Sri Lanka enlisted its armed forces to fight the country’s worst dengue outbreak in nearly a decade, turning the same air force drones once reserved for surveillance and inspection towards a domestic target: standing rooftop water where mosquitoes breed. As infections climbed past 77,000 and the death toll reached 56
All 166 churchgoers who were kidnapped during coordinated attacks on two churches in northern Nigeria in January have now been freed, according to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), ending weeks of fear and uncertainty surrounding one of the deadliest incidents in the region in recent years. Gunmen reportedly stormed
The fatal shooting of Renee Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis has ignited nationwide protests and intensified scrutiny of federal law enforcement’s use of force, particularly in immigration operations. As tens of thousands rallied in Minnesota over the weekend, the incident has become a
Saudi Arabia has made its position clear ahead of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Washington: normalization with Israel will not move forward without a credible, time-bound plan for a Palestinian state. Despite renewed pressure from the United States to expand the 2020 Abraham Accords, Saudi Arabia is unwilling
China has vowed not to back down from U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed threat to impose 100% tariffs on Chinese imports, urging Washington to resolve disputes through peaceful dialogue rather than escalation. In its first official response, China’s Commerce Ministry stated, “We do not want a tariff war, but we
Georgia’s fragile democracy is facing one of its gravest tests in years after Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze accused protesters of attempting to overthrow his government and the European Union of meddling in the country’s internal affairs. The allegations came after riot police used pepper spray and water cannons on Saturday
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.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has declared that he is open to dialogue with Washington if the United States drops its demand for denuclearisation, which he previously stated he would never accept. During a recent speech at the Supreme People’s Assembly, Kim insisted that his country’s nuclear arsenal is essential
South Sudan’s fragile peace and precarious stability are under renewed threat after the government formally charged its First Vice President, Riek Machar, with treason, murder, and crimes against humanity. Linked to a March assault by the White Army militia on a military base in Nasir—which killed more than 250 soldiers
On September 7th, China’s military announced it had shadowed and warned two allied warships – Canada’s HMCS Ville de Quebec and Australia’s HMAS Brisbane – as they transited the Taiwan Strait. Beijing condemned the move as “trouble-making and provocation,” arguing it sent dangerous signals at a time of heightened regional
President Donald Trump’s envoys are facing mounting international backlash as several allies summon U.S. diplomats over controversial statements and actions that threaten to strain key partnerships. In Denmark, officials summoned the top U.S. diplomat after reports surfaced that Americans linked to Trump had been conducting covert influence operations in Greenland.
Anti-migrant protests flared again across Britain this past week, as demonstrators massed outside hotels sheltering asylum seekers in cities including Bristol, Epping, and Birmingham. These rallies come amid weeks of mounting tension, intensified by a high-profile case in Epping in which a hotel resident was charged with sexual assault. Clashes
The arrest of a French embassy employee in Mali has triggered a fresh diplomatic crisis between Paris and Bamako, underscoring the rapid deterioration of relations between the West African nation and its former colonial power. Yann Vezilier, a French national working at the French embassy in Bamako, was detained on
A human rights lawyer in Eswatini says he has been denied access to five foreign nationals deported by the United States under a controversial third-country agreement, raising legal and ethical alarms about the Trump administration’s latest immigration enforcement strategy. The five men, originally from Cuba, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen, and Vietnam,
A diplomatic cable recently leaked to Reuters has revealed that U.S. diplomats asked whether non-white South Africans could qualify for a refugee program established under President Donald Trump, which was explicitly for white Afrikaners. The exchange between the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria and the State Department in Washington has sparked
Venezuela has launched a formal investigation into El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, Justice Minister Gustavo Villatoro, and Head of Prisons Osiris Luna Meza, accusing them of allowing the torture and abuse of over 200 Venezuelan detainees held in the country’s notorious C.E.C.O.T. mega-prison. Deported under the rarely used 1798 Alien
