Category: World

On 23 July 2025, Colm Brophy, Ireland’s Minister of State for Migration, attended an informal meeting of EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers in Copenhagen, hosted under the Danish EU Presidency. The agenda focused on organised crime, violence against children, and data protection reform. 👥 Tackling Organised Crime Ministers discussed strategies to combat family-centred organised […]

Date: 22 July 2025 | Editor’s Note: A round-up of key political, security, economic, and development updates from across the African continent. EAST & NORTH AFRICA Sudan: Kordofan Becomes New Strategic Frontline The oil-rich Kordofan region has become a pivotal battleground in Sudan’s ongoing civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid […]

  The Commission has proposed an amendment to the EU Climate Law, setting a 2040 EU climate target of 90% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions, compared to 1990 levels. It will give certainty to investors and innovation, strengthen industrial leadership of EU businesses, and increase Europe’s energy security. 85% of Europeans believe climate change is a serious problem and […]

Asier Larrañaga Ochoa de Eguileor, a wildfire analyst at the Catalan Fire and Rescue Service, experienced the Solsonès wildfire in Spain in 1998 and still remembers it as a revelation. “I had basic fire theory training, but what I saw on the ground didn’t match any of it. Fires were jumping over valleys. Firebreaks were […]

On 22 July 2025, the Irish Government announced a revised National Development Plan (NDP) committing €275.4 billion in infrastructure investment over the 2026–2035 period—the largest capital plan in the State’s history. The initiative aims to address Ireland’s growing population, climate goals, and infrastructure deficits, with housing designated as the central focus. 🏘️ Housing and Supporting […]

On 21 July 2025, a Bangladesh Air Force FT-7 BGI training jet crashed into the Milestone School and College campus in Dhaka’s Uttara neighborhood, killing 31 people, including 25 children, and injuring 165 others, according to military and health officials. 🔍 Incident Overview 🏥 Casualties and Medical Response 🗣️ National and International Reaction ⚠️ Public […]

In June 2025, China’s exports of rare-earth permanent magnets to the United States soared by 660% compared to May, reaching 353 metric tons, according to data from the General Administration of Customs. The dramatic rebound follows a Sino-U.S. trade agreement reached in Geneva, which eased restrictions on critical mineral shipments and reopened supply channels disrupted […]

Sudan: Civilian-Led Resolution Urged Ahead of Washington Talks A major Sudanese political alliance, the SPLM–Revolutionary Democratic Current, has warned that establishing a rival government to the Port Sudan-based authority could trigger a prolonged “Libya-style” conflict. In a statement ahead of a U.S.-led Quadrilateral Meeting with Egypt, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, the group called for […]

This July marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, which took place in a mountainous enclave in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the Serbian border. Between July 6 and 11, 1995, over 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and children where killed by Bosnian Serbs in what the UN had declared a “safe area” under direct […]

An Illinois man was sentenced yesterday to 42 months in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $3.6 million in small business loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and COVID19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program implemented by the Small Business Administration (SBA).  […]