A senior figure within the German soccer federation (DFB) has called for a discussion of whether to boycott the 2026 FIFA World Cup in response to actions by U.S. President Donald Trump. Oke Göttlich, an executive committee member at the DFB, said the issue should be taken up seriously and publicly rather than dismissed as unrealistic. Göttlich, who is also…
Venezuela’s opposition has long anticipated a simple sequence: Nicolás Maduro falls, and a new leadership replaces his government. The first part appeared to occur when U.S. forces seized Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores during a military operation on a base in Caracas and flew them to the United States. U.S. authorities say Maduro is jailed in New York on…
Press Detentions Amid a Shifting Power Landscape Venezuelan security forces detained at least fourteen members of the press while they were reporting on the aftermath of the seizure of Nicolás Maduro by US forces, underscoring growing concerns about press freedom during a period of political upheaval. According to the union representing media workers in Venezuela, most of those detained were…
After the U.S. capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump cast the operation as a message that Washington will impose its priorities across the hemisphere. Maduro was soon escorted through the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration offices in New York, a public display that capped months of rising confrontation between Washington and Caracas. The AP report said Trump has…
A Night of Celebration Turns into Tragedy A devastating fire tore through a crowded bar at a Swiss ski resort during a New Year celebration, killing dozens of people and leaving a community in shock. Many of the victims were teenagers and young adults who had gathered to celebrate the holiday in what was known as a popular nightlife spot.…
Former Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80, her party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), said in a statement issued Tuesday. Zia, the first woman elected to lead Bangladesh as prime minister, spent decades at the center of national politics in a rivalry with Sheikh Hasina that dominated elections, street protests and governance for a…
Rising Tensions After a Fragile Truce Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia have resurfaced after the Thai army accused its neighbor of breaching a recently agreed ceasefire along their disputed border. The truce had been welcomed as a critical step toward calming weeks of violent clashes that forced close to one million people to flee their homes and disrupted daily life…
