International

Scrapped: Britain Ends Its "One In, One Out" Migrant Deal With France and Faces a Harder Question on the Channel

World Politics 

Overview

The United Kingdom's flagship attempt to deter Channel crossings by sending small-boat arrivals back to France has come to an end. The "one in, one out" pilot, announced with fanfare by then-prime minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron in…

The Horn Unravels: Ethiopia and Eritrea Sever Ties as War Returns to Tigray and Reaches Addis Ababa

World Politics  

Overview

In the space of a few hours on Thursday, October 1, 2026, two of the Horn of Africa's most consequential governments cut the last formal link between them. Ethiopia ordered the closure of its embassy in Asmara and declared ten Eritrean diplomats persona non…

Nigerian Public Servants Walk Out Over Petrol Prices, Testing Tinubu's Economic Reforms

ABUJA, Nigeria  

Nigeria's federal, state and local government workers are in the middle of a three-day warning strike over the price of petrol and the value of their pay, a confrontation that pits a coalition of public sector unions against President Bola Tinubu's signature economic reform…

Guinea-Bissau's Junta Bars Ousted President Embaló From Returning, Clouding December Election

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau 

Guinea-Bissau's military high command has blocked former president Umaro Sissoco Embaló from returning from exile ahead of the December 6 elections that the junta has billed as the road back to civilian rule. The decision, announced Thursday, came days before Embaló's planned…

Tit for Tat Between Moscow and Budapest: Russia Expels Hungarian Diplomats as Magyar's Government Breaks With the Orbán Era

A retaliatory expulsion on October 1 shows how far Hungary's relationship with the Kremlin has fallen since Viktor Orbán lost power, even as Budapest says it wants no escalation.

World Politics

Overview

On Thursday, October 1, 2026, Russia's Foreign Ministry announced…

Guinea-Bissau's Junta Bars Ousted President Embaló's Return, Clouding the Road to a December Election

BISSAU 

Guinea-Bissau's military high command announced on Thursday that conditions were not right for ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embaló to come home, blocking his declared plan to return from exile in Morocco and contest the presidential election scheduled for December 6. The decision, which came just…