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A leading global health academic says the likelihood of Ebola transmission among World Cup attendees is low, yet intensified screening and recent travel restrictions tied to an outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) are already affecting team preparations and are likely to add logistical complexity and expense for hosts and tra…
Pakistan resumed shuttle diplomacy in Tehran on May 22, carrying a U.S. message as negotiators sought a resolution to the U.S.-Iran conflict. Iranian and U.S. officials reported limited progress, while disagreements over Tehran’s near-weapons-grade uranium stockpile and proposals to levy fees in the Strait of Hormuz remain central obstacles. Market…
Taiwan’s presidential office said it has not been informed of any U.S. change to planned military sales after a senior U.S. official said there was a pause to ensure sufficient munitions for the U.S. operation against Iran. Taipei continues to await approval of a major arms package that could be worth as much as $14 billion, while U.S. leaders rema…
U.S. President Donald Trump said he intends to speak with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te, a move without precedent for a sitting U.S. president and one that could further strain already fraught U.S.-China ties. Taipei welcomed the prospect, while Beijing urged Washington to be cautious and warned against encouraging separatism. Analysts point to C…
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned nine individuals connected to Hezbollah’s network within Lebanon’s political and security structures, accusing them of obstructing the peace process and blocking the group’s disarmament. The State Department also offered a reward to disrupt Hezbollah’s financial channels.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will convene with NATO foreign ministers in Helsingborg, Sweden, for his first meeting with the alliance since President Donald Trump publicly questioned NATO amid divisions over the Iran war. Rubio said Trump was "very disappointed" with some allies, singling out Spain for denying use of bases, as Washington ann…
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago has dismissed all remaining criminal charges against four individuals who were indicted following protests outside the federal immigration holding facility in Broadview, Illinois. The move, announced in federal court, eliminates misdemeanor impediment charges after an earlier felony conspiracy count was already…
On May 21, President Donald Trump announced that the United States will send 5,000 more troops to Poland, attributing the decision to his relationship with Poland's newly elected president, Karol Nawrocki. The declaration comes after U.S. Vice President JD Vance had said a deployment to Poland was delayed and amid a broader U.S. review of its milit…
Alexandros Giotopoulos, identified as the principal organiser of the now-defunct November 17 guerrilla group, was released from Korydallos high-security prison in Athens after a judicial panel approved a request he filed in 2025, sources said. Giotopoulos, 82, was arrested in 2002 when police dismantled the Marxist group and subsequently convicted …
Uruguay is preparing to host Pope Leo in November as part of a regional visit to southern Latin America that is expected to include Peru and Argentina. The Catholic Church in Montevideo reported the planned stop, and Uruguay's foreign ministry has told Reuters it is making preparations. The visit is likely to attract large crowds in a country known…
Carlos Mojica, also known as 'El Viejo Lin', a founding figure and long-running leader of the Barrio 18 gang, has died in El Salvador from liver complications, the government said on May 21. Mojica had been held in a maximum-security facility since 2003 after being deported from the United States in the 1990s. Convicted of ordering dozens of murder…
Tennessee officials halted an execution after medical staff were unable to establish a backup intravenous line required by the state's lethal injection protocol. Governor Bill Lee issued a temporary one-year reprieve to Tony Carruthers, 57, who was sentenced to death for three 1994 murders. A media witness observed prison staff spending over an hou…
The acting director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Jeffery Taubenberger, has stepped down, two Democratic senators said during a Senate hearing on the National Institutes of Health’s 2027 budget. The departure was confirmed in comments by Senators Tammy Baldwin and Patty Murray and was not disputed by NIH Dire…
On May 21 in Nuuk, the United States inaugurated an expanded consular office in downtown Nuuk, relocating from a wooden cabin on the city outskirts. The opening triggered protests by several hundred Greenlanders opposed to President Trump’s stated interest in Greenland, while local ministers, including the prime minister, declined invitations to at…
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum privately told members of her Morena party to resign if they are implicated in corrupt activity, according to two party sources. The instruction, delivered in separate meetings with governors and lawmakers, comes amid U.S. legal actions alleging ties between Mexican officials and the Sinaloa Cartel and growing di…
The Board of Peace lead envoy for Gaza told the U.N. Security Council that the enclave faces the danger of becoming permanently divided unless a ceasefire takes hold. Implementation of a U.S.-backed plan to end the two-year war and rebuild Gaza has stalled as Hamas refuses to relinquish weapons and Israel maintains troops across roughly 60% of the …
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro is arranging a visit to Washington and has sought a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the matter. The outreach comes as the senator confronts a campaign crisis tied to revelations about his links to a banker now jailed in a major fraud probe and as he attempts to rebui…
Iranian authorities have launched a broad propaganda campaign across Tehran and other public venues that emphasizes national unity, resistance to foreign powers and patriotic imagery. The effort features large posters linking Revolutionary Guards forces to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, military-themed mass weddings, and weapons training broa…
Officials from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations said the known caseload in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola outbreak probably underrepresents the true scale, and that producing a safe, effective vaccine within a targeted short timeframe may be difficult. The outbreak has about 600 suspected cases and over 130 suspec…
An Israeli drone strike in the northern Gaza Strip killed a 13-year-old boy and wounded others, health officials and medics said, amid reports that Israeli forces have resumed issuing evacuation warnings ahead of attacks. The resurgence of such orders has forced dozens of families to flee at night and follow-up strikes have damaged homes and infras…
Newly published files reveal that Queen Elizabeth advocated for her son Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to be named a government trade envoy in 2000. The documents detail conversations between senior trade officials and the royal household ahead of his 2001-2011 tenure as Special Representative for International Trade and Investment. Government statemen…
The Kremlin on May 21 rejected a report alleging that about 200 Russian soldiers were covertly trained in China late last year and that some subsequently took part in fighting in Ukraine. A July 2025 Russian-Chinese agreement stated that roughly 200 Russian personnel would receive training at Chinese military facilities, and that hundreds of Chines…
Family members and community leaders described Amin Abdullah, 51, a security guard at the Islamic Center of San Diego, as a selfless protector after he engaged two gunmen and sent a radio call that initiated a security lockdown, actions credited with keeping about 140 children safe. Two other victims were also killed. Authorities are investigating …
Local health officials have reported two suspected Ebola cases in Lwiro territory of South Kivu province, a rebel-held area hundreds of kilometres from the outbreak's epicentre in Ituri. One suspected patient has died and another is isolated pending test results. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak - of the Bundibugyo strain for…
Iran's national soccer team attended visa interviews in Ankara as part of logistical preparations for the 2026 World Cup. The full squad applied for Canadian visas and a subset of players, who had not previously applied for U.S. entry, submitted U.S. visa applications. The team is training in Turkey following a suspension of Iran's domestic league …
