Diplomacy, conflict, climate and global culture covered from on-the-ground correspondents across five continents.
Israel condemned Canada’s condemnation of West Bank settlement expansion, as the UN warned of illegal outpost plans and the Israeli government approved the largest land seizure … Read more
Hong Kong has introduced a landmark tax reform package, publishing the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Preferential Tax Regimes for Funds, Family-owned Investment Holding Vehicles and Carried Interest) … Read more
Nine Indonesian activists filed a criminal complaint with Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office, alleging kidnapping and abuse during their four-day detention by Israeli authorities in May 2026. … Read more
Saudi Arabia is seeking an international coalition to protect Red Sea shipping from Houthi attacks, following a naval blockade and air strikes that have escalated regional … Read more
The Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb have effectively shut down to normal tanker traffic, with Iran’s IRGC and Houthi blockades driving operational shifts in regional … Read more
Fifteen elephants died in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park over the past month after consuming cyanide-tainted tomatoes, authorities said, with investigations ongoing to determine the source of … Read more
The Bank of England is widely expected to hold interest rates steady at 3.75 percent on Thursday, balancing easing domestic inflation against fresh economic uncertainties driven … Read more
Hadi Matar was convicted of federal terrorism charges in Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday for the August 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie. The federal verdict … Read more
President Donald Trump signed three proclamations on Monday, imposing a 50-per-cent tariff on more than 500 categories of Canadian goods, escalating an ongoing trade conflict over … Read more
A drone strike on the U.S.-owned floating storage tanker Energos Winter at Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta sparked a fire that spread to another vessel on … Read more
A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, triggering a catastrophic shopping mall explosion that left three people dead and multiple workers unaccounted … Read more
Trade representatives from China, Macao, and Portuguese-speaking countries finalized 24 cooperation agreements worth about 150 million U.S. dollars in Maputo, Mozambique. The July 24, 2026, entrepreneurs … Read more