Cambodia began a United Nations mediation process to resolve its maritime dispute with Thailand. This followed Thailand's cancellation last month of a 2001 bilateral agreement. That agreement covered overlapping maritime claims and energy exploration. The move by Cambodia to begin the mediation process under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, followed Thailand’s cancellation last month of a 2001 bilateral agreement on overlapping maritime claims and energy exploration.
Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi rejected claims of "new militarism." He stated Japan values its reputation as a peace-loving nation. This comes as China expands its military capabilities without sufficient transparency. Shinjiro Koizumi says Japan valued as a ‘peace-loving’ nation while China expands military capabilities ‘without sufficient transparency’Japan’s defence minister took a veiled swipe at China on Sunday, pledging to keep strengthening the military despite Beijing’s criticism of Tokyo’s increasingly muscular security stance. Under the prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, Japan has quickened its pivot to a.
Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles declared the seabed a battlefield. He urged Beijing to be more transparent about maritime operations. Australia will purchase only secondhand Aukus submarines from the United States. Minister at Singapore defence summit also reveals Australia to buy only secondhand Aukus submarines from USFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe defence minister, Richard Marles, has said the “seabed is a battlefield” in a combative speech urging Beijing to be more transparent about its maritime operations, and taking a.
United Nations and American intelligence reports indicate Yemen’s Houthi insurgents and Somalia In a region crucial to global trade, ideological rivals may now be working together. United Nations and American intelligence reports suggest that Yemen’s Houthi insurgents and the Somali group Al-Shabaab. considered Al-Qaeda’s strongest affiliate. are exchanging logistical and military resources, despite having no formal alliance. These reported exchanges involve military technology, potentiall.
President Donald Trump claimed Israeli forces headed toward Beirut turned back. Shortly after reporting emerged Monday that Iran was suspending talks with the United States over Israel’s ramped up assault on Lebanon, President Donald Trump claimed that Israeli forces headed toward Beirut have “turned back” and that Hezbollah has agreed that “all shooting will stop” following separate phone calls with representatives from the two warring sides.
Iran executed two more men linked to the January protests. Two more men have been executed in Iran in connection with the January protests with human rights groups condemning growing repression in the country. An Iranian man was also sentenced to 10 years in prison for simply shooting video of protests that first erupted in December 2025.
The UN Security Council convened an emergency meeting on Monday at France's request. This followed escalating violence between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel has warned of strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. The meeting also addressed confusion surrounding US-Iran peace talks. These talks are reportedly linked to faltering ceasefires in the region. The Security Council meets late on Monday at France’s request, as concern grows over escalating violence in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah amid warnings of Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, and confusion over the status of US-Iran peace talks linked to the faltering ceasefires.
Libyan deserts are a source of weapons that continue to circulate years after conflicts end. These firearms cross borders and fuel crime. Ghost guns and 3D-printed firearms present new challenges. Sophisticated trafficking networks are also emerging. Years after conflicts fade from the headlines, the weapons used to fight them often continue to circulate – crossing borders, fuelling crime and undermining an often-fragile peace.
Ghana's parliament approved a bill criminalizing the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities and Community groups say some fear they could lose homes, jobs and access to healthcare if the new law is ratified by President John Dramani MahamaGhana’s LGBTQ community is living in fear after the country’s parliament approved a sweeping bill that criminalises the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities and identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, rights groups have warned. The legislation.
Geopolitical strategist Tina Fordham stated in an RFE/RL interview that an expected Tina Fordham, founder of Fordham Global Foresight and a geopolitical strategist, speaks in an RFE/RL interview about the state of Iran negotiations, the market's assessment of the talks, and the broader geopolitical consequences of the standoff.
Wildfires in 2025 primarily impacted wealthier regions including California, Canada, Europe, and South Korea. These blazes caused significant loss of life, homes, and livelihoods. Despite these severe localized events, the total global area affected by wildfires decreased. Changes in agricultural practices in parts of Africa contributed to this reduction in overall burned land. ‘Megafires’ in California, Canada, South Korea and Europe in 2025, but changes to farming slowed spread in parts of Africa“Devastating” wildfires ripped across the wealthier parts of the world in 2025, a study has found, even as globally, the area ravaged by flames fell. Catastrophic blazes claimed lives, homes and jobs last year in California, Canada, Europe and South Korea.
The World Health Organization called for community cooperation to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus makes appeal after protests against protocols for handling bodies in Ituri province Containing the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo requires community cooperation and is “everybody’s business”, the World Health Organization has said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the organisation’s director general, made the plea on Sunday during a visit to eastern Congo w.
The World Health Organization will support the Democratic Republic of Congo through its current Ebola outbreak. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that community trust is crucial for containment. Health teams are working to control the outbreak. It has spread across several provinces and into Uganda. Community trust will be decisive in bringing the rapidly evolving Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo under control, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday, as health teams race to contain the emergency that has spread across multiple provinces and into neighbouring Uganda.
A former professional player organises football matches in Gaza. Matches organised by a former professional player are providing a brief respite from the harsh reality of life for the thousands living in overcrowded tents, schools or damaged buildings in the shattered Occupied Palestinian Territory of Gaza.
The United Nations reported nearly 10,000 cases of conflict-related sexual violence worldwide in 2025. This figure more than doubled from the previous year. Rape, sexual slavery, and abduction were used as weapons across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Caribbean. Nearly 10,000 cases of conflict-related sexual violence were recorded worldwide last year – more than double the previous year's figure – as rape, sexual slavery and abduction were deployed as weapons of war across Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Caribbean.
Japan halted MBK Partners' acquisition of Makino Milling Machine on national security grounds. The British government signaled discomfort with Bharti Enterprises' plan to increase its stake in British Telecom. Dutch authorities blocked the takeover of chip equipment maker ASM International by a Chinese-backed firm. These actions indicate a growing trend of governments intervening in foreign investment deals. National security concerns are increasingly influencing market logic.
Abelardo de la Espriella, a far-right lawyer, secured Success of far-right presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, suggests some voters are ‘fed up with politics’The far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and the leftwing senator Iván Cepeda have just under three weeks to compete for the roughly 3.6m votes that did not go to either of them in the first round of Colombia’s presidential election. That is no insignificant number, given that.
Abelardo de la Espriella won the first round of Colombia’s presidential election. The far-right lawyer and Donald Trump admirer secured 43 percent of the vote. He will face leftwing senator Iván Cepeda in a runoff election in three weeks. De la Espriella’s rise in the polls was rapid. Lawyer and Trump admirer has risen rapidly in the polls and will face Iván Cepeda in election runoff in three weeksA far-right lawyer and Donald Trump admirer will go head-to-head against leftwing senator Iván Cepeda in the race to be Colombia’s next president after he won a surprise victory in the first round of voting.
Three hundred Ukrainian drone operators competed in the Wild Drones event in the Lviv region. This competition offered a break from front-line combat. Participants earned bragging rights and provided feedback to defense firms on technology used in the war with Russia. Some 300 Ukrainian drone operators recently took a break from combat to compete in an event called Wild Drones.
Nvidia built the chips for artificial intelligence. Investors have spent the last three years asking who will build artificial intelligence (AI). Nvidia built the chips, Microsoft built the platforms, Amazon, Google and Meta built the infrastructure. Investors rewarded them accordingly, creating trillions of dollars in market value along the way. This phase of the AI revolution is well understood; the next phase The post Markets are misreading.
The UN human rights office warned against banning children from social media. Blocking children from social media is no substitute for making platforms safe in the first place, the UN human rights office warned Friday, as it issued a 10-point framework urging governments and tech companies to go further and faster to protect children online.
Cuba faces dire conditions including widespread power cuts, fuel shortages, and empty state-run stores. Rubbish accumulates on street corners. Few foreign visitors are present. The United States will confront the outcomes of its policies if the situation deteriorates further. It's only a couple of months or so since I was last in Cuba, and conditions then were pretty dire: power cuts, large queues for bread and fuel, state-run grocery stores virtually empty, mounting piles of rubbish on street corners, and few foreign visitors.
Colombians cast ballots in the first round of the nation's presidential election on Ballots are being cast in the first round of the South American nation’s presidential electionsColombians are casting ballots in the first round of the South American nation’s presidential election, choosing between candidates with radically diverging visions for the future of peace in a country haunted by decades of armed conflict. The vote on Sunday, seen as a referendum on outgoing President Gus.
