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One day after vowing to keep hitting Russian energy infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday we...
10/12/2026

One day after vowing to keep hitting Russian energy infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday welcomed US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a Russia-Ukraine “energy ceasefire” as “good news for everyone.” Russian drones struck energy targets in Kyiv and Kharkiv the same day, and Moscow has not commented on the truce.

The about-face came after Trump urged Ukraine to stop striking Russian oil refineries, following his agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to buy Russian diesel to ease high fuel prices—a deal that would temporarily lift US sanctions on Russia.

European allies are uneasy. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said it was “not the time to ease pressure on Russia,” with a new round of EU sanctions due Monday.

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Since July, the bodies of 12 women have been found in South Africa’s Ekurhuleni area, east of Johannesburg, fueling fear...
10/12/2026

Since July, the bodies of 12 women have been found in South Africa’s Ekurhuleni area, east of Johannesburg, fueling fears of a serial killer—though police have not confirmed the deaths are connected. The killings have refocused attention on a violent-crime crisis that the World Bank says costs the country at least 10 percent of GDP every year.

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10/09/2026

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early election for Nov. 29, even though his Socialist Party trails the conservative People’s Party by about 7 points.

Sánchez won a similar snap election gamble in 2023. Can he do it again on Nov. 29?

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Eritrean troops were reportedly seen this week in the Tigray towns of Adigrat and Idaga Hamus, raising fears that renewe...
10/09/2026

Eritrean troops were reportedly seen this week in the Tigray towns of Adigrat and Idaga Hamus, raising fears that renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia could widen into a regional war.

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project said Eritrean forces crossed the border near Zelambesa on Wednesday and came under drone attack, which it attributed to Ethiopia’s military. Neither government has publicly commented, and Eritrea’s information minister dismissed “wild allegations” without confirming or denying the crossing.

The two countries fought side by side in the 2020–2022 Tigray war. But ties have collapsed over the 2022 peace deal and Ethiopia’s push for Red Sea access, and last week Eritrea cut diplomatic relations after Ethiopia expelled 10 Eritrean diplomats.

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Czechs vote Oct. 9 and 10 for one-third of the Senate and more than 62,000 council seats—a vote critics hope will rein i...
10/09/2026

Czechs vote Oct. 9 and 10 for one-third of the Senate and more than 62,000 council seats—a vote critics hope will rein in Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’ right-wing populist coalition.

His first months back in power have been turbulent. Babiš halted contributions to Ukraine and attacked judges and journalists, and his government’s Russian-style “foreign agents law” drew tens of thousands of protesters before it was shelved in August. In September, the EU halted some subsidy payments to Agrofert, the conglomerate he placed in a trust fund, over conflict-of-interest concerns.

Yet with the vote approaching, analysts say Babiš is backing down on Russia and Ukraine—joining a NATO program to keep weapons flowing to Kyiv and saying he would send troops to defend the Baltic states if Moscow attacked them.

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Two men who spent years monitoring the treatment of migrants in Greece face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of con...
10/08/2026

Two men who spent years monitoring the treatment of migrants in Greece face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of conspiring to smuggle refugees, in a trial set to open this week in Rhodes.

Panayote Dimitras of the NGO Greek Helsinki Monitor documents abuses by Greek border authorities and police, while Norwegian national Tommy Olsen founded the Aegean Boat Report, which alerts authorities to migrant vessels in distress. Both deny the charges. A Norwegian court refused to extradite Olsen, ruling the charges are not criminal offenses under Norwegian law.

Human Rights Watch calls the case a “politically-motivated attempt to silence” the men. Greek officials say some aid groups help smuggle people illegally. Last year, the European Court of Human Rights found Greece in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights for “systematic pushbacks” of asylum seekers.

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A 28-year-old lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia died last week after developing se...
10/08/2026

A 28-year-old lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia died last week after developing severe pneumonia—and Moscow’s explanation has not yet satisfied the World Health Organization or the US.

Russian outlets initially reported she may have contracted pneumonic plague from a broken test tube. Officials now say postmortem tests found no plague, and Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called most media reports “false information,” dismissing accounts of a second death.

The WHO is still seeking details on what caused the illness, though it rates the risk as “low” within Russia. The US has formally reminded Moscow of its obligation to share outbreak information, and Mongolia has ordered surveillance along its border.

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10/07/2026

Iranian missiles and drones have targeted Jordan, home to thousands of US troops, since the Iran war began in February.

Jordan can’t easily walk away from the alliance, and Israel’s expanding annexation efforts in the occupied West Bank add a second threat.

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More than 250,000 people marched across France on Tuesday as student protests over school conditions disrupted classes a...
10/07/2026

More than 250,000 people marched across France on Tuesday as student protests over school conditions disrupted classes at 891 high schools. More than 6,100 people, most of them minors, have been arrested since student protests over teacher shortages and run-down schools began in September.

What sets this movement apart is what it’s asking for, World Politics Review Editor-at-Large Judah Grunstein writes. The Yellow Vests and the 2023 pension protesters fought to block measures already passed. These students want more funding for public institutions.

The government will struggle to meet those demands while cutting tens of billions of euros to rein in a 5.4 percent deficit, Judah argues.

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India’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the government and the Election Commission of India to explain a large-scale rev...
10/06/2026

India’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the government and the Election Commission of India to explain a large-scale revision of voter rolls that disenfranchised millions—after three days of protests demanding the resignation of election chief Gyanesh Kumar.

Critics accuse Kumar and the commission of removing names at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, and warn the changes disproportionately affect minorities, particularly Muslims. The commission and the BJP reject the allegations, saying the revision targeted fraudulent registrations and “foreign illegal immigrants.”

Another hearing is set for next week. The opposition Congress party has called for nationwide “Save Democracy” rallies.

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