A fracturing of the established international order occurred in Davos two weeks ago as United States President Donald Trump formally launched the Board of Peace, a controversial new organisation that he claims might replace the United Nations. On 22 January 2026, Trump signed the founding charter alongside leaders from 19
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
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit Budapest, Hungary, in the very near future to meet his United States counterpart, Donald Trump, for a second summit intended to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. Putin faces significant legal and logistical obstacles regarding how he will travel from
On Friday, October 10th, 2025, the Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Machado was recognised for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the Venezuelan people. The Nobel Committee described her as “one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin
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
On Friday, September 19th, three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets violated the airspace of N.A.T.O. member Estonia over the Gulf of Finland, remaining in Estonian territory for a total of 12 minutes. This incident, which occurred on Vaindloo Island as the jets flew from northwest Russia toward the Kaliningrad region, was
On 9 September 2025, Israeli Armed Forces attacked Doha, the capital of Qatar, targeting Hamas leaders. The strike led to six victims, though the Hamas group maintains that its negotiating team survived. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the attack as “fully justified” and described it as a “surgical, precision
Last Wednesday, 13 August 2025, the United Nations Security Council (U.N.S.C.) condemned the decision of Sudan’s paramilitary group, the R.S.F., to declare a parallel government in opposition to the internationally recognized Transitional Sovereignty Council, warning that it could risk worsening the ongoing conflict. The rival government, known as the Transitional
On Friday, 8th August 2025, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with President Trump at the White House to sign a seven-point joint declaration and to initiate the Agreement on Peace and Establishment of Interstate Relations. The agreements consist of a peace deal draft, expressing
On July 9, 2025, Russia carried out its largest drone strike on Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, 728 drones and 13 missiles were launched—surpassing the previous record of 539 drones set just five days earlier. This marks a clear
