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FILE - President Andry Rajoelina addresses a state ceremony, Sept. 2, 2025, in Antananarivo, Madagascar. (AP Photo/Alexander Joe, file)

Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government freed American citizen Amir Amiry on Sunday, September 28, after nine months in detention. He became the fifth American to be freed from Afghanistan this year a…

A recent report from the United Nations Human Rights Office indicates that ethnic killings in the ongoing Sudanese Civil War have risen in the first half of 2025, a grim statistic in a conflict tha…

After a week of conflict along their borders, Pakistan and Afghanistan reached a ceasefire agreement on Sunday following a meeting in Doha. Qatar's foreign ministry mediated the talks, and it released a statement saying Islamabad and Kabul both “agreed to an immediate ceasefire and the establishment of mechanisms to consolidate lasting peace and stability,” hopefully putting an end to the worst spurt of violence the region has seen since 2021, when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. In a post on X, Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif confirmed that the ceasefire had been finalized, but he added that both sides would meet again on October 25 in Istanbul to discuss further “detailed matters.”

Croatia's parliament voted to reinstate military conscription on Friday, seventeen years after voting to suspend it in 2008. 84 lawmakers of the 151-member parliament voted in favor of two amendments reintroducing mandatory military training, while 30 abstained and 11 voted against. According to Croatian public broadcaster HRT, army service will last two months and provide “basic military training.” The government will start calling conscripts born in 2007 for medical checkups by the end of the year. Conscripts will receive a salary and an advantage when applying for public jobs, and conscientious objectors may choose to do civilian service for three to four months instead. The initiative is expected to start next year.

On Friday, October 3rd, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that the 20 points President Trump outlined in his plan to end the war in Gaza do not align with an initial draft that Pakistan wro…

Mali's capital, Bamako, has struggled under a fuel blockade from the al-Qaeda-affiliated group, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (J.N.I.M.). The two-month blockade targets fuel tankers, especially those from Senegal and the Ivory Coast, where most of Mali's imports come from. As a result, schools inside Bamako have shut down while businesses have found trouble operating without diesel-generated electricity. Fuel deprivation has fostered instability in Bamako, and several security analysts and diplomats told Reuters that J.N.I.M.'s ultimate goal is likely to trigger a coup in Mali, which would be its third since 2020. However, analysts also say the Islamist group does not have the strength or intention to capture Bamako.

Criminal violence and gang influence in Haiti have grown throughout the year, reflecting its descent into political chaos as the government continues struggling to consolidate authority. Many of th…