On March 25, the United States announced that a deal was brokered at the peace talks in Riyadh that would eliminate the use of force in the Black Sea. The Black Sea is a critical shipping lane, particularly for the exportation of grain from Ukraine.
Read MoreGang violence in Haiti is leading to an increase in displacement, with over one million people currently displaced, and rising by the thousands every week. United Nations News reports that around six million people in Haiti face acute food insecurity, with two million experiencing emergency hunger levels.
Read MoreOn March 24, 2025, Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, published an article in The Atlantic titled, “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans.” In the article, Goldberg revealed how several of the highest-ranking officials in the Trump administration accidentally included him in a group chat to discuss missile strikes on Yemen.
Read MoreThe former president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, is expected to stand trial before the Brazilian Supreme Court following a unanimous ruling of the justices. Bolsonaro, along with several other accused associates, is connected to the actions that led to the damaging January 8th attacks in 2023, following the 2022 Brazilian elections.
Read MoreLast week, the United States worked to create a limited ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. The tentative deal regarding a ceasefire over the Black Sea also includes a large portion about energy infrastructure, reports The Associated Press. However, Ukraine, the U.S., and Russia have differing opinions on what exactly the deal covers.
Read MoreOn March 22, Japan, China, and South Korea met in Tokyo for what Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is calling a “turning point in history.” According to Reuters, top diplomats from all three countries met to find common ground on security and East Asia and on economic issues. At this meeting, the foreign ministers of each country discussed trilateral cooperation on disasters, aging, the green economy, and declining birth rates writes The Associated Press.
Read MoreThe recent arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul, has sparked protests across Türkiye. İmamoğlu was detained on Wednesday, March 19, and arrested the following Sunday. According to BBC News, İmamoğlu has been charged with various crimes related to corruption and criminal organizations, and the government attempted to charge him with aiding a terrorist organization.
Read MoreOn Monday, March 17, at a European Union-led conference in Brussels, Belgium, international donors pledged nearly $6.5 billion in aid to support Syria’s reconstruction after the fall of the Assad regime, aiming to stabilize the country and help Syria’s new leadership rebuild infrastructure to encourage a peaceful political transition within the country, reports The Jerusalem Post.
Read MoreTensions in South Sudan are rising between the leaders of the country’s largest civil war factions—President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar—after a Nasir army base was overrun by an insurgent militia.
Read MoreNorth Korea’s news agency released photos showcasing nuclear-capable submarines under construction, The Associated Press reports. The pictures released by the state’s media, show President Kim Jong Un visiting a shipyard where crews appear to be working on a massive nuclear-capable submarine.
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