Asia Myanmar hospital airstrike kills 33 in latest assault on protected medical sites Junta's election-season air campaign escalates with deadly strike on Rakhine facility treating patients under international protection By Chen Wei-Lin / 11 Dec 2025
Venezuela US seizes Venezuela-bound tanker, escalates from sanctions to maritime interdiction Coast Guard operation targets shadow oil logistics as White House deploys tariffs, naval assets, and crypto-pressure to choke Maduro's crude exports By Diego Martinez / 10 Dec 2025
Philippines Philippines and U.S. conduct joint patrols amid rising South China Sea tensions Chinese fire-control radar incidents over Philippine Sea underscore widening air-domain escalation risk across First Island Chain By Chen Wei-Lin / 10 Dec 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo After the ceremony, the guns: M23 presses into Uvira as Washington accord wobbles A rebel push toward South Kivu's military hub exposes the gap between diplomatic frameworks and battlefield facts—and risks spilling fighting into Burundi By Amara Okonkwo / 10 Dec 2025
Sudan Sudan crash highlights fragile lifeline as oil seizure tightens grip SAF's eastern logistics hub fractures while RSF chokes revenue pipeline, deepening regime isolation and civilian famine risk By Amara Okonkwo / 10 Dec 2025
India India tests the sanctions ceiling with quiet Moscow defense talks Rare meetings on co-production signal a shift from buyer to partner—even as firms deny attendance and weigh Western penalties By Chen Wei-Lin / 10 Dec 2025
South Korea China and Russia conduct tenth joint air patrol, triggering scrambles across Northeast Asia Nine-aircraft formation enters South Korean ADIZ on same day Russian and Chinese bombers complete eight-hour joint flight around Japan By Chen Wei-Lin / 10 Dec 2025
Ukraine Zelenskyy signals election readiness as legal and security barriers lock out any swift vote Ukraine's conditional offer tests Western pressure while martial law, displaced millions, and Russian strikes keep ballot boxes out of reach By Elena Kowalski / 9 Dec 2025
Venezuela Gang of Eight gets briefing on Venezuela strikes amid September attack fallout A congressional demand for evidence from one maritime incident now defines whether the president can expand his anti-drug war onto sovereign soil By Diego Martinez / 9 Dec 2025
Lithuania Lithuania declares emergency over smuggler balloons, seeks military powers Military powers and parliamentary process By Elena Kowalski / 9 Dec 2025
Venezuela Alfredo Díaz died in state custody. Venezuela's pattern of denial is the story. Incommunicado detention and the denial of care By Diego Martinez / 9 Dec 2025
United States UN condemns U.S. maritime strikes as human rights watchdog warns allies on complicity With 87 killed in Caribbean boat strikes, legal divide over whether counter-narcotics is law enforcement or war comes to a head By Zara Odhiambo / 9 Dec 2025
