LATIN AMERICA
EUROPE
Poland’s Presidential Runoff Set to Shape Nation’s Future
As Poland heads into the decisive second round of its 2025 presidential election on June 1, the outcome is poised to have profound implications for the country’s political trajectory, reform agenda, and international standing. The race has narrowed to a fierce contest between Rafał Trzaskowski, representing the center-right Civic Platform of the ruling Civic Coalition, and Karol Nawrocki, an independent candidate with the strong backing of the conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS).
UK Universities Risk Training Torturers, Says Report
As protests over Gaza bring human rights into sharp focus on British campuses, a disturbing new investigation has exposed a deeper, ongoing issue: UK universities may be unknowingly enabling torture and repression abroad. According to Freedom from Torture, several prestigious institutions in Britain are offering postgraduate courses in security and counterterrorism to individuals affiliated with repressive foreign regimes — without conducting meaningful background checks.
Glacier Collapse Devastates Swiss Village of Blatten
In a chilling reminder of nature’s unpredictability, the Swiss alpine village of Blatten has suffered catastrophic damage after a massive portion of the Birch glacier detached and thundered into the valley below, burying large parts of the settlement under ice and debris.
While local authorities had preemptively evacuated the village days earlier over concerns about the glacier's instability, the disaster still claimed at least one missing person, and numerous homes have been completely destroyed.
ASIA PACIFIC
Tokyo-Houston Flight Diverted After Passenger Tries to Open Exit Doors
Tokyo-Houston Flight Diverted After Passenger Tries to Open Exit Doors
Tokyo-Houston Flight Diverted After Passenger Tries to Open Exit Doors
In a dramatic midair incident, All Nippon Airways (ANA) Flight 114 from Tokyo to Houston was diverted to Seattle after a passenger attempted to open two exit doors during the transpacific journey.
According to officials from the FBI and the Port of Seattle, the disruptive passenger was subdued by crew and fellow travelers aboard the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner....
Korean Air CEO Warns Tariffs May Cost Up to $100M in 2025
Tokyo-Houston Flight Diverted After Passenger Tries to Open Exit Doors
Tokyo-Houston Flight Diverted After Passenger Tries to Open Exit Doors
Korean Air, one of Asia’s leading global carriers, is facing turbulent skies as the ongoing U.S.-China trade war begins to dent international travel demand. CEO Walter Cho recently voiced his concerns during an interview with CNN, highlighting the potential financial toll that President Donald Trump’s tariff policies could take on the airline’s trans-Pacific and European operations....
Afghan Village Still Suffers After U.S. 'Mother of All Bombs'
Asian Families Rethink U.S. Education Amid Trump Visa Clampdown
Asian Families Rethink U.S. Education Amid Trump Visa Clampdown
In 2017, the United States deployed the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast—infamously known as the “mother of all bombs” (MOAB)—on a remote area in Afghanistan’s Achin district, claiming it targeted ISIS hideouts. At 10,000 kilograms, it was the most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat. Eight years later, a rare visit by Al Jazeera has revealed that the scars from that strike are still raw.
Asian Families Rethink U.S. Education Amid Trump Visa Clampdown
Asian Families Rethink U.S. Education Amid Trump Visa Clampdown
Asian Families Rethink U.S. Education Amid Trump Visa Clampdown
For decades, securing a seat at a prestigious American university — especially in the Ivy League — has been an aspiration rooted deep in the Asian Dream. From Seoul to Singapore, Mumbai to Manila, an American degree has symbolized social status, career opportunity, and global success. But under President Donald Trump’s administration, that dream is starting to feel more like a gamble than a golden ticket.
RUSSIA
Trump Envoy: Russia’s NATO Fears Over Ukraine Are ‘Fair’
Trump Envoy: Russia’s NATO Fears Over Ukraine Are ‘Fair’
Trump Envoy: Russia’s NATO Fears Over Ukraine Are ‘Fair’
In a candid statement during an interview with ABC News, Keith Kellogg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, said that Russia’s concerns over NATO’s eastward expansion—...
Explosions Hit Russian Navy Drill Site Near Vladivostok
Trump Envoy: Russia’s NATO Fears Over Ukraine Are ‘Fair’
Trump Envoy: Russia’s NATO Fears Over Ukraine Are ‘Fair’
Tensions momentarily surged in Russia’s Far East after two powerful explosions rocked Desantnaya Bay, a site used for Russian Navy exercises, early Friday morning. The incident occurred ...
Russia Accuses Serbia of Secretly Arming Ukraine
Trump Envoy: Russia’s NATO Fears Over Ukraine Are ‘Fair’
Russia Accuses Serbia of Secretly Arming Ukraine
Tensions between two historically allied nations have escalated as Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) issued a scathing statement on Thursday, accusing Serbia’s defense industry ...
CHINA MAINLAND
Trump Claims Trade Win With China Amid Risky Global Power Plays
Why Apple Won’t Bring iPhone Manufacturing to the U.S. Anytime Soon
Why Apple Won’t Bring iPhone Manufacturing to the U.S. Anytime Soon
President Donald Trump has scored what his administration calls a major diplomatic win: a breakthrough in trade talks with China. As he kicks off his first major foreign trip of his second term, the interim deal — which temporarily reduces steep tariffs ..
Why Apple Won’t Bring iPhone Manufacturing to the U.S. Anytime Soon
Why Apple Won’t Bring iPhone Manufacturing to the U.S. Anytime Soon
Why Apple Won’t Bring iPhone Manufacturing to the U.S. Anytime Soon
Apple’s reluctance to manufacture iPhones in the United States has come under renewed scrutiny after former President Donald Trump publicly demanded that Apple CEO Tim Cook move production stateside. Threatening a 25% tariff on iPhones...
Beijing Eyes Long-Term Leverage After Tariff Truce With U.S.
Why Apple Won’t Bring iPhone Manufacturing to the U.S. Anytime Soon
Beijing Eyes Long-Term Leverage After Tariff Truce With U.S.
A recent truce in the escalating trade war between the United States and China has been framed by Beijing as a diplomatic win — but behind closed doors, Chinese officials are preparing for more turbulence. While pundits in China celebrated the 90....
Chinese Students Fear U.S. Visa Bans Under Trump Crackdown
China’s DeepSeek Upgrades AI Model, Rivals OpenAI in Coding Tasks
Beijing Eyes Long-Term Leverage After Tariff Truce With U.S.
For Kiwi Zhang, a promising computer science PhD student from China, the dream of earning an advanced degree in the United States has ended in disappointment and fear. Zhang’s U.S. visa was revoked last week at the border....
Nvidia Takes $4.5B Hit From U.S.-China Chip Export Ban
China’s DeepSeek Upgrades AI Model, Rivals OpenAI in Coding Tasks
China’s DeepSeek Upgrades AI Model, Rivals OpenAI in Coding Tasks
Nvidia, a dominant force in the global AI chip market, revealed in its Q1 earnings report that it missed out on $2.5 billion in potential sales due to new U.S. export restrictions targeting its H20 AI chips bound for China....
China’s DeepSeek Upgrades AI Model, Rivals OpenAI in Coding Tasks
China’s DeepSeek Upgrades AI Model, Rivals OpenAI in Coding Tasks
China’s DeepSeek Upgrades AI Model, Rivals OpenAI in Coding Tasks
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has quietly rolled out a new update to its R1 reasoning model, intensifying competition in the global AI race. The model, named R1-0528, was released on the developer platform Hugging Face in the early....
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Australia’s Gas Plant Plan Threatens Ancient Aboriginal Rock Art
On a remote peninsula in Western Australia lies a priceless cultural treasure — a sprawling gallery of ancient rock art etched into stone by the continent’s first inhabitants. These sacred engravings, numbering in the millions, date back tens of thousands of years and include what researchers believe to be the earliest known depictions of the human face.
Russia Jails Australian for Fighting with Ukraine Forces
An Australian citizen, Oscar Jenkins, has been sentenced to 13 years in a Russian maximum-security prison after being found guilty of fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, Russian prosecutors confirmed on Friday. The verdict was handed down by a court in Luhansk, a region in eastern Ukraine currently controlled by Russia.
19th-Century Dutch Shipwreck Unveils Gold Rush-Era Migration Practices
Marine archaeologists have uncovered the wreckage of the Koning Willem de Tweede, a 19th-century Dutch merchant ship that sank off the coast of Robe, South Australia, in June 1857. This significant find sheds light on the maritime practices and migration patterns during Australia's gold rush era. The Koning Willem de Tweede was an 800-ton, 140-foot vessel that had recently disembarked over 400 Chinese migrants in Robe, who were en route to the Victorian goldfields.
MIDDLE EAST
Gulf Nations and China Strengthen Ties with ASEAN at Landmark Summit
Gulf Nations and China Strengthen Ties with ASEAN at Landmark Summit
Gulf Nations and China Strengthen Ties with ASEAN at Landmark Summit
In a clear signal of shifting global dynamics, Gulf nations and China took center stage at a historic summit in Kuala Lumpur alongside Southeast Asian countries. During the inaugural trilateral meeting with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), leaders from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), China, and ASEAN pledged deeper cooperation and economic integration in response to rising global instability.
Israel Bombs Yemen’s Sanaa Airport After Houthi Projectile Launch
Gulf Nations and China Strengthen Ties with ASEAN at Landmark Summit
Gulf Nations and China Strengthen Ties with ASEAN at Landmark Summit
Tensions in the Middle East escalated sharply as Israel launched air strikes on Yemen’s main international airport in the capital, Sanaa. According to Houthi-aligned media outlet Al Masirah TV, four missiles hit the airport's runway and damaged a Yemenia Airways aircraft parked on the tarmac. The attack came just one day after Yemen’s Houthi rebels reportedly fired two projectiles toward Israeli territory, further intensifying regional conflict .
Far-Right Israelis Attack Palestinians During Jerusalem Day Parade
Gulf Nations and China Strengthen Ties with ASEAN at Landmark Summit
Far-Right Israelis Attack Palestinians During Jerusalem Day Parade
Tensions flared in Occupied East Jerusalem on Monday as far-right Israeli marchers chanted racist slogans and physically assaulted Palestinians during the annual Jerusalem Day parade, which marks Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Thousands of ultranationalist Israelis flooded into the Palestinian-majority areas of the Old City, particularly around Damascus Gate, waving flags and chanting “Death to Arabs,” “May your village burn”.
Macron Threatens Sanctions Over Gaza Aid Crisis
Blinded in a Terror Attack, Oran Almog Now Sees His Family's Killer Walk Free
Far-Right Israelis Attack Palestinians During Jerusalem Day Parade
French President Emmanuel Macron has issued a stark warning to Israel, stating that France may consider imposing sanctions if urgent steps are not taken to alleviate the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Macron made the remarks during an official visit to Singapore on Friday, emphasizing the global community's growing frustration with the prolonged blockade and humanitarian suffering in the Palestinian territory. Macron described the situation in Gaza as "unacceptable" and stressed that international inaction is no longer an option.
Blinded in a Terror Attack, Oran Almog Now Sees His Family's Killer Walk Free
Blinded in a Terror Attack, Oran Almog Now Sees His Family's Killer Walk Free
Blinded in a Terror Attack, Oran Almog Now Sees His Family's Killer Walk Free
The last thing Oran Almog saw before losing his sight forever was the shattered glass-covered bodies of his own family members—five of them, killed in a suicide bombing at a restaurant in Haifa.
A Palestinian bomber detonated an explosive belt, claiming the lives of Almog’s father, brother, grandparents, and cousin."I remember us sitting down, ordering something to eat. And the next thing I remember is myself lying on the ground," Almog recalled in an interview with CNNe attack on October 4, 2003, killed 21
Deported Afghans face deepening humanitarian crisis on return home
Blinded in a Terror Attack, Oran Almog Now Sees His Family's Killer Walk Free
Blinded in a Terror Attack, Oran Almog Now Sees His Family's Killer Walk Free
A deepening humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Afghanistan as neighbouring countries force tens of thousands of Afghans to return home.
More than 280,000 Afghans were deported or pressured to leave Pakistan and Iran in April alone. Many arrived destitute, desperately needing assistance to rebuild their lives. Their stories reveal the precarious futures they now face.
Ezatullah, 45, recently entered Afghanistan through the Torkham border with his wife and seven children.
AFRICA
Kenyan Church Raided Amid Cult Allegations, Secret Burials Uncovered
Opapo, Kenya – In the quiet rural heart of Migori County, a new chapter of religious horror is unfolding. What once appeared to be a humble place of worship—the Melkio St Joseph Missions of Messiah Church in Africa—is now under intense scrutiny following a police raid that uncovered secret burials and alleged cult-like practices. On April 21, Kenyan authorities stormed the church premises in Opapo village.
Ex-DRC President Kabila Visits M23-Held Goma Amid Treason Risk
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Former President Joseph Kabila has made a controversial return to the spotlight with a high-stakes visit to Goma, a strategic city in eastern DRC currently under the control of the M23 rebel group. The appearance comes just days after the DRC Senate voted to strip him of presidential immunity, opening the door for potential prosecution on charges of treason.
Kenyan Literary Icon Ngugi wa Thiong’o Dies at 87
Namibia Marks First Genocide Remembrance Day, Demands Reparations
Namibia Marks First Genocide Remembrance Day, Demands Reparations
The world of literature is mourning the loss of one of Africa's most revered writers and political dissidents. Ngugi wa Thiong’o, the celebrated Kenyan author known for his powerful critiques of both British colonialism and postcolonial governance in Kenya, has died at the age of 87, according to a statement by his family.
Namibia Marks First Genocide Remembrance Day, Demands Reparations
Namibia Marks First Genocide Remembrance Day, Demands Reparations
Namibia Marks First Genocide Remembrance Day, Demands Reparations
Namibia has observed its inaugural Genocide Remembrance Day, paying tribute to the tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people who were massacred by German colonial forces in the early 1900s—a dark chapter widely recognized as the first genocide of the 20th century.