Category: World

The Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley, has announced that applications are now open for the 2025/26 Parent Peer Support Fund, valued at €150,000. The scheme is designed to strengthen community-based initiatives where parents support one another by sharing knowledge, reducing isolation, and offering encouragement in navigating family challenges. Under the programme, grants […]

Argentina has been shaken by the torture and killing of three young women, an act reportedly livestreamed on social media by a suspected drug gang. The crime has triggered nationwide outrage, mass protests, and renewed calls for stronger action against gender-based violence and organized crime. The victims—cousins Morena Verdi and Brenda del Castillo, both 20, […]

Bolivian authorities have arrested former anti-drug czar Felipe Cáceres after police discovered a cocaine laboratory on land he owns in the coca-growing region of Cochabamba. Cáceres, 63, served as head of Bolivia’s department for controlled substances from 2006 to 2019, overseeing the country’s fight against narcotics. Once a prominent coca-growers’ union leader and close ally […]

France is preparing for a new wave of nationwide strikes and protests as major trade unions escalate pressure on the government over its proposed 2026 budget and long-contested pension reforms. The intersyndicale coalition—bringing together the country’s eight largest unions—has called for coordinated action on October 2, following mass demonstrations earlier in September. The strikes are […]

Date: September 30, 2025 🔐 SECURITY & CONFLICT JNIM Expands Operations into Western Mali On July 1, the Macina Liberation Front (FLM), a faction of the Jama’at Nasrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen (JNIM), launched coordinated attacks across western Mali near the Senegal and Mauritania borders. The seven strikes targeted trade routes, fuel tankers, and civilian areas—marking a […]

Russia is set to take over the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, marking its scheduled monthly leadership of the 15-member body under UN procedural rules. The presidency rotates alphabetically among member states and grants the presiding country authority to set the Council’s agenda, chair meetings and oversee the drafting of […]

This evening, at 8:00 p.m. EDT, the United Nations reimposed sanctions and other restrictions pursuant to six UN Security Council Resolutions – 1696, 1737, 1747, 1803, 1835, and 1929 – based on Iran’s continuing “significant non-performance” of its nuclear commitments. Their reactivation concludes the snapback process initiated on August 28, 2025, in an act of […]

The press has always used metaphors and examples to simplify complex issues and make them easier to understand. With the rise of chatbots powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the tendency to humanise technology has intensified, whether through comparisons to medicine, well-known similes, or dystopian scenarios. Although what lies behind AI is nothing more than code […]

Today, the Justice Department filed a civil complaint under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act against entities and individuals who targeted a synagogue in West Orange, New Jersey, during a November 2024 protest that escalated into violence. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleges […]

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina announced on Monday that he was dissolving his government in response to three days of youth-led demonstrations over chronic water and power outages, during which the United Nations reports at least 22 people were killed and more than 100 injured. The protests, which began on Thursday, were inspired by recent Gen […]