With U.S. support, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will block a transfer (Politico) of $450 million in funds to Afghanistan in the…
Read More »Former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who is currently serving as interim premier, and his political coalition said they support Ismail Sabri Yaakob (Straits…
Read More »The White House announced that beginning September 20, the United States will offer COVID-19 booster shots (CNN) to fully vaccinated adults. Federal health…
Read More »Peruvian Foreign Minister Hector Bejar resigned after nineteen days in office (FT) following the emergence of videos in which he said armed…
Read More »U.S. President Joe Biden called British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Reuters) to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, Biden’s first discussion of the…
Read More »South African activists called for full disclosure (AP) of the government’s contracts with U.S. drug company Johnson & Johnson after the New York…
Read More »In an attempted coup d’état against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, party officials who oppose his reforms and new union treaty place…
Read More »Algerian police arrested sixty-one people (AFP) in several provinces on suspicion of lynching a man who was falsely accused of starting the…
Read More »During an economic leadership meeting of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese President Xi Jinping called on wealthy citizens (SCMP) to “give…
Read More »“The key question facing Haiti—as it confronts widespread gang violence and lack of confidence in elections—is whether any new intervention…
Read More »Haitian authorities said the confirmed death toll from Saturday’s earthquake has risen (Miami Herald) to 1,941 people. Relief workers reported being under-equipped…
Read More »The rate of U.S. adults aged 30–39 who are being hospitalized with COVID-19 reached around 2.5 per 100,000 people (WSJ) last week,…
Read More »Poland recalled its ambassador to Israel (AP) two days after Israel downgraded diplomatic ties with the country over a new law that…
Read More »Authorities in the Ivory Coast are vaccinating (AFP) health workers as well as the contacts and relatives of a Guinean woman who…
Read More »Iran has made progress in its efforts to enrich uranium metal (Reuters), the UN nuclear watchdog reported, despite warnings from the…
Read More »India introduced an emergency e-visa (Indian Express) for Afghans who wish to enter the country, an Indian federal official announced. Those who…
Read More »New Zealand will enter a three-day national lockdown (ABC) after a man in the city of Auckland tested positive for COVID-19. The…
Read More »Rainfall from Tropical Storm Grace has hampered relief efforts in Haiti (NYT) after an earthquake struck over the weekend. The earthquake killed…
Read More »In the first signals of what Taliban rule in Afghanistan could look like in the twenty-first century, a member of…
Read More »Due to record-low water levels at Lake Mead, U.S. officials are expected to announce a water shortage, which will trigger…
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