A powerful grade 5 storm lashed through the eastern coast of India on May 3rd with torrential rain and winds gusting up to 200km per hour, killing at least two people and forcing a million others to look for safe shelters...

The Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council has listed Masood Azhar, the leader of Jaish-e-Mohammad, as a global terrorist on May 1, 2019...

The political situation in Venezuela has taken yet another turn after opposition leader Juan Guaidó made his boldest attempt yet on Tuesday by calling for an uprising alongside military personnel...

Two weeks after Indonesia held the world's largest single-day elections, the nation remains divided with both candidates continuing to claim victory over unofficial quick counts...

Spain's snap general election concluded on April 28, 2019, with the ruling center-left Socialist Workers’ Party claiming victory but falling short of a majority with 123 or parliaments' 350 total seats. Vox, a far-right political party...

China has commenced a three day forum on its signature global infrastructure policy, the Belt and Road Initiative. Reportedly over 5,000 delegates from 150 countries have arrived in Beijing to...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for the first time as part of a summit held in Vladivostok, Russia. Much of the summit...

Russia has launched a new nuclear-powered submarine, titled Belgorod, that is presumably capable of carrying nuclear-tipped underwater drones...

Shortly following a decision by the United States to end exemptions on sanctioned Iranian oil trade, Iran's parliament approved a bill labeling the U.S. Central Command and its military forces as a terrorist group...

The USA ended waivers today for eight buyers (China, India, Japan, South Korea, Greece, Italy, Turkey, and Taiwan) from importing Iranian oil. The goal of the Trump Administration is to reduce Iranian oil exports to zero, thereby affecting the rentier state economy...