An international crew of four astronauts returned safely to Earth on Saturday after spending nearly five months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). They splashed down off the coast of California inside a SpaceX capsule. Crew Members and Splashdown Details The returning astronauts included US nationals Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan’s Takuya Onishi, and […]

The streets of Yerevan were almost deserted on Saturday due to the intense summer heat. Yet, in the shaded parks and near fountains, Armenians wrestled with the implications of the peace accord signed the previous day in Washington. Background: A Historic Peace Treaty The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan—two Caucasian nations long embroiled in territorial […]

On Saturday, tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Tel Aviv, calling for an end to the war in Gaza, just one day after the Israeli government announced plans to escalate the conflict and capture Gaza City. The Protest and Its Messages Protesters carried signs and held up photographs of hostages still […]

Gaza’s civil defence agency reported that at least 37 people were killed by Israeli fire on Saturday, including 30 civilians who were waiting to collect aid. Incident Details Mahmud Bassal, a civil defence spokesman, told AFP that Israeli forces opened fire on civilians gathered near a border crossing in northern Gaza, which has been used […]

A court in Chad sentenced former prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra to 20 years’ imprisonment on Saturday, convicting him of hate speech, xenophobia, and incitement to massacre. Details of the Conviction The court in N’Djamena handed down the verdict against Masra, one of President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno’s most vocal critics, for his […]

European leaders have urged greater “pressure” on Russia following the announcement of a Trump-Putin summit aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Concerns have arisen that any agreement might require Kyiv to cede large areas of territory. Upcoming Summit and Reactions Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are scheduled to meet this Friday in the […]

Ukraine will not relinquish any of its land to Russia in exchange for peace, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Saturday, following the announcement that Washington and Moscow have agreed to hold a summit in an effort to end the ongoing war. Summit Details and Reactions Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are scheduled to meet […]