Croatia’s parliament voted to reinstate military conscription on Friday, seventeen years after voting to suspend it in 2008. 84 lawmakers of the 151-member parliament voted in favor of two amendments reintroducing mandatory military training, while 30 abstained and 11 voted against. According to Croatian public broadcaster HRT, army service will
After a week of conflict along their borders, Pakistan and Afghanistan reached a ceasefire agreement on Sunday following a meeting in Doha. Qatar’s foreign ministry mediated the talks, and it released a statement saying Islamabad and Kabul both “agreed to an immediate ceasefire and the establishment of mechanisms to consolidate
On October 24, 2025, the United States government announced its 10th deadly boat strike as part of an ongoing military campaign targeting suspected drug-trafficking operations in the Caribbean and surrounding waters. The campaign, which began on September 2, now has a known death toll of at least 43 people. The
In Western Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces (R.S.F.) have seized the army’s headquarters in El Fasher. According to the New York Times, the R.S.F. said it seized the Sixth Division Headquarters of the Sudanese Army in El Fasher, which is the group’s last major barrier to controlling the western region
Tensions between the United States and Venezuela are at an all-time high following the Trump administration’s decision to escalate its war on so-called ‘narco-terrorists’. The administration has now ordered at least 10 strikes on Venezuelan vessels in the past two months, killing 43 Venezuelans. Additionally, the Pentagon recently announced that
On the Oct. 23, representatives of rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah met in Cairo, under the mediation of Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, to discuss the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. The initial stage saw Hamas release the remaining live hostages, and Israeli forces withdraw to the Yellow
