Afghanistan WFP: Afghanistan faces a winter without a safety net For the first time in decades, the UN cannot mount a large-scale seasonal response as 17 million face acute hunger By Layla Hassan / 16 Dec 2025
Rwanda M23 pledges Uvira withdrawal under U.S. pressure, but verification lags on the ground Tactical pause or credible de-escalation? Rebel announcement cites Doha talks, not Washington, as battlefield fact-checking remains incomplete By Amara Okonkwo / 16 Dec 2025
United States Pentagon's leadership shakeup meets classified Hill briefing on Caribbean strike fallout The retirement of SOUTHCOM's commander and bipartisan demands for unedited video turn Tuesday's session into a test of executive accountability By David Monroe / 15 Dec 2025
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago clears U.S. military flights amid Caribbean security surge What the government approved—and what it disclosed By Diego Martinez / 15 Dec 2025
Haiti Haiti's gangs want a political future. Washington just drew a red line As Viv Ansanm rebrands itself as defender of the poor, U.S. terror designations harden legal barriers—and raise the stakes for Haiti's fragile transition By Diego Martinez / 15 Dec 2025
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan promises largest-ever amnesty as rights record faces scrutiny More than 20,000 people affected, but the silences in Aliyev's humanitarian gesture may prove louder than the releases By Elena Kowalski / 15 Dec 2025
Morocco Morocco floods kill 41 as one-hour cloudburst devastates Safi Seven-year drought amplified flash-flood vulnerability as rescues continue and more rain forecast By Alex Thompson / 15 Dec 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo M23 seizes Uvira as Washington peace accord unravels on the battlefield Burundian troops captured and hundreds of thousands displaced as Rwanda-backed offensive continues despite US warnings By Amara Okonkwo / 15 Dec 2025
Ukraine European leaders gather in Berlin as Ukraine's red line meets Washington's timeline Domestic opinion sets the floor By Elena Kowalski / 15 Dec 2025
Ukraine Ukraine's Caspian offensive escalates with third oil platform strike in one week Sanctuary denial as strategic logic By Elena Kowalski / 15 Dec 2025
Russia Russia seeks $230 billion from Euroclear over frozen assets Moscow lawsuit targets Belgium-based depository as EU prepares to tap Russian reserves for Ukraine loan By Elena Kowalski / 15 Dec 2025
Ukraine Europe's military aid to Ukraine falls to lowest rate since 2022 Sharp drop in new allocations exposes widening burden-sharing gap and stalled frozen-assets mechanism as US support halts By Elena Kowalski / 15 Dec 2025
