Leading medical groups in the United States have expressed serious concern after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under President Donald Trump and Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced a major revision to the childhood immunization schedule. The unprecedented move removes recommendations for several vaccines long considered essential for protecting children

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Faustin-Archange Touadera, the incumbent President of the Central African Republic (CAR), has secured a historic third term in office, according to provisional results from the December 28, 2025, presidential election. Preliminary figures released on Monday show Touadera receiving 76.15 percent of the vote, a commanding lead over his closest competitors. Former Prime Minister Anicet-Georges Dologuele

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Around 400 tourists remain stranded on Socotra, Yemen’s largest island, as ongoing clashes between Saudi-backed government forces and UAE-backed secessionists disrupt flights and travel. The island, part of the Socotra archipelago in the Arabian Sea, has become a focal point of the intensifying conflict in southern Yemen, leaving international visitors stuck far from home. Flights

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The Trump administration is reportedly scheduling meetings with executives from major US oil companies to discuss potential investments in Venezuelan oil production, following the US military operation that resulted in the abduction of Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro. According to sources cited by Reuters, these discussions aim to explore ways to revive Venezuela’s oil sector, which

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In a historic and controversial development, Delcy Rodriguez, former vice president of Venezuela, has been officially sworn in as the country’s interim president. This comes after the abduction of Nicolas Maduro in a United States military operation, which has sent shockwaves through the South American nation and raised concerns over Venezuela’s sovereignty and political stability.

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Egypt has officially declared that it shares identical views with Saudi Arabia regarding the ongoing conflicts in Yemen and Sudan, signaling a strong regional alignment at a time of growing instability in the Middle East. This announcement comes amid widening differences between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), who were previously close allies

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U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked fresh concerns about a potential escalation with Iran after being photographed holding a hat emblazoned with the slogan “Make Iran Great Again”, just days after the controversial U.S. military abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The image, shared publicly by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, shows Trump aboard Air Force

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Abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appeared in a New York City federal court on Monday, making his first public comments since being forcibly removed from Caracas by U.S. special forces in a military operation widely condemned as illegal under international law. Maduro, handcuffed and dressed in a blue jail uniform, told the court he was

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Israel’s military has conducted airstrikes on multiple locations in Lebanon, targeting what it described as Hezbollah and Hamas military infrastructure, prompting civilians to flee several villages in the country’s south and east. The strikes follow ongoing tensions despite a United States-brokered ceasefire in 2024 that had temporarily ended over a year of heavy fighting between

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro declared on Monday that he would personally “take up arms” to defend his country if the United States were to carry out a violent intervention similar to the recent operation in Venezuela. In a post on social media, Petro, a former leftist fighter turned president, denounced U.S. threats as undue interference

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