Category: World

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting Ukraine’s wartime food security with a €100 million investment loan package aimed at strengthening the resilience of the country’s agribusiness sector. The financing is directed towards MHP, Ukraine’s leading agricultural and food production company. Under the arrangement, the EBRD will provide €40 million from its […]

DUBLIN, June 2025 — Former New York City Mayor and Bloomberg LP founder Mike Bloomberg has lauded Ireland’s economic progress, saying the country is “writing a new chapter in its history” as it continues to attract global investment, while the United States grapples with concerns over economic growth. Speaking at a Bloomberg event in Dublin, […]

Pensacola, FL – June 2025Charles M. Schmaltz, 28, of Pensacola, has pleaded guilty in federal court to cyberstalking and transmitting obscene materials to minor females, as announced by U.S. Attorney John P. Heekin for the Northern District of Florida. “Protecting children from online abuse remains a top priority,” said U.S. Attorney Heekin. “Offenders who target […]

June 23, 2025 – Damascus, Syria – A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 22 people and injuring 63 others during a service, according to Syrian state media. The attack occurred during the Divine Liturgy at the Mar Elias Church […]

June 24, 2025 – The Hague, Netherlands – Heads of state and government from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will meet in The Hague on Tuesday for a high-level summit aimed at reinforcing transatlantic unity and addressing key security challenges. The meeting, hosted by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, comes ahead of the formal […]

June 24, 2025 – Former U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire, ending 12 days of escalating hostilities that threatened to destabilize the wider Middle East. The conflict, marked by Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and retaliatory attacks by Iran, displaced millions in Tehran […]

Khadijah Solomon, a former deputy sheriff with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO), has been arraigned on federal charges for using excessive force against three detainees and attempting to cover up the misconduct by falsifying official reports. The charges stem from three separate incidents in which Solomon allegedly repeatedly used a Taser on male detainees […]

Late on Saturday night, local time, the United States carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear enrichment sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, marking its open participation in the conflict between Iran and Israel. The US says it fired 30 submarine-launched missiles at the sites in Natanz and Isfahan, as well as dropping more than a […]

Yemen remains trapped in a prolonged political, humanitarian and development crisis, after enduring years of conflict between government forces and Houthi rebels, with populations in the south of the country now facing a growing food insecurity crisis. A partial update released Monday by the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system – which ranks food […]

DR Congo: Ceasefire Collapses Amid Intensified Clashes in South Kivu Renewed fighting erupted between M23/AFC rebels and the Wazalendo militia in eastern DR Congo, violating a ceasefire aimed at supporting Doha peace talks. Clashes since June 18 have spread across South Kivu’s Walungu, Kabare, and Kalehe territories. Civil society groups report panic and displacement, with […]