Venezuelans scrambled to understand who was in charge of their country after the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro. President Trump offered an answer: The United States would take control of Venezuela. (Im...
Bitcoin failed to flip $90,000 to support at the start of the last week of 2025, but Bitfinex whale long positions built on their highest levels in nearly two years....
2025 was a year heavily dominated by US President Donald Trump's disruptive policies. While some of his actions caused harm, African governments also managed to improve their geo-political position....
Greenland’s prime minister has thanked European allies for their backing after renewed claims on the island by US President Donald Trump. Jens-Frederik Nielsen urged Washington to engage in “respectfu...
Rich nations built their wealth on coal, oil and gas. Now the world is asking poorer countries like Mozambique to chart a different course. Is a fossil-free path to development realistic?...
At the end of 2025, many Iranian merchants closed their shops to protest rampant inflation. At the start of 2026, the government faces further fallout from sanctions, economic crisis and environmental...
The President of the Central African Republic is vying for a controversial third term as polling begins in the country. Central Africans are also voting for their legislative, regional and municipal r...
Security forces reportedly used tear gas on demonstrators at the Tehran Grand Bazaar as they held a sit-in. The protests, triggered by rising cost of living, are now into their 10th day....
📋 Key Facts ✓ Tensions are growing in Bangladesh after the killing of a student leader. ✓ The student leader was involved in last year&...
Several countries voiced their objection to the US’ dramatic military operation in Venezuela on Saturday which toppled President Maduro and secured his capture and removal to New York in an emergency ...
Steel and aluminium exporters to the EU will start paying for the CO2 emissions linked to their production as of 1 January 2026. Critics have accused the EU's law of 'protectionism' and say it will hu...
Maduro landed Saturday evening at a small airport in New York following the middle-of-the-night operation that extracted him and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their home in a military base in Venezuela...
Danish police at Copenhagen Airport on September 22. STEVEN KNAP/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images Several European airports have been temporarily shut down due to nearby drone sightings. Analysts a...
Student-loan borrowers who receive debt relief in 2026 could face a big tax bill. d3sign/Getty Images A 2021 provision that made student-loan forgiveness tax-free expired on January 1. Borrowers who b...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Clarity Act delays triggered $952 million in weekly global crypto ETP outflows. ✓ Global crypto products recorded their f...
European leaders have issued a joint statement on Greenland, after the US president said the United States needed the semi-autonomous region from a national security standpoint. Greenlandic leaders sa...
📋 Key Facts ✓ US consulates are rescheduling H-1B and H-4 visa appointments up to June or November 2026. ✓ New online presence reviews,...
Dozens of international humanitarian organisations will be banned from operating in the devastated Gaza Strip after Israel said the groups had not complied with a deadline to meet "security and transp...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth have addressed journalists following the US army's seizure of two Venezuela-linked tanker and Donald Trump's reiterated remar...
Nicolas Maduro's allies have been particularly vocal in their condemnation of the US' capture of the deposed Venezuelan leader. Among them are Russia, Iran and China. US control of oil reserves in Ven...