Diplomacy, conflict, climate and global culture covered from on-the-ground correspondents across five continents.
Following commitments at a July Ankara summit, NATO transformation commander Admiral Pierre Vandier warned that Western industrial bases cannot sustain mass missile production against modern threats, … Read more
President Donald Trump declared the interim cease-fire with Iran over on July 28, 2026, following fresh maritime clashes and U.S. strikes on Iranian targets. While negotiations … Read more
Massive wildfires across France and Spain have forced approximately 375,000 people to leave their homes, with French authorities battling a fierce blaze near Bordeaux as officials … Read more
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the military to prepare for wider operations and seize another Palestinian refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, … Read more
Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park faces heightened scrutiny over overtourism during the annual Great Migration, following a viral July video of safari vehicles blocking wildebeest at the … Read more
American consumer confidence fell in July as renewed fighting between the United States and Iran pushed gasoline prices higher, reversing modest gains from earlier in the … Read more
Singapore Airlines reported its first quarterly net loss since 2022, posting a S$76 million (US$58.9 million) loss for the three months ended June 30, 2026, despite … Read more
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture on July 28, 2026, destroying the Aeon mall—a recently reopened shopping complex that had symbolized the region’s recovery … Read more
Italian authorities conducted a series of dawn raids across multiple coastal regions to seize beach equipment used to illegally reserve prime spots. In Torre del Greco, … Read more
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday afternoon, resulting in several presumed deaths and leaving numerous people trapped inside a shopping center … Read more
At least 1,500 death row prisoners at Ghezel Hesar prison near Tehran began a mass hunger strike on July 22, 2026, protesting a surge in executions. … Read more
French authorities ordered nearly 4,000 more people to evacuate tourist sites on the Atlantic coast on Tuesday as rising temperatures threatened to reignite a wildfire in … Read more