At NATO’s Ankara Summit on July 8, 2026, the alliance agreed to transform its Baltic Air Policing Mission of 22 years into a full air defense mission. This is the largest change the mission has seen since its start in 2004. President Gitanas Nausèda of Lithuania announced this change after
European foreign ministers are set to discuss proposals for trade sanctions against illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank at a meeting in Brussels on Monday, July 13th. The discussions are based on a confidential policy paper circulated by the European Commission that floats three policy options: an import licensing
The most recent Sudanese civil war began in April of 2023, and since then gender-based violence affecting women and girls has been on the rise, marking itself as a critical issue. According to U.N. Women, “… the number of women and girls requiring support after experiencing gender-based violence nearly doubl[ed]
