the recent military strikes carried out by the United States and Israel against Iran, arguing that the Islamic Republic posed no direct threat to either country.