By Molly Lukas On November 2nd, 2025, Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, former chief legal officer of the Israel Defense Forces, was reported missing before being located and arrested in an investigation into the unauthorized release of a classified video. Two days earlier, she had resigned after acknowledging she approved the leak, which shows Israeli personnel beating and stripping a bound Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman military facility. Military-court filings

By Indira Kelly Catherine Connolly and Zohran Mamdani don’t look like natural allies. Connolly, a woman in her sixties from Ireland, has spent decades in cultural advocacy and local politics. Mamdani, a 34‑year‑old man from New York, is a rising progressive voice in American state politics. Yet they share one thing that matters more than biography: both cracked the code of the youth vote. And they did it not with policy papers or debate performances, but with Instagram reels

By Priya Caswell The recent capture of El Fasher on October 27th, by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support forces (RSF) marks a devastating new chapter in Sudan’s ongoing civil war. After an 18 month siege, RSF fighters took the city, located in the western region of Darfur, ending control of one of the army’s largest strongholds. In the process, they committed brutal atrocities, including the massacre of over 450 patients and workers at the Saudi Maternity Hospital, which they

By Josh Craughwell The European Union has pledged nearly €300 million to Pacific island nations in a new investment push under its Global Gateway strategy, a move which further reshapes the region’s development landscape while stressing the growing intersection of aid and influence. September 2025 saw the inaugural EU-Pacific Business Forum in Fiji, where packages targeting key sectors were announced. Of the total fund, around €53 million is set aside for renewable and sustai