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Serial pattern or systemic failure? Ekurhuleni killings test South Africa

A ninth body near Johannesburg has intensified a manhunt and task team efforts as communities mobilize and police issue safety advisories.

Published: about 2 months ago

After a ninth woman’s body was found on Sept. 17, South African police are probing multiple killings across Ekurhuleni; common features in several ...

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Kept from cabinets, shaping agendas: Europe’s far-right paradox

Kasidiaris seeks a new party after release in Greece, Sweden’s post-election math keeps the Sweden Democrats out of cabinet, and AfD-aligned networks push for regional power in Germany.

Published: about 2 months ago

Across Europe, the far right is testing different points of entry: Greece’s Ilias Kasidiaris left prison vowing to build a new nationalist party; S...

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Ballots seek legitimacy where legality and competition remain contested

The three-day State Duma vote, the first since the 2022 invasion, uses a mixed system, extends to territories seized from Ukraine, and proceeds without OSCE observers amid reported cyber disruptions.

Published: about 2 months ago

Russia has opened a threeday election for the 450seat State Duma—its first since the 2022 invasion—extending balloting to territories seized from U...

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Congress signals halt as battlefield and nuclear clocks keep ticking

With seven Republicans joining Democrats, the Republican-led House directed President Trump to end Iran hostilities or seek authorization amid Iraq drawdowns and souring public opinion.

Published: about 2 months ago

The U.S. House again moved to rein in hostilities with Iran, passing a nonbinding war powers resolution directing President Trump to halt military ...

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An oversight vacuum—or a rebuke to U.S. pressure on Iran

Moscow and Beijing blocked a U.S. resolution to extend the U.N. expert panel supporting the Security Council’s 1737 Iran sanctions committee.

Published: about 2 months ago

Russia and China vetoed a U.S.drafted U.N. Security Council resolution to extend the mandate of the Panel of Experts overseeing Iran sanctions unde...

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One-seat edge meets red lines that threaten to undo it

Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson enters speaker-led coalition talks after late-count win.

Published: about 2 months ago

Sweden’s election, finalized after late and overseas ballots, gave the opposition centerleft led by Magdalena Andersson a razorthin 176–173 edge; P...

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Market rescue or self‑inflicted squeeze? Sanctions meet supply shocks

Saudi Arabia’s East–West pipeline outage, Houthi control of Perim Island, and expanded U.S. tariff powers over buyers of Russian and Iranian energy coincide with visible fuel‑price spikes worldwide.

Published: about 2 months ago

Drone strikes that shut Saudi Arabia’s East–West pipeline and Houthi gains tightening control of the Bab al‑Mandab have simultaneously constrained ...

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A court freeze collides with tenders that could sever the West Bank

An Israeli rights group details state-backed patterns affecting Palestinian daily life as authorities issue E1 housing tenders, intensify demolitions and enforcement, and face a court-ordered pause on land registration.

Published: about 2 months ago

B’Tselem’s “Elimination Project” report alleges Israeli statebacked policies and settler violence are systematically hollowing out Palestinian coll...

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Unanimous hike under a chair expected to cut

The FOMC voted 12–0 to raise the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00%, its first move since July 2023, and published new medium‑term growth, unemployment, and inflation projections.

Published: about 2 months ago

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00% in a unanimous vote, the first hike since July 2023, with Chair Kev...

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Provocation or misreading: NATO allies weigh restraint as risks near borders

Poland flags drone and missile threats near its border as Denmark protests a frigate’s flares, while Moscow and some European leaders counsel against escalation.

Published: about 2 months ago

Poland warned of planned Russian drone and missile strikes after near‑border bombardments, Denmark summoned Moscow’s ambassador over a frigate firi...

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A war-crimes finding without acknowledgment tests global accountability

The U.N. mission detailed alleged indiscriminate strikes on a Minab elementary school and a Lamerd sports complex on Feb. 28, while also documenting Iranian crimes against humanity.

Published: about 2 months ago

A U.N.mandated factfinding mission told the Human Rights Council it has reasonable grounds to believe U.S. forces committed war crimes in two Feb. ...

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Minimal compliance or selective gatekeeping? Washington’s split decisions at the UN

Visas cleared for President Masoud Pezeshkian and FM Abbas Araghchi under travel and purchasing limits, while Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian officials were refused amid a 152‑nation General Assembly rebuke.

Published: about 2 months ago

The United States approved restricted visas for Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian and foreign minister Abbas Araghchi to attend next week’s UN mee...

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