Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) will soon be bound by a mutual defense obligation, requiring each to come to the other’s aid in the event of an attack. The two nations have recently drafted a major security agreement known as the Pukpuk Treaty, though it has not yet formally
On Tuesday, September 9, Israel launched an airstrike targeting Hamas leadership, resulting in the deaths of six people. In response, leaders from the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) convened in Doha to coordinate actions condemning Israel’s strike and to express solidarity with Qatar. At the summit,
On 24 September, China, recognized as the world’s biggest source and largest emitter of planet-warming gases, pledged to cut its climate emissions. President Xi Jinping, in a video statement to the United Nations, established the target for China of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions across the economy by 7–10% from
Over the weekend, the United Nations triggered the “snapback” mechanism of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as the agreement approached its expiration at the end of October. The mechanism—designed to respond to major breaches of Iran’s nuclear commitments—was invoked with strong backing from the E3 members of the
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have collectively announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accelerating a broader trend of insulating the Alliance of Sahel States from external supervision. In a statement released Monday night, the three military governments accused the I.C.C. of being incapable of prosecuting war crimes, crimes
Madagascar is facing its most serious political crisis in years, as protests over prolonged power outages and water shortages have erupted into deadly violence. What began on 25 September as peaceful demonstrations in the capital, Antananarivo, quickly escalated when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowds.
On January 23, 2025, President Trump suggested “denuclearization talks” with Russia and possibly China. In his address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, he said, “We’d like to see denuclearization. In fact, with President Putin, prior to an election result, which was, frankly, ridiculous, we were talking about denuclearization
