Kazakhstan Votes Overwhelmingly for New Constitution

Kazakhstan held a constitutional referendum that passed with an overwhelming 87.15 percent approval, according to the country's Central Election Commission.

France Records Highest-Ever Housing Evictions

In France, the housing crisis reached a grim new milestone: 30,500 households were evicted from their homes in 2025, the

U.S. Senate Takes Up Contentious Voter ID Bill

In Washington, the Senate moved to take up the so-called "Save America" act, a voter ID bill fiercely opposed by

Deadly Suicide Bombings Strike Nigeria Despite U.S. Support

At least 23 people were killed in a series of insurgent attacks in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's Borno State,

A World on Edge

What links these disparate stories — from the Strait of Hormuz to a Kenyan foreign minister confronting Moscow, from Sri

Beyond Oil: Other Crises Demand Attention

Forced Disappearances in El Salvador Human Rights Watch issued a damning report alleging that the government of Salvadoran President Nayib

Diplomacy Intensifies in Brussels

India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was in Brussels this week, discussing the Iran situation with his counterparts from the

Sri Lanka Goes to a Four-Day Work Week

Perhaps no country illustrates the human cost of the crisis more vividly than Sri Lanka, which announced a four-day work

IEA Sounds the Alarm on Reserves

The head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, issued a stark warning: global energy trade will take time to

A Chokepoint That Holds the World Hostage

The consequences of the U.S. and Israeli decision to attack Iran are now cascading across the global economy at a