Diplomacy & International Relations

Global news (28 may 2026)

Iran War (Reuters/Al Arabiya) Kuwait’s army said on Thursday that its air defenses were intercepting hostile missile and drone threats, but did not say where...

How The Russian Orthodox Church Targets Anti-War Priests

(Valery Panyushkin and Systema - RFE/RL) For more than 20 years, Father Aleksei Uminsky served as the rector of a church in a quiet...

Bolivian congress ok’s use of troops against protesters

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Bolivia’s congress voted Tuesday to let President Rodrigo Paz deploy soldiers and declare a state of emergency to counter huge street protests...

Brazilian candidate calls on US to label gangs as terrorists

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Brazil’s conservative presidential hopeful Flavio Bolsonaro said Tuesday that he asked US President Donald Trump during a White House meeting to designate...

US draws up plans to halt immigration, customs processing at ‘sanctuary city’ airport

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the Trump administration is drawing up plans to stop processing international travelers and cargo at...

Sevastopol governor says Ukraine used Storm Shadow missiles in attack

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Air defense units in the port of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea downed over 20 Ukrainian drones early on Wednesday, with Ukraine also...

China’s top diplomat says hopes US, Iran reach compromise

(AFP/Al Arabiya) China’s top diplomat reiterated calls for parties involved in a fragile Middle East ceasefire to respect the truce, expressing hope that the...

Israel says killed new chief of Hamas armed wing in Gaza strike

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Israel said on Wednesday it had killed the new head of Hamas’s armed wing in Gaza, Mohammed Odeh, after killing his predecessor...

Global Terrorism Threat Assessment 2026

(Alexander Palmer, Daniel Byman, Alexander Margolis, Riley McCabe, and Erin Oppel . Center for Strategic & International Studies) The United States faces an increasingly...

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