Major geopolitical developments — what happened this week that affects the largest number of people.
Three weeks after the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency, the Bundibugyo-strain Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has surpassed 360 confirmed cases and continues to grow. There is no approved vaccine for this strain of the virus.
On 20 May, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/80/L.65, which formally endorses the International Court of Justice's July 2025 advisory opinion on the
The civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which began in April 2023, is now in its fourth year. The May 2026 joint update
Over the weekend of 23–25 May, Russia conducted one of the largest single-night drone-and-missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital since the full-scale war began in
The framework agreement reported in Edition 001 — the six-weeks-on-still-fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran — has not held. US military strikes against Iranian targets resumed
More than 1.5 million international pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the 2026 Hajj. The spiritual peak — the gathering at Mount Arafat — took place on Tuesday. Almost no Western front page led with it.
A narrow channel between Iran and Oman carries a fifth of all oil traded on earth. Six weeks after Pakistan brokered a fragile ceasefire, the Strait of Hormuz is the lever that could change everything — for everyone.