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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo at the National Palace in Mexico City, on June 25, 2026.
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Sheinbaum’s political headache worsens, Unrest in Lebanon over latest ceasefire deal, Pakistan-Afghanistan border tensions flare up, SCOTUS rulings due

At least a dozen Mexican lawmakers have reportedly offered to be informants to the United States as part of Washington’s investigations into elected officials’ alleged collusion with cartels.

​Giorgia Meloni in Siracusa, Italy, on September 21, 2024.
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Italy’s Meloni considers early election, Venezuela’s debt is much larger than first thought, EU talks to the Taliban

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is reportedly considering early elections, as her popularity dips amid a rising challenge from the far right.

​A Boeing 737 Max 8 with Afghans on board lands at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) on December 16, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Germany clears path for Afghan refugees, China’s population predicted to plummet, Brazil’s Congress seeks to cut Bolsonaro’s sentence, Nigeria appeals DRC’s World Cup eligibility

​Buildings lie in ruins amidst the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 8, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Gaza needs to clear out tons of rubble, Trump to hold final-round Fed chair interviews, Canada to incentivize highly-skilled immigrants, The Taliban doesn’t like “Peaky Blinders”

Lifeguards at the Boatyard Beach Club in Bridgetown, Barbados, on January 7, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Caribbean islands come together, “Gen Z” protests hit Morocco, Afghanistan cut off from the world

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom, on Sept. 2, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: UK’s deputy PM resigns, US jobs market stagnates, Another earthquake hits Afghanistan, & More

​European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, in Mihail Kogalniceanu, near Constanta, Romania September 1, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Russia allegedly jams European leader’s plane, Ghana’s president fires the chief justice, Earthquakes devastate Afghanistan

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plane lost GPS navigation while approaching Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on Sunday. Pilots circled for an hour before landing manually with paper maps.

​Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Ukrainian Independence Day, Aug. 24, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Ukraine blocked from using long-range US missiles, Israeli strike on hospital, Taliban gaining legitimacy, & More

British soldiers with NATO-led Resolute Support Mission arrive at the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan March 6, 2020.
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Hard Numbers: Secret British plan resettles Afghans, More Palestinians die at aid sites, US AIDS relief lives on, robots take the field, & more

​Afghan Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, pictured here at the anniversary event of the departure of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 28, 2022.
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US-Taliban relations thaw amid race for Afghanistan’s mineral riches

The Trump administration has dropped multimillion-dollar bounties on senior Afghan officials from the Haqqani network, a militant faction that carried out some of the deadliest attacks on American troops but has now positioned itself as a moderate wing within the Taliban government. But why?