Geopolitics, diplomacy, and trade — with context, not slogans.
The US-Iran war is nearing its eighth month, with Trump threatening a new round of strikes under the ‘Epic Fury’ codename and floating a diplomatic off-ramp, while Iran warns any attack will draw a response several times greater.
More than 2,000 Palestinians have been displaced after two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers, with Netanyahu cancelling campaign events ahead of October 27 elections.
The restrictions severed drone links above 100 mph and sit inside a broader Trump-Zelensky dispute over strikes on Russian oil infrastructure.
What began as high school blockades over crumbling buildings has swollen into a national crisis converging with a budget fight and a looming presidential race, leaving markets pricing political dysfunction at the same moment authorities are banning demonstrations in city centres across France.
Ukrainian officials say restrictions remain despite Trump’s claims, disrupting drone operations and exposing a dependency with no near-term replacement.
Two attackers opened fire during a funeral at the Hamoud church in Karak governorate on Friday, wounding 28 and fleeing before security forces arrived.
Rescue teams battle rockfall, aftershocks, and incoming snow to reach a high-altitude area where 339 homes have collapsed and more than 12,400 people have been displaced.
The quake struck Thursday night in Baqên County, collapsing at least 339 homes and displacing more than 12,400 people as rescue teams contend with rockfalls, snow, and thin air at 4,800 metres.
A reported phone call between Trump and Musk lifted restrictions on Ukraine’s satellite network, though Kyiv says full speed has not returned and lawmakers want to know who ordered the slowdown.
The evacuation order and the military planning are twin signals of a confrontation that is widening on the ground and being calibrated to the political calendars in both Washington and Jerusalem.
The 65-year-old independent lawmaker was struck outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, with the suspect appearing in court amid a surge in threats against the country’s politicians.
Roughly 76% of voters chose to remain, handing Prime Minister Mark Carney a unity victory while separatists vowed to press on.
The Oslo meeting opens against the widest rupture yet between Kyiv and Washington, with Trump waiving sanctions, withholding warnings, and saying someone else should negotiate for Ukraine.
What began as student protests over school conditions has spiraled into nationwide unrest across France, drawing 550,000 demonstrators and becoming a political weapon for Trump and Republican allies ahead of the midterms.
A former taxi driver who told followers starvation was the path to heaven has been convicted in Mombasa after more than 400 bodies were recovered from shallow graves in Shakahola forest.
Mackenzie and dozens of associates were convicted of murder after he ordered followers to starve themselves and their children to meet Jesus in the Shakahola forest.
The weekend’s violence, with 550,000 demonstrators and 2,400 arrests across multiple cities, has exposed a crisis of governance six months before a presidential election, with markets selling off French debt and opposition leaders circling.
President Emmanuel Macron vowed an uncompromising response after protests over living costs and public services exploded into nationwide rioting and looting, leaving 2,400 arrested and nearly 1,000 police injured on a day that drew 550,000 demonstrators.
The president promised increased security after Saturday’s violence left nearly 2,400 arrested and about 1,000 police injured, drawing criticism from both left and right before next year’s election.
Prime Minister Mark Carney called the blaze one of the worst peacetime tragedies for the forces on Canadian soil, as hospitals across Alberta struggled to cope with dozens of seriously injured service members.
A French mayor was beaten near Taybeh a day after settlers left a Washington Post photographer with broken ribs, drawing condemnation from the EU, the US, and the IDF.
Around 1,800 were arrested and hundreds injured after 550,000 demonstrated nationwide, with looting and arson across Paris and at least a dozen other cities.
The overnight attack, the largest on the region in four years, hit oil terminals, an Ozon logistics hub, and a VK data centre as Zelenskyy declared the Trump-brokered truce dead.
Some 550,000 demonstrators marched on Saturday, but the day ended with around 1,200 to 1,800 arrests, 150 injured officers, and looted, burned businesses across multiple cities.
