International

A Firing Squad on Livestream: The Pentagon's Plan to Broadcast the Execution of the Fort Hood Shooter

World Politics  

Background

On November 5, 2009, Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan walked into a soldier readiness processing center at Fort Hood, Texas, and opened fire on troops preparing to deploy. Thirteen people were killed and 32 were wounded, making it the deadliest…

Ethiopia Retakes Mekelle as Reports of Eritrean Troops in Tigray Push the Horn Toward Wider War

POLITICS

Ethiopian federal forces and allied militias have driven a rebel coalition out of Mekelle, the Tigray regional capital, and pushed on to Adigrat, a town roughly 25 to 30 kilometers (15 to 19 miles) from the Eritrean border. The advance has coincided with a dangerous diplomatic escalation. Addis Ababa…

"Get a New President": Trump Turns on Zelenskyy After a Diesel Deal With Moscow

World Politics 

Background

On Saturday, October 10, 2026, President Donald Trump told reporters outside the White House that it is "time for Ukraine to get a new president." He was about to leave for a midterm campaign rally in Clarksville, Tennessee. The remark, aimed at Volodymyr…

Three Weeks Out, South Africa's Local Elections Hinge on Metro Coalitions and the ANC's Slide

SOUTH AFRICA

South Africans vote on Nov. 4 in local government elections that will decide who runs the country's biggest cities, and the available polling suggests that in most of them no party will win outright. The African National Congress (ANC), which lost its national majority in 2024, is defending its…

Guinea-Bissau's December Election Is Effectively Dead, and the Junta Has Barred Its Ousted President From Coming Home

POLITICS

Guinea-Bissau's military-led transition is running out of road. Four days ago, the transitional prime minister and the national election commission each told the junta's leader that the presidential and legislative elections scheduled for Dec. 6 cannot be held on time, because the legal deadlines for…

After the Rain: Morocco's Bet on Turning Water from Weather into Infrastructure

A wet 2026 has refilled the reservoirs and lifted growth. The harder question for Rabat's new government is whether pipes, desalination and transfers can stop the next drought from setting the economy's pace.

North Africa: Morocco

A Good Year That Proves the Point

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