In what came as a surprise to many, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, won a majority of constituencies in the recent Delhi elections, which took place on February 5, 2025. The right-wing BJP, the party of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had been out of power in India’s capital for nearly three decades, with power being held by either the centrist Congress party or the center-left Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, which had been running Delhi up until this election.
On January 20, President Trump announced an executive order to freeze US foreign aid for 90 days. The order to halt most USAID operations is devastating for millions of people who rely upon the donor and the thousands of employees forced on leave and at risk of losing their jobs permanently.
On January 8, 2025, after more than 630 days in prison images of Belarusian political prisoner Viktor Babaryko were released. Babaryko is one of Belarus's most famous political prisoners who ran a powerful campaign against the authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko in the 2020 elections. Following the polls Babaryko was arrested, accused of “laundering funds obtained by criminal means” and sentenced to 14 years of prison without the possibility of an appeal.
On Monday, January 6th, the US Congress certified Donald Trump’s victory in last year's presidential elections, which took place on November 5, 2024. In order to legally determine the winner of the election, this procedure is required, which involves members of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate allocating their state’s votes in the Electoral College and declaring that their state’s election results are “regular in form and authentic”.
The Kenyan government declared gender violence as the country’s biggest security threat this past Thursday, December 19. Since September 2023 there have been 7107 reports of sexual and gender-based violence and now in just the past four months, 100 women in Kenya have been killed, most by men they knew. The country’s gender violence is endemic and following the surge in cases, the government proposes an action plan which includes a special police unit dedicated to femicide and a presidential group to propose methods to combat gender-based violence.
The HTS promised to build a “homeland for all, including all sects and social classes.” Assad’s fall was announced on state television, as the flag of the opposition was hung up to replace the former. The citizens went out into the streets to celebrate, with the rebel soldiers firing at the sky to signal their victory. The residents asked to be taken to the “house of the donkey”, the presidential palace that had cost $1bn of tax money to build. People rejoiced in a newly found freedom and spoke out loud about the future of their country for the first time. Turkey claimed that 7,600 Syrians crossed the border to return home following the fall of Assad.
Protests erupted throughout Georgia after the government suspended EU membership talks until 2028, demanding democratic reforms and closer EU ties. As a country with a population of 3.7 million, its stability and sovereignty are critical in the region. Following the government's decision to halt EU membership negotiations until 2028, Georgia has seen a rise in protests and political unrest in recent weeks. At nationwide rallies in Tbilisi, thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets to demand democratic reforms and renewed commitment to the EU. Georgia's long history of protecting its stability, and sovereignty, and efforts to strengthen its links with the West are highlighted by the government's efforts to handle this crisis.
The murder of UnitedHealthCare’s CEO Brian Thompson in New York City on December 4th has pushed the debate over the United States healthcare system into the center of attention. Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare, part of UnitedHealthGroup, one of America’s largest companies, provided private health insurance to over 49 million individuals across the US and was holding its annual investor’s conference in New York City when its CEO was shot directly in front of the hotel hosting the conference.
Since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency, multiple territories have seen their sovereignty challenged by the American President’s ambitions for annexation. One of the...
Following the recent arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, significant unrest and protests have erupted across Turkey, revealing strong political divides and fears for...
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have been taking to the streets of Belgrade and other Serbian cities since November. March 15th marked the largest...
