Category: World

Algiers – Tensions between France and Algeria have escalated sharply after Algeria ordered the expulsion of 12 French embassy personnel, giving them 48 hours to leave the country, according to a statement by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Monday. The diplomatic fallout follows the indictment of three Algerian nationals in France, one of whom […]

Bayelsa State, Nigeria — Armed groups in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta have claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on critical oil infrastructure, threatening a return to instability in a region central to the country’s economic lifeline. Two groups—the Liberation Army of the Niger Delta and Bakassi (L.A.N.D. & B) and the better-known Movement for […]

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has joined a growing number of Republican voices criticizing Donald Trump’s aggressive use of tariffs, calling the policy a “misstep” with potentially damaging consequences for the U.S. economy and the Republican Party. In an interview with The Hill earlier this week, Pence warned that the Trump administration’s tariff-heavy trade […]

Cambridge, MA — In a landmark standoff over academic independence, Harvard University has rejected a sweeping set of policy demands issued by the Trump administration, placing nearly $9 billion in federal funding at risk. The demands—outlined in a letter from a federal task force—called for the dismantling of Harvard’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, […]

In the span of just three days, the United States experienced three separate aircraft crashes, resulting in multiple fatalities and intensifying discussions about aviation safety. Thursday, April 10, 2025: Hudson River Helicopter Crash A Bell 206 helicopter, operated by New York Helicopter Tours, crashed into the Hudson River near Jersey City, New Jersey. All six […]

President Donald Trump has extended U.S. sanctions against Russia for another year, citing ongoing threats to national security. The sanctions, initially imposed in 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea, have been expanded through multiple executive orders under successive administrations. Trump’s recent executive order continues the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660, stating that Russia’s […]

The death of Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa (Arequipa, 1936 – Lima, 2025) marks the end of a Golden Age of Latin American literature. Just as there will not be another generation in Spain like that of Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, Tirso de Molina, Góngora and Quevedo, in America there will […]

With fighting showing no sign of abating and humanitarian access extremely limited, the crisis in Sudan has become one of the world’s largest emergencies, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Monday. “This is a very, very sad milestone,” Mamadou Dian Balde, UNHCR Regional Director for East Africa said, marking […]

Tammy Bruce, Department Spokesperson Following discussions between the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of State with Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Mia Mottley, the United States supports the statement by CARICOM condemning any actions to destabilize Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council.  The United States supports the efforts by the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support Mission and CARICOM to assist the government […]

The United States has revoked the visa of former Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oscar Arias. Arias, who served as president from 1986 to 1990 and again from 2006 to 2010, received a brief notification from the U.S. government informing him of the visa revocation, with no specific reasons provided. Background on […]