Nearly seven months after the United States captured Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela started negotiating its political future. The woman the opposition and much of the international community say won the 2024 election isn’t at the table. Venezuela’s de facto government and a segment of the opposition launched U.S.-backed talks in Caracas on Saturday, August 1, aimed… Continue reading Venezuela Launches US-Backed Talks Without Nobel Laureate María Corina Machado

Nearly seven months after the United States captured Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela started negotiating its political future. The woman the opposition and much of the international community say won the 2024 election isn’t at the table. Venezuela’s de facto government and a segment of the opposition launched U.S.-backed talks in Caracas on Saturday, August 1, aimed… Continue reading Venezuela Launches US-Backed Talks Without Nobel Laureate María Corina Machado

A shallow earthquake shook eastern Egypt before dawn Monday, and more than 3,000 people across four countries felt the ground move. The quake struck at 3:00 a.m. local time roughly 36 kilometers northeast of Suez, near the Great Bitter Lakes region of the Suez Canal corridor, at a shallow depth of about 10 kilometers. Magnitude… Continue reading Earthquake Rattles Egypt Near Suez, Felt as Far as Lebanon and Cyprus

An 87-year-old ferry sailed with more passengers than its manifest recorded. The captain tested positive for marijuana. Guyana now counts 73 bodies and is still searching for dozens more. The MV Barima, an 87-year-old state-owned ferry, capsized late Saturday, July 18, off the Essequibo coast while on its regular route between Georgetown, Guyana’s capital, and… Continue reading Guyana Names International Commission to Investigate MV Barima Sinking, the Country’s Deadliest Maritime Disaster

Iran waited less than a day after Washington said the strikes had stopped, then fired anyway. U.S. Central Command said Tuesday night that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched multiple ballistic missiles in what CENTCOM called an attempted surprise attack on American forces stationed across the Middle East. The strike came at 5:45 p.m. Eastern… Continue reading Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at US Forces Hours After Trump Announced a Pause

SK Hynix increased its quarterly profit sixfold. Its stock still fell 9%. That gap is the story. South Korea’s KOSPI index sank more than 10% on Tuesday to a three-month low, then fell another 5% on Wednesday after a brief rebound attempt failed. The selloff hit despite SK Hynix reporting a more than sixfold increase… Continue reading South Korea’s KOSPI Sinks 10% as Investors Question the AI Trade

Peru gets its first popularly elected female president Tuesday. She takes office on the narrowest margin in recent electoral history, in a country ranked last in corruption perception among 69 economies. Keiko Fujimori will be sworn in as president of Peru on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in the hemicycle of the Congress of the Republic… Continue reading Keiko Fujimori Sworn In as Peru’s First Female President, Inherits a Country With 193 Active Social Conflicts

A sitting member of Congress was held for more than an hour by men carrying American-made rifles, and when Israeli soldiers arrived, they did not free him. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., says his van was surrounded by Israeli settlers armed with M4 rifles while he toured the southern West Bank on a three-day trip in… Continue reading Armed Settlers Detained a Sitting US Congressman in the West Bank. The IDF Backed Them.

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan on Tuesday. An hour later, a shopping mall that had already survived the shaking blew apart. The quake struck near Kumamoto City on the island of Kyushu, killing at least 13 people, cutting power to thousands of homes, and cracking roads across the region. The epicenter sat about 20… Continue reading 13 Dead in Japan as Earthquake-Triggered Explosion Tears Apart Kumamoto Mall

Rice yields across South Asia and East Africa could fall by as much as half this year. The people least able to absorb that loss live in the countries most exposed to it. The U.S. Climate Prediction Center said on July 9 that El Niño is strengthening rapidly, with an 81% chance of becoming one… Continue reading El Niño Threatens Rice Crops Across South Asia as Storm Season Intensifies