World politics

World politics

Arnold Kiel Loughman, attorney general of Vanuatu, stated, "The stakes could not be higher. The survival of my people and so many others is on the line."

The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to unravel Syria's already fragile postwar transition.

Jamaat-e-Islami placed a seven-point demand on the interim government headed by Muhammad Yunus to ensure a free, fair and peaceful election, justice for all mass killings, essential reforms, and a charter for last year's mass uprising.

Denys Shmyhal submitted his resignation as Ukraine's prime minister amid a government reshuffle, with Yulia Svyrydenko set to replace him. Zelenskyy aims to improve domestic weapons production and bolster social welfare.

Israeli air strikes in Bekaa Valley killed at least 12 people, including five Hezbollah fighters, amidst ongoing tensions and warnings against Hezbollah's re-establishment.

The largest-ever war fighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, is underway, attracting the attention of Chinese spy ships. This year, more than 35,000 military personnel from 19 nations will participate over three weeks.

After over four decades of waging an armed anti-capitalist struggle for Kurdish self-determination against Turkey's government, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has declared an end to the conflict and initiated a disarmament process.

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks in the United Arab Emirates after nearly four decades of conflict, confirming a draft peace deal from March.

"Everything in Iran in the past four or five years has really been about succession," he says. Khamenei has periodically handed names of potential successors to the so-called Assembly of Experts, a group of roughly 80 clerics."

The country's transitional parliament approved the move on Thursday, clearing the way for Goita to lead Mali until at least 2030, without requiring an election.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X: "Absolutely horrible and sleepless night in Kyiv. One of the worst so far. Hundreds of Russian drones and ballistic missiles rained down on the Ukrainian capital. Right after Putin spoke with President Trump. And he does it on purpose."