Pakistan The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) belatedly claimed yesterday's courthouse blast in Islamabad and said it was targeting "[j]udges, lawyers and officials who carried out rulings under Pakistan&rsq …

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Ukraine After 21 months of grueling battle, Russia appears to be on the verge of capturing the Donbas city of Pokrovsk - though Ukraine insists its forces are still resisting and are not cut off yet …

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Sudan UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres joined the chorus of concern for the fate of civilians in El Fasher following the city's fall to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last week. Gu …

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Tanzania Tanzania's opposition claims that security forces have been summarily executing demonstrators who dared to protest against Pres. Samia Suluhu Hassan's botched re-election, and - in some cas …

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U.S. U.S. mid-term elections are today. Vote! Gaza Yesterday, the U.S. circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution proposing an International Security Force (ISF) to run post-war Gaza f …

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Coming up this week The U.S. votes in mid-term elections on Tuesday. The most-watched races include New York City's mayoral contest, heated gubernatorial polls in Virginia and New Jersey, and Califo …

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