Editorial
🇲🇩 Moldova courts validate historic EU referendum despite vote-buying scandal, with razor-thin 50.35% victory. Pro-Russian forces resist as President Sandu heads to runoff, marking pivotal
🌍 Alarming 500% surge in mpox cases across Africa, with 48,000 cases and 1,048 deaths reported. New strain spreads beyond DRC to Europe, prompting fears
🇮🇱 Israel’s cabinet votes on tough 2025 wartime budget with 40B shekel cuts and tax hikes, as war costs soar and economy stalls. VAT rises
🇺🇦 Ukraine deploys dozens of AI-powered drone systems to counter Russian signal jamming, with one maker selling 15,000 targeting software units. These autonomous drones achieve
🇬🇷 Deadly explosion in Athens apartment triggers anti-terrorism probe – one man killed, woman seriously injured as blast devastates building in Ampelokipi district, marking rare
🌍 Red Cross warns that lack of political mediators prolongs 120+ global conflicts as humanitarian needs soar – ICRC official decries modern leaders’ refusal to
🇮🇶 Iraq’s parliament elects Sunni lawmaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani as speaker with overwhelming 182 votes – appointment comes amid regional firestorm with Iran reportedly preparing strikes
🇮🇷 Israeli intelligence warns Iran plans imminent drone and missile attack from Iraqi territory, possibly before US election – move could be Tehran’s strategy to
🇺🇸 US reveals intel showing 8,000 North Korean troops stationed in Russia’s Kursk region – Moscow silent on direct question at UN, while US and
