On December 27, 2024, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved the country’s parliament, calling for a snap election on February 23, 2025, after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way coalition collapsed three years into its mandate.
Read MoreOn January 19, 90 Palestinian prisoners walked free from Israeli jails and three Israeli hostages were released from Hamas captivity as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold.
Read MoreIn the northeast region of Colombia, the small town of Tibu has become a symbol for the resurrection of guerilla violence, as escalating tensions between paramilitary forces fuel fear across the country. The region of Catatumbo has endured an uptick in attacks by the National Liberation Army (ELN), after the government failed attempts to hold peace talks with the group, leaving 80 people dead.
Read MoreThe Southern California fires have blazed through Los Angeles, impacting many communities, especially the entertainment industry.
Read MoreThe new year began with calls for action against gun violence in Montenegro, a small Balkan country on the Adriatic Sea, after a gunman opened fire in a bar, killing 12 on impact and another who succumbed to injuries in the days following the shooting.
Read MoreOn December 29, 2024, Jeju Air flight 7C 2216, flying from Bangkok to South Korea’s Muan International Airport, ended in a catastrophic crash landing, leaving all but two of the 181 passengers dead. This tragedy marks one of the deadliest aviation incidents in South Korea’s history.
Read MoreOn December 25, 2024, Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243, a Brazilian-made Embraer 190 passenger jet, traveling from Baku, Azerbaijan to Grozny, Russia was forced to veer off hundreds of miles across the Caspian Sea upon entering Russia’s southern Chechnya region, before crash landing in Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 of the 67 people on board.
Read MoreAs the war in Sudan nears its second year, human rights organizations are deeply concerned about the humanitarian crisis going on inside the country. The conflict broke out in April of 2023 in the capital of Khartoum between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over state control.
Read MoreA soccer game in Amsterdam ended in rioting and conflicts between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine groups on Friday, November 8, after a 5-0 win by the Netherlands’ soccer team Ajax over Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Associated Press reports that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were running and acting destructively while rioters moved in small groups attacking Maccabi fans.
Read MoreWhere Gaza once stood is now rubble: no more schools, no more hospitals, no more houses of worship. Over the past year, the humanitarian situation has continued to worsen, as civilians are dying from not only illegal bombings and drone strikes but also a lack of access to adequate infrastructure and food.
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