Category: World

The United States hosted the fourth annual Quad Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HADR) Tabletop Exercise and Strategic Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, from December 2-5, 2025.  This annual event brings together government officials from the United States, Australia, India, and Japan to strengthen our disaster-response capabilities across the Indo-Pacific.  It underscores the Quad’s commitment to […]

Between 25 November and 1 December, four Palestinians, including one child, were killed by Israeli forces, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank so far this year to 227. Nearly half of all fatalities in 2025 were recorded in the Jenin and Nablus governorates. Large-scale operations in Jenin and Tubas governorates […]

Fast‑moving wildfires have torn through tens of thousands of acres of bushland across New South Wales, triggering widespread evacuation orders as emergency crews battle dangerous conditions in Australia’s most populous state. Authorities issued urgent warnings for communities in multiple regions as hot, dry winds and soaring temperatures intensified fire behaviour, pushing several blazes toward residential […]

Morocco is accelerating its shift toward large‑scale desalination, with the government announcing plans to source 60% of the nation’s drinking water from desalinated seawater by 2030. The move marks one of the most ambitious water‑security strategies in Africa as the country confronts nearly a decade of severe and persistent drought. Morocco’s reservoirs have fallen to […]

According to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, 107,000 people have fled their homes in recent weeks, pushing total displacement in just the past four months to 330,000. “They barely had time to recover when they again had to leave, due to attacks or fear of attacks,” said Paola Emerson, OCHA Head of Office in […]

Today is a moment to reflect on the plight of Ukrainian children who have become victims of Russia’s illegal invasion. We all have an obligation to protect children and must not allow Russia to use them as pawns of war.   According to the Government of Ukraine, corroborated by independent mechanisms, more than 19,500 Ukrainian children have […]

Dublin — 5 December 2025 — Ireland is set for the largest investment in its tertiary education and research system in the history of the State, following the publication of a €4.55 billion Tertiary Sector Capital Investment Plan 2026–2030 by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless and Minister of […]

Dublin — 5 December 2025 — Taoiseach Micheál Martin will welcome European Council President António Costa to Dublin next Tuesday, 9 December, for high‑level discussions ahead of a pivotal European Council meeting later this month. Costa’s visit forms part of his regular tour of EU capitals to consult with national leaders on the Council’s agenda. […]

Stockholm — December 2025: Sweden’s government has unveiled a proposal to amend the constitution to allow authorities to revoke the citizenship of dual‑national criminal gang leaders, marking one of the country’s most far‑reaching measures yet in its campaign against escalating organised crime Straits Times. The proposal goes significantly further than recommendations made earlier this year […]

Once again there is an impasse in the attempts to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. A five-hour meeting in the Kremlin between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and the US team led by Donald Trump’s envoys, businessmen Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, has failed to make any significant progress. Putin’s aide Yuri […]