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MEA condemned the attacks on the commercial vessels MT Al Bahiyah and MT Mombasa, which had a total of 30 Indian seafarers onboard, and reiterated its call for an immediate cessation of violence and a return to dialogue and diplomacy to bring stability to West Asia.
Infections of the Bundibugyo species of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reached record highs and a majority of new cases are coming from “unknown chains of transmission”, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday.
US-Iran War Live Updates: The flare-up is the latest to undermine an interim agreement between Washington and Tehran aimed at ending their war, which has caused global economic shockwaves since it began in late February. Global Crude Oil Prices Reach Highest In A Month As Middle East Conflict Reignites.
It’s called Section 219. Tucked away in the massive congressional spending bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, this provision of the law would effectively require our nation to permanently entangle the American military with the Israeli military. Among other things, the United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative would require the US to share intellige.
Over the past two decades, China’s rise as the world’s largest bilateral creditor has profoundly altered the global development finance landscape. Yet international scholarship on Chinese sovereign lending. especially to Africa. remains trapped in a binary: Western-centric “debt-trap diplomacy” narratives versus Beijing’s “South-South cooperative altruism” rhetoric. Understanding this requires m.
US President Donald Trump’s whimsical and profoundly ill-advised war against Iran has shredded the US reputation for probity. Trump committed a huge strategic blunder. The global consensus views the current crisis as an artificial emergency, and US allies are now suffering for Trump’s mistakes, both economically and potentially militarily, for example by the unilateral redeployment The post So.
The Iranian foreign minister on Monday mocked President Donald Trump’s announcement that he was renewing the US blockade of Iran and that he expected a 20% fee from commercial vessels for “guarding” the key waterway. “POTUS is absolutely right,” the minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, wrote on social media. “Whoever provides secure and safe passage of commercial vessels through the Strait The post.
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is calling for greater humanitarian access to Gaza, warning that restrictions on aid deliveries, ongoing violence and funding shortages are severely limiting its ability to reach people in need.
As both Washington and Tehran claim to control the critical commercial shipping route through the narrow Strait of Hormuz, UN agencies on Monday are calling for de-escalation amid the recent spike in strikes in the region related to the US-Iran war.
Renewed strikes and counterstrikes occurred between Iran and the United States in the Gulf region. The UN chief urged Iran and the US to resume negotiations. The US denied Tehran's claim that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. Fears of a return to all-out war have increased. Renewed strikes and counterstrikes between Iran and the United States in the Gulf region have raised fears of a return to all‑out war, with Washington denying Tehran’s claim that it had closed the crucial Strait of Hormuz on Sunday.
Mayyada, a 24-year-old pregnant with twins, is settling into a temporary home in Gaza with her family. She is also caring for her two-year-old daughter. Displacement had previously disrupted their daily life in war-ravaged Gaza. Mayyada's family is now getting back on their feet in their new temporary home. Displacement has drastically reshaped every aspect of daily life in war-ravaged Gaza for 24-year-old Mayyada, who is seven months pregnant with twins and caring for her two-year-old daughter, but now she and her family are getting settled into a temporary home of their own.
Gaza teams search for remains under rubble after Israeli airstrikes destroyed thousands of buildings. After thousands of buildings were destroyed in the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war, local teams and civil defense personnel continue the arduous and delicate mission to remove rubble and search for the remains of missing persons believed to still be buried under the debris of homes destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.
scans conflicts and crises around the globe every week and features some of the hotspots Crisis Group’s analysts are closely watching. Whether an under-reported trend or a headline-grabbing development, our field experts explain why it matters or what should be done.
The Somali government’s battle with Al-Shabaab militants grinds on, with neither able to gain a decisive advantage. To improve its lot, Mogadishu needs to bolster its military and alleviate civilian suffering in areas under insurgent control, while looking for openings for dialogue with the group.
Bar owner in Thailand offers ‘deepest apologies for this tragic incident’ as police investigate whether exits were either blocked or hard to accessThe Bangkok pub that has become the scene of the city’s deadliest blaze in 17 years has said it will cooperate with an investigation into alleged negligence, as the death toll rose to 30. Death toll reaches 30 as police investigate negligence as ‘primary theory’.
After completing 100 days in office, the Balendra Shah administration now finds itself confronting many of the same questions that dogged its predecessor before last year’s Gen Z protests, which ultimately swept Mr. Shah to power.
JAKARTA – The annual Indonesia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat, held at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on July 6, was more than a routine diplomatic exercise. With Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong presiding, the summit marked the full consolidation of a new generation of leadership in both nations. Flanked by key Cabinet members, The post Indonesia-Singa.
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) urged international lenders to expand debt-for-education swaps, warning in a Friday report that many developing countries are spending more on debt servicing than on schooling their children.
The Fontainebleau blaze is contributing to what will likely be a historic year for fires in France, with 32,000 hectares burned already this year, more than the total in 2025, says Interior Minister Laurent Nunez.
The Ukrainian military is steadily replacing dangerous frontline tasks with ground robots. In April, President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered the military to field at least 50,000 unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in 2026, calling them “the next big step” in saving soldiers’ lives. Ihor Shmyryov, head of the UGV department at Ukraine’s defense innovation platform Brave1, expects Ukraine to The post.
Zelenskyy gave no explanation for the unexpected shuffle of his Cabinet. But the popularity of Ukraine’s one-and-only wartime president is slipping, as war-weary voters tire of political scandals, as well as the unrelenting Russian invasion.
High temperatures and below average rainfall puts pressure on waterways used to cool reactorsAbove average temperatures combined with below average rainfall across much of western and central Europe during June and the first half of July have placed increasing pressure on rivers, ecosystems and energy infrastructure. Persistent high pressure brought prolonged sunshine, suppressed rainfall and enha.
US Senator Lindsey Graham died at 71 after a brief illness. US Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the Republican Party's most influential voices on foreign policy and among Ukraine's strongest supporters in Washington, died on July 11 after what his office described as a "brief and sudden illness." He was 71.
In a world of “parallel realities” where stark inequalities seemingly divide people and challenge the promise of multilateralism, the vision of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to bring people together and help them achieve a better reality.
Scientists worry that current eradication efforts won’t be able to contain parasitic infestation pushing into USWhen conservationists set up cameras in remote regions of Central American forests, they wanted to monitor illegal cattle movement, which can lead to deforestation. But in recent months, they discovered another alarming development: wildlife rapidly infected with the new world screwworm.
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