IMF & World Bank Move To Restore Broken Venezuela Ties
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have resumed formal dealings with Venezuela, marking a significant shift in the country’s relationship with global financial institutions after more than six years of suspension. The two Washington-based lenders said they would now engage with Venezuela under the administration of interim President Delcy Rodriguez, following a […]
Fifth Term Begins For Congo’s Veteran Leader Nguesso
Denis Sassou Nguesso has secured another term in office, extending a grip on power that has spanned more than four decades, after provisional results gave him an overwhelming victory in the country’s latest presidential vote. Interior Minister Raymond Zephirin Mboulou said the incumbent won 94.82 percent of ballots cast in Sunday’s election, according to figures […]
Nigeria, 116 Others Left Without US Ambassadors — Report
The United States has no Senate-confirmed ambassador in Nigeria or 116 other countries, according to official records published by the State Department this month — a diplomatic vacuum spanning every inhabited continent that has left American representation at the highest level absent from some of the world’s most consequential relationships. The document, titled “Ambassadorial Assignments […]
Fuel Crunch Looms As Grounding Threat Grows For Airlines
A prolonged shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz is raising the prospect that airlines could soon face fuel shortages severe enough to disrupt flight schedules, particularly across Asia and Europe, where reliance on Gulf energy supplies remains high. The risk is no longer theoretical. As oil shipments through the narrow passage remain largely halted following […]
Trump Brokers 1st Lebanon-Israel Leader Contact In Decades
U.S. President Donald Trump said talks between Israel and Lebanon would begin on Thursday, signalling a potential diplomatic opening after months of escalating violence, though key details about the negotiations remain unclear. The announcement, made in a late-night social media post, offered little on who would participate or where the discussions would be held. Trump […]
Political Cycles Fuel Insecurity Spikes — Musa Says
Nigeria’s defence chief has warned that surges in violence often coincide with the country’s political cycle, suggesting that election seasons can amplify insecurity as competing interests seek to shape public perception. In an interview aired Tuesday, Christopher Musa said recent patterns indicate that attacks tend to rise when political activity intensifies, pointing to what he […]
S. Africa Picks Ex-Apartheid Negotiator For US Envoy Role
South Africa has selected veteran constitutional negotiator Roelf Meyer as its next ambassador to the United States, a move widely viewed as an attempt to steady strained ties between the two countries. The nomination, reported by the South African Broadcasting Corporation, comes after months without formal diplomatic representation in Washington, leaving a key channel between […]
NYC Protest Over Israel Arms Sales Leads To Mass Arrests
Ninety people were arrested on the streets of midtown Manhattan on Monday, including Chelsea Manning, as antiwar demonstrators converged on the offices of two Democratic senators to demand that Washington stop arming Israel and end its military partnership with a government whose wars are now running simultaneously across three fronts. The arrests came during protests […]
AU Ineffective, Needs Radical Fix — Kenya President
Kenya’s President William Ruto declared the African Union unfit for purpose on Saturday, delivering his most direct public assessment yet of the continental body’s shortcomings as he outlined a reform mandate his fellow heads of state have assigned to him. Ruto made the remarks at the Mashariki Cooperation Conference in Mombasa, addressing intelligence chiefs gathered […]
US Moves To Blockade Iran After Negotiation Breakdown
Peace talks between the United States and Iran collapsed in Islamabad over the weekend, oil prices surged on Monday as Trump threatened a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, and the American president added Pope Leo XIV to his list of public adversaries — capping a day that moved the war several steps further […]
Hungarians Cast Ballots In High-Stakes Vote Watched Globally
Hungarians voted Sunday in an election that carries implications far beyond their country’s borders, as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faced the most serious challenge to his 16-year grip on power from Péter Magyar, a former Fidesz insider turned opposition leader whose Tisza party has been leading in independent polls. Polling stations opened at 6 a.m. […]
Stampede At Haiti’s Laferriere Citadel Leaves 30 Dead
Thirty people died at the foot of a monument to Haitian freedom on Saturday, killed not by the gang violence that has consumed their country for years but by a crowd, a narrow entrance and the arrival of rain. The stampede struck during an Easter gathering at the Laferrière Citadel in Milot, in Haiti’s northern […]