Diplomacy, conflict, climate and global culture covered from on-the-ground correspondents across five continents.
A 33-year-old Winnipeg man and former Somalian refugee was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday, August 20, 2026, after admitting he operated a commercial … Read more
Alessandro Rapinese, the mayor of Como, Italy, has ordered a controversial ban on bicycles across approximately 30 streets in the historic city centre, taking effect in … Read more
Zimbabwe, Guyana, Madagascar, the United Kingdom, and Zambia have joined an international aviation alliance to expand carbon credit supplies for CORSIA, a global emissions program set … Read more
More than 100 people died when a low-tech artisanal gold mine collapsed in western Central African Republic on Tuesday. The disaster in Zamboye, near the Cameroon … Read more
An Indonesian Navy frigate briefly joined a passing exercise with a Chinese warship off Taiwan’s east coast on August 12, drawing a sharp condemnation from Taipei … Read more
A Romanian F-16 fighter jet destroyed a drone with explosives near the Neptun Deep gas field in the Black Sea on August 20, 2026, after the … Read more
Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar met with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani in Islamabad on August 20 to discuss bilateral cooperation and regional developments. … Read more
Pakistan’s foreign minister confirmed on August 20, 2026, that six injured sailors and the remains of two Pakistani victims of a Houthi attack on a Tanzanian … Read more
Russian ballistic missiles killed at least 12 people and injured more than 30 in Kyiv on August 20, 2026, as Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko declared a day … Read more
Israeli airstrikes on a Syrian airbase on August 17-18 triggered a diplomatic standoff, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning Turkey against military entanglements in Syria. The … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump declared the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country against Iran on August 19, 2026, vowing to isolate Tehran through … Read more
Australia’s foreign minister condemned Israel’s decision not to prosecute those responsible for an April 2024 airstrike that killed aid worker Zomi Frankcom and six others, calling … Read more