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

South Korea just became the fourth country in the world to export more than $100 billion worth of goods in a single month. Two companies did most of the work. South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources reported June exports of $102.25 billion, up 70.9% from a year earlier. It is the first time… Continue reading South Korea’s Chip Exports Hit $44.8 Billion as Nation Joins $100 Billion Export Club

The Knesset just removed one of the last checks on Israel’s executive branch, and it did so five months before an election the ruling coalition is favored to lose. Israel’s parliament voted 65-51 on Wednesday to pass a law stripping the attorney general’s legal opinions of their binding force on the government. The vote followed… Continue reading Israel’s Knesset Strips Attorney General’s Power in 65-51 Vote

Fifteen doctors from Gaza have been held in Israeli detention for as long as two years. None has been charged with a crime. Dr. Hassan Khalil Almukayed, a vascular surgeon, was taken from Kamal Adwan Hospital in October 2024 after refusing to evacuate patients during an Israeli raid on northern Gaza. His brother Mahmoud, a… Continue reading Fifteen Gaza Doctors Remain in Israeli Prisons Without Charge