
The network of Shiite militias that Iran can activate against the US and Israel
Although weakened, pro-Iranian armed groups can destabilize the Middle East by attacking US bases, targeting their regional allies, and disrupting maritime oil shipments

Although weakened, pro-Iranian armed groups can destabilize the Middle East by attacking US bases, targeting their regional allies, and disrupting maritime oil shipments

Following bombings in several cities of the Islamic Republic, US bases in Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain were hit
While the stated goals are military and political, the personal stakes for the two leaders also appear relevant

The US president confirmed the start of ‘major combat operations’ and said that he will not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran

Explosions have been reported in Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait, just as Tehran warned it would do in the event of a strike
The US and Israeli attacks threaten a cornered regime, but also a traumatized and impoverished population

The US and Israel have launched a major combat operation in Tehran and other parts of the country

Trump describes the operation as ‘major’ and encourages Iranians to take power once it ends. The offensive is also targeting Iranian leaders. Israel has declared a state of emergency and closed its airspace, while Iran has stated that it ‘will not hesitate’ to respond

Birdwatching is emerging as an economic sector and a form of physical and mental therapy in Colombia, the country with the highest number of species in the world

Emerging from a church-led project that began 15 years ago, the institution has changed the outlook of a town that was founded by garbage collectors

The streets of Havana are empty of traffic and tourists as the exhausted population, barely surviving day to day, awaits an outcome to Trump’s energy blockade

The humanitarian crisis is far older and more structural than anything that could be caused by a month‑long fuel blockade

In the National Assembly, the opposition bloc debated changes they considered essential with Chavista lawmakers until the last minute
Cubans in the capital of the island’s exile community in the United States watch, with a mix of optimism and frustration, as their country moves closer than ever to the change that has eluded them for decades

The opposition leader, who is close to María Corina Machado, maintains that a political transition is already underway and that Chavismo has lost its ability to impose conditions

Luis Alberto Pino Soto, a high school student in Arica, in northern Chile, disappeared 40 years ago, on the eve of a national protest against the regime

Claudia Sheinbaum is preparing a two-day visit to the Mexican state caught in the crossfire between Los Chapitos and La Mayiza

The leftist president and the right-wing senator, who is the eldest child of the imprisoned ex-president, face enormous opposition seven months before the vote

The justice system had protected them from being expelled, but two of them were sent back to their country of origin, and the rest remain detained in a foreign country, in appalling conditions

After visiting an Alabama center, Carmen Felisa Ramírez Boscán, a representative of Colombians abroad, asked President Petro to expedite proceedings to bring ailing detainees back home: ‘They prefer to die in their own country’

The State Department has confirmed that one of the six injured is also from the United States

Researchers at the University of the Andes and Quantil created a set of 4,156 questions in Spanish to identify bias in AI language models, focusing on social stereotypes across the continent

Ksenia Koldin, having just turned 18, managed to recover her brother after he had been in a re-education camp and was taken in by a Russian family

The activist’s wife, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, was recently arrested amid the social unrest in the country

Decimated by years of political persecution, opposition parties are emerging from clandestinity after the removal of Nicolás Maduro

Colombia and Mexico share a history of fighting drug trafficking, but the challenge continues because crime knows no borders

Three young Cubans, born at the end of the Special Period, describe their routines, fears, and survival strategies in the days leading up to a predicted energy collapse