International

Nevada Judge Dismisses Case Against Trump's 2020 'Fake Electors,' the Fourth Such Prosecution to Collapse

Background

When Joe Biden carried Nevada by more than 33,000 votes over Donald Trump in November 2020, the state's six Republican presidential electors were not seated. That did not stop a group of Nevada Republican Party officials from acting as if they had been. On December 14, 2020 — the same day the state's legitimate…

Zambia's Presidential Vote Count Halted Over Violence, Ballot Theft as Hichilema Seeks Second Term

Background

Zambia, a landlocked, copper-rich nation of roughly 22 million people in southern Africa, went to the polls on Thursday, August 13, 2026, in general elections combining presidential, parliamentary and local contests. About 8.7 million voters were registered to choose between incumbent President Hakainde…

Eritrean Weapons Reported Moving Toward Tigray Front as Ethiopia's Fragile Peace Unravels

Addis Ababa/Mekelle, Ethiopia 

Reports that Eritrean tanks and heavy artillery are moving toward southern Tigray's Raya front have deepened fears that Ethiopia's four-year-old truce between Addis Ababa and the Tigray People's Liberation Front is giving way to a wider war — one that could…

A Prisoner Handover and a Fresh Firefight Show the Two Faces of Congo's Fragile Peace Process

Kinshasa/Goma, DRC 

Nine days after the Democratic Republic of the Congo freed 15 prisoners to the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel alliance in the first confirmed exchange under last year's Qatar-mediated peace framework, pro-government militia fighters and M23 forces were still clashing north of Bukavu, near the…

Taiwan Stages Its Largest-Ever War Games as Fears of a Chinese Invasion Sharpen

World Politics 

Background

Taiwan has held the Han Kuang exercises every year since 1984, but the 2026 edition, the 42nd in the series, has drawn unusually intense international attention because of how closely it mirrors what defense planners believe a real Chinese assault on the…

On Eve of Osun Vote, a Fractured Field Tests Tinubu's Grip on His Home Turf

OSOGBO, Nigeria  

Nigerians in Osun State head to the polls Saturday in a governorship election that has become far more than a local contest, doubling as an early referendum on President Bola Tinubu's political dominance in his southwestern home region less than a year before the 2027 general election.…