Poland announced on September 9th, 2020, that it was preparing to move up to 10,000 troops to the border with Belarus ahead of planned presidential elections and protests against the authoritarian rule of President Alexander Lukashenko. The Polish government is thought to be taking the deployment as a precautionary measure to both support Belarusian protesters […]
Guatemalans are preparing to go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, in an election marked by concerns of potential violence and fraud. The country has seen weeks of protests, led by dozens of civil society organizations, demanding an end of corruption and impunity. More than seven million Guatemalans are eligible to […]
A man has been arrested by Malaysian police after a Malaysian Airlines flight from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur was forced to turn around and return to Australia, mid-flight. The incident occurred on August 8th, and the plane was forced to return to Sydney due to a reported unruly passenger. There are no reports of injury […]
A Russian warship was seen listing in the Black Sea after a Ukrainian sea drone attack targeted the Russian military base located near the port city of Novorossiysk in southern Russia, according to media reports. The drone reportedly targeted the base as part of ongoing tension between the two countries. The Russian Defense Ministry said […]
According to reports, thousands of unclaimed bodies are being left to decompose in Sudan’s capital city, Khartoum, due to the city’s morgues reaching their capacity. The bodies have been flooding into morgues in the city since December, and authorities are unable to cope with the surge. In some cases, the bodies are dumped in streets […]