The Global Eye – Reflections
L’umanità è magnifica. E complessa / Humanity is magnificent. And complex (Marco Emanuele)
Sudan
(Human Rights Watch) With apparent support from the UAE, Colombian private military contractors have deployed to Sudan to support the abusive Rapid Support Forces. The deployment adds to evidence of UAE military support for the Rapid Support Forces, which have committed widespread atrocities in Sudan. Other countries should push for investigations, capable of leading to sanctions, into all those, including UAE officials, against whom there is credible evidence of providing military assistance to the Rapid Support Forces. – Sudan: Colombians Linked to Atrocities Trained in UAE Bases | Human Rights Watch
US – Iran
(Alex Raufoglu – RFE/RL) The United States and Iran appear close to reaching a deal to end a 12-week war, although a final agreement is not considered imminent and key details remained unsolved. The emerging deal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key artery for global oil supplies, but would put off negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program until a later stage, according to reports. In an interview with RFE/RL, Jason H. Campbell, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and former Pentagon official during Trump’s first administration, said that the reported deal is “probably the least bad one available to the administration at this point.” – Jason H. Campbell: US Is Taking The ‘Least Bad’ Option In Iran Conflict
Vatican
(Russell Contreras – Axios) Pope Leo XIV is warning that the artificial intelligence race could become a new Tower of Babel — a dazzling human achievement that concentrates power, weakens truth and turns people into data points. The long-awaited document, Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”), signals that the Vatican is aggressively positioning itself as a central moral authority in the global tech debate. The Vatican released Leo’s first encyclical on Monday, which he signed at St. Peter’s on May 15, 2026, in the second year of his pontificate. It was signed exactly 135 years after Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum, the landmark 1891 encyclical that became the foundation of modern Catholic social teaching during the Industrial Revolution. – 5 ways Pope Leo says AI could warp humanity
