Red Cross Calls for Urgent De-Escalation in West Asia

Bangladesh has elected veteran politician Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the country’s 23rd president, following a parliamentary vote on Thursday, August 20, that marked the first contested presidential election in the country in 35 years .

Developing nations face nearly $1.4 trillion in annual debt costs as unfair credit ratings block access to affordable finance, the UN warns. Deputy chief Amina Mohammed calls for reforming a system that “overlooks long-term potential.”

The EU Entry/Exit System became fully operational across the Schengen Area on April 10, 2026.

Building bridges across borders to co-develop flood early warning in the Sahel Vieri Tarchiani, Daniele Ganora, Riccardo Vesipa, Francesco Pasi, Valerio Capecchi, Marco Piras, Elena Belcore, Maurizio Bacci, Tiziana Antonietta De Filippis, and Maurizio Tiepolo Adv. Sci. Res., 23, 21–32, https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-23-21-2026, 2026 FEWSs are difficult to implement in shared river

Asian Games 2026: Full Schedule, Venues, and Key Details for Aichi-Nagoya
NAGOYA, Japan — September 19, 2026 — The 20th Asian Games officially opened on Saturday, September 19, at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, bringing together more than 11,000 athletes from 45 countries and regions for 16 days of competition across 43 sports and 469 medal events.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has surpassed 5,000 confirmed cases, with more than 2,300 deaths reported across six provinces.

Temporal and spatial variability in mudflat and mangrove foraminiferal eDNA communities in subtropical environments and their implication for sea-level reconstruction Zhaojia Liu, Nicole S. Khan, Howard K. Y. Yu, Magali Schweizer, Jennifer S. Walker, and Celia Schunter J. Micropalaeontol., 45, 679–698, https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-45-679-2026, 2026 We studied how genetic material from foraminifera

Iraq has urged OPEC to raise its oil production quota on June 25, 2026