On February 15, 2025, two trains were delayed at the New Delhi Railway Station in India’s capital, while a third train, heading to Prayagraj City- where Kumbh Mela, a massive Hindu religious festival, was being held- was waiting to depart. Due to the delays, the crowd pushed against each other, causing a stampede that killed 18 people and injured many more.
Read MorePresident Donald Trump invited India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet with him in Washington last week.
Read MoreWhen Bassel Rajab, a 50-year-old farmer, was allowed to return to Gaza amid the ceasefire, initial hope was turned to despair when he and thousands of others realized their enemy had turned from airstrikes to dehydration.
Read MoreOn January 30, a 32-year-old male nurse in Uganda died from the Ebola virus, marking the first recorded fatality of the disease since the nation’s last confirmed outbreak of the disease ended in 2023.
Read MoreSoutheast Asia is taking historic action with its ambitious movement towards nuclear power to create a sustainable energy source for the region—one that has never applied nuclear power before. This movement is not the first time Southeast Asian nations have sought nuclear energy. According to The Associated Press, Southeast Asia’s only nuclear power plant was completed decades ago, about 40 miles from Manila, the capital of the Philippines. However, the plant was left idle due to fears of corruption and never even produced a single watt of nuclear energy.
Read MoreOn November 1, 2024, a recently reconstructed train station collapsed in Novi Sad, Serbia’s second-biggest city. The collapse killed 15 students, including two children. Since the incident, protests have spread across the country, with The Guardian reporting that protests occurred in over 200 towns and cities within the small Balkan country.
Read MoreThe central African nation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has recoiled from offensives conducted by Rwandan-backed rebel groups, resulting in an ever-increasing death toll and a humanitarian crisis sure to affect the entirety of the country.
Read MoreSince returning to office, President Trump has signed numerous executive orders regarding topics such as immigration, climate change, health, oil, medical research, and federal diversity programs, among many more.
Read MoreAs of January 29, the military governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced that they have officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). According to The New York Times, tensions between the three countries and ECOWAS began in 2023 after Nigerien officers overthrew the civilian government in a military coup. This followed a 2021 coup in Mali and a 2022 coup in Burkina Faso.
Read MoreOn January 29, a regional American Airlines flight out of Wichita, Kansas collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River while attempting to land at Washington’s Reagan National Airport. All 64 aboard the plane and the three soldiers on the helicopter were killed, CNN reports.
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