Qatar approved the legal framework (Reuters) for its first-ever legislative election to be held in October. Qataris will choose two-thirds of the…
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About two hundred Afghan translators and interpreters who aided U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan arrived in the United States (CNN) after being…
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte retracted his plan (SCMP) to cancel a military cooperation agreement with the United States. The decision was announced…
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U.S. President Joe Biden announced that federal employees must be vaccinated (CNN) against the coronavirus or face strict protocols, and encouraged states…
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The Senate voted 67-32 to advance a bipartisan, $1 trillion infrastructure deal (NYT) that would enact the largest infusion of government investment…
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The rate of methane leaks in Mexican oil and gas operations is twice as high (Reuters) as that of leaks in the…
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European Union countries have together administered (NYT) more COVID-19 vaccine doses per one hundred people than the United States. The progress reflects…
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa authorized the deployment (AFP) of nearly 1,500 troops to Mozambique to fight jihadi insurgents. The deployment is…
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Days of heavy flooding in southern Bangladesh have destroyed an estimated 2,500 shelters (AP) at Rohingya refugee camps and killed at least…
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Qin Gang, a Chinese diplomat known for censuring criticism of China, arrived in Washington (SCMP) to take up his post as ambassador…
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The United States imposed new sanctions (AP) on Syrian prisons, government officials, militant groups, and militia leaders in response to reported human…
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The U.S. Congress’s independent watchdog on Afghanistan concluded in its latest report (Bloomberg) that Afghanistan “remains poor, aid-dependent, and conflict-affected” despite the…
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Hundreds of Guatemalans protested (Reuters) the firing of prominent anticorruption investigator Juan Francisco Sandoval, who fled the country after being removed from…
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States including Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota are reducing their COVID-19 reporting (AP) from daily to weekly even as infections rise…
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi will meet today (USA Today) at the White House, where they are…
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Sierra Leone’s Parliament approved a bill to abolish the death penalty (VOA) and replace it with life imprisonment or thirty-year minimum sentences.…
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Group of Twenty (G20) environment ministers at a summit in Naples, Italy, failed to reach an agreement (FT) on phasing out coal…
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In a meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in Tianjin, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng called U.S.…
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U.S. forces have increased air strikes (Reuters) against the Taliban in recent days and are prepared to maintain the heightened level of…
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Tunisian President Kais Saied fired Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and suspended parliament (Reuters), causing one of the country’s biggest crises since…
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