International

South Africa Braces as Anti-Migrant Group's Sept. 30 "Deadline" Arrives Five Weeks Before Municipal Elections

JOHANNESBURG 

South Africa reached the second unofficial ultimatum of its anti-immigrant summer today. The movement March and March had demanded that undocumented foreign nationals leave the country by Sept. 30, and the government has said the date "has no legal authority" and that private citizens cannot…

In Baidoa, a Dispute Over Somalia's Federal Bargain Turns Deadly Again, With Hunger Closing In

MOGADISHU

Fighting returned to the streets of Baidoa this week as forces loyal to a deposed regional president clashed with Somali government troops and those of the federally backed leader of South West State. Children have been killed and injured and a health facility was damaged, according to UNICEF, in a…

Jack Smith Takes the Stand: A Former Special Counsel Defends His Trump Prosecutions Before a Hostile Senate Panel

World Politics 

Overview

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith returned to public view on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing that revealed how sharply the country remains divided over the two criminal cases he brought against Donald…

Senegal's Faye Refuses to Rule Out Dissolving Parliament as Rival Sonko's Assembly Weighs IMF-Linked Budget

DAKAR, Senegal  

Senegal's president has publicly declined to rule out dissolving the National Assembly, just as lawmakers loyal to his former ally and ex-prime minister prepare to examine the amended budget that underpins a new International Monetary Fund program. In interviews given…

Cockpit Struggle at 34,000 Feet: Flydubai Flight to Tel Aviv Diverts to Saudi Arabia Amid Suspected Attempt to Crash the Plane

World Politics 

Overview

A flydubai passenger jet carrying roughly 170 to 180 people from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing at Tabuk Airport in northwestern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday morning after a violent struggle in the cockpit. The flight, FZ1073, sent out the international squawk code…

Ethiopia Slides Back Toward Civil War as Tigray Forces and Six Allied Armed Groups Take On Abiy

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia 

Less than four years after the Pretoria Peace Agreement ended a war that the African Union estimates killed about 600,000 people, northern Ethiopia is fighting again. In the past week, Tigrayan forces have seized the airport in the regional capital, Mekelle, pushed…