Category: World

Amazon has announced plans to eliminate approximately 14,000 corporate positions globally as part of a sweeping internal restructuring aimed at accelerating its investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and streamlining operations. The move, confirmed on October 28, 2025, marks one of the largest rounds of layoffs in the company’s history. The cuts will affect roles across […]

A self-proclaimed “nerdy kid” who tried building his own bombs in his mother’s back garden has been found guilty today after prosecutors proved he wasn’t just a scientist experimenting at home – and had in fact committed a serious criminal offence. Harry Whittaker Harry Whittaker, 32, of Caddington in Bedfordshire, claimed he just had an […]

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law. The Department, through the Civil Rights Division, enforces federal voting rights laws that protect the rights of all eligible […]

As we reflect on the UN’s 80th year, there is much to commemorate. No international organisation in history has done more to lift people out of poverty, eliminate disease, respond to natural disasters, uphold human rights, and prevent conflict. The United Nations has maintained ceasefires, secured peace deals through its good offices, and helped support States on everything […]

The U.S. State Department confirmed on October 23, 2025, that Mali was no longer subject to the Visa Bond Pilot Program, which requires certain nationals applying for short-term B-1/B-2 visitor visas to post refundable financial guarantees of up to $15,000. The program, introduced under the Immigration and Nationality Act, targets countries with high visa overstay […]

A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of California has returned a six-count indictment against Tony Christopher Long, also known as Inactive, Inactivee0, and inactivecvx, 19, of Porterville, California, charging him with animal crushing (two counts), sexual exploitation of a minor, possession of material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor, cyberstalking, and transmitting […]

Although progress has been made through peace initiatives, such as the Washington Agreement signed on 27 June between the DRC and Rwanda, and the Doha Declaration of Principles signed on 19 July between the Congo River/M23 Alliance and the Congolese Government under Qatari mediation, further efforts are still needed to achieve lasting and sustainable peace. […]

In the heart of Sudan’s White Nile State, to the south of the country’s capital, Khartoum, Kosti Maternity Hospital handles thousands of deliveries a year, but the ongoing war, the destruction of regional infrastructure and the displacement millions of people, many of them women, has put huge strain on its services. A changing landscape of […]

The United Kingdom and Türkiye have signed a landmark £8 billion defence agreement for the sale of 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets, marking the largest British combat aircraft export deal in nearly two decades. The contract was finalized on October 27, 2025, during Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s first official visit to Ankara, where he met with […]

A new UN Women report, At Risk and Underfunded, based on a global survey of 428 women’s rights and civil society groups, finds that one in three have suspended or shut down programmes aimed at ending gender-based violence. More than 40 per cent have scaled back or closed essential services such as shelters, legal aid, […]