Russia Threatens Sustained Strikes on Kyiv, Orders Diplomats and Foreign Nationals to Evacuate Russia warned foreign nationals and diplomatic personnel to leave Kyiv on Monday, threatening systematic strikes on the Ukrainian capital targeting what it described as military decision-making centres…
Forced Into Marriage, Barred From School: Afghan Girls Face a Future Defined by Taliban’s Education Ban A 19-year-old Afghan woman named Alia — her identity protected for her safety — boarded a taxi last year and travelled hundreds of miles…
Trump Orders 5,000 Additional U.S. Troops to Poland President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the United States will deploy an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, citing the election of Polish President Karol Nawrocki and his personal relationship with the new…
Treasury Department Reverses Course on Francesca Albanese Designation The United States has lifted sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, one week after a federal judge ruled the measures unconstitutionally restricted her freedom of…
Federal Government Permanently Shields President, Family and Companies From Tax Probes The United States Department of Justice has formally agreed to permanently bar the Internal Revenue Service from investigating Donald Trump, his family members and his affiliated companies over unpaid…
WHO Declares Global Health Emergency as Ebola Spreads in Eastern Congo The World Health Organisation has declared a global health emergency over a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the virus claims dozens of lives and…
Mass Protests Erupt Across Argentina Over Milei’s University Budget Cuts Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets across the country’s major cities on 13 May 2026, demanding that President Javier Milei comply with existing university funding legislation and…
Trump Defends Iran War Plan Amid Deadlocked Talks and Fragile Truce President Donald Trump on Monday declared his administration’s military campaign against Iran an act of “military genius,” while simultaneously warning that the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran is now…
EU Imposes New Sanctions Over Forced Deportation of Ukrainian Children The European Union has sanctioned 16 Russian individuals and seven entities for the systematic and unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children, the EU Council announced on Monday — expanding a sanctions…
Protest Erupts in Mogadishu Over Government-Ordered Demolitions as Security Forces Allegedly Kill One Demonstrators took to the streets across Mogadishu on 11 May 2026, rallying in support of families displaced by a government-led campaign of home demolitions that has uprooted…