John Hayward

Turkish police used pepper spray, water cannons, and non-lethal plastic bullets against student demonstrators in Ankara.

Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), declared the capital of Khartoum has been recaptured from insurgents.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the “show” put on by supporters of jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu will end soon.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that the Trump administration has proposed a new version of a deal for developing Ukraine’s extensive mineral deposits to help repay its war debts, finance reconstruction, and enhance security.

Indian government sources told Reuters on Tuesday that New Delhi is considering $23 billion in tariff reductions on U.S. imports to stave off President Donald Trump’s threatened reciprocal tariffs, which will affect at least $66 billion in Indian exports if they take effect on April 2.

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church, the influential cult linked to the 2022 assassination of former prime minister Abe Shinzo.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday that Yemen’s west coast is “on the verge of a catastrophe” in which “thousands will die” from malnutrition.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Monday dismissed the impeachment of interim Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who took over after President Yoon Suk-yeol was impeached.

A Chinese-owned copper mine in Zambia suffered an accident in mid-February that dumped about fifty million liters of acid waste into the local water table, creating both an environmental disaster and a diplomatic rupture between Zambia and China.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said on Monday that negotiations with U.S. representatives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia were “productive and focused” and covered “key points including energy.”

Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Sunday officially nominated Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as their candidate for the next presidential election.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Syria’s “interim president” Ahmed al-Sharaa on Thursday, offering “practical cooperation” and “friendly” relations to “stabilize the situation in the country as soon as possible.”

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi wrote a letter to President Donald Trump in which he offered extensive mineral rights to the U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund in exchange for military assistance against the Rwanda-backed insurgent group M23.

Protesters in the Turkish cities of Izmir, Istanbul, and the capital of Ankara clashed with police on Friday as protests against the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu grew larger and more intense.

Indian police on Thursday arrested hundreds of farmers in the northern state of Punjab and used bulldozers to flatten the camps they built over a year ago.

Taiwan’s annual Han Kuang military exercise, scheduled for July 9-18 this year, will simulate a Chinese invasion in the year 2027.

The Turkish government on Thursday announced 37 people were arrested for “provocative” social media posts related to Wednesday’s arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and chief political rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The astoundingly rapid evolution of drone warfare in the Ukraine war has led to some engagements where almost all of the fighting was performed by autonomous and semi-autonomous machines, both on the ground and in the air – bringing the world closer to the long-feared state of “hyperwar,” where human commanders might not be able to plan and communicate quickly enough to control their machines.

Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and chief rival for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the 2028 election, was arrested on Wednesday in a move denounced by opposition leaders as a “coup against the next president.”

Chinese officials have reportedly ordered Uyghur Muslims in occupied East Turkistan to file video proof they are not fasting for the Muslim holiday of Ramadan.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had a “very good telephone call” with Ukrainian President Voloydymr Zelensky, following up on his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin the previous day.

Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre on Wednesday claimed U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed the Liberal candidate for prime minister, Mark Carney, because he wants a “weak and conflicted” Canadian leader who would be “easier” to deal with.

Syria’s new regime, led by former al-Qaeda officer Ahmed al-Sharaa, clashed with the Iran-backed Lebanese militants of Hezbollah on Monday after Hezbollah allegedly kidnapped and executed three Syrian soldiers.

Canada’s new prime minister and Liberal Party leader, Mark Carney, snapped at reporters on Monday when they questioned his potential conflicts of financial interest, which probably cannot be resolved with full public transparency before the next general election.

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard arrived in India on Monday for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval.

The United Nations published a report on Friday that said Iran is using drones, facial recognition technology, and a snitching app for smartphones to enforce its mandatory head covering law for women.

Syria’s Alawite community continued to huddle in fear over the weekend after hundreds of them were murdered by militants loyal to the Islamist government of former al-Qaeda leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Thousands gathered in London on Saturday for a rally against China’s planned “mega-embassy” project. The demonstrators called out China’s human rights abuses against oppressed groups like the Uyghurs and Tibetans, and said the mega-embassy could become a headquarters for surveillance against dissidents abroad.

Gen. Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said on Monday that Iran will respond “decisively and destructively” to any act of U.S. “aggression.”

The Kremlin says Vladimir Putin sent some “additional signals” to Donald Trump concerning Trump’s proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

CBS News reported on Thursday that the Trump administration is considering further restrictions on Russian oil, gas, and banking, even as the European Union (EU) prepares to remove several ultra-rich Russian oligarchs from its sanctions list under pressure from Hungary and Slovakia.

The Canadian Foreign ministry said on Thursday that it plans to ease some financial sanctions on Syria and send a non-resident ambassador to Damascus, despite the horrific massacres of Alawites and Christians perpetrated by the new Syrian government and its allies last weekend.

Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat said on Thursday that his country looks forward to supporting reconstruction in Ukraine with investments and a free trade agreement.

The Pakistani military said on Wednesday that 21 hostages were killed aboard a train hijacked by separatist militants from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). The BLA claimed it killed 50 people when it took responsibility for the terrorist attack.