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Ethiopia’s Uneasy Anti-Abiy Alliance
Seven Ethiopian armed and political organizations have announced a coalition to remove Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and create a transitional administration. The alliance…
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Italy’s School Integration Test
Giorgia Meloni has announced a proposed package limiting non-Italian-citizen students per class, requiring Italian lessons for some parents, and banning face-covering garments in schools.…
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A Vaccine Against the Wrong Ebola?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is offering Ervebo to frontline workers during a Bundibugyo-virus outbreak, even though Ervebo is licensed for Zaire ebolavirus.…
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Russia’s Wartime Supermajority
Russia’s 2026 State Duma election produced a preliminary projection of 355 of 450 seats for Vladimir Putin’s United Russia after a tightly managed wartime…
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Indonesia’s Finance Ministry Gamble
President Prabowo Subianto has replaced Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa with veteran technocrat Suahasil Nazara, raising questions about fiscal credibility, political control and the…
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Beijing’s High-Stakes Bid to Calm the Iran War
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met China’s Wang Yi in Beijing as fighting disrupted the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi oil infrastructure, and global energy…
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OpenAI’s Biosecurity Bet
OpenAI is backing three bipartisan biotechnology and biological-data bills, plus an independent-evaluation provision in the FRONTIER Act. None has become law, and the central…
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EPA’s Power-Plant Climate Rollback
On September 14, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a partial repeal of Biden-era greenhouse-gas standards for fossil-fuel power plants while proposing to eliminate…
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Columbia, Khalil, and the Limits of Campus Protection
Mahmoud Khalil and former members of Columbia’s Palestine Working Group have sued the university, alleging that it tolerated doxxing and harassment while retaliating against…
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A Deeper Alliance? Kim and Putin’s New Pledge
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to expand cooperation with Russia and backed Moscow’s “sacred war,” reinforcing a partnership already involving arms,…