President Donald Trump confirmed that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will travel to the White House on August 8 to sign a U.S.-brokered peace agreement formally ending their decades-long confrontation over Nagorno-Karabakh. The ceremony will cap thirteen months of back-channel talks led by
A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Aug. 8, 2025, set aside U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg’s finding of probable cause to pursue criminal-contempt proceedings against senior Trump administration officials. The court held that Judge Boasberg
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Thursday directing the Commerce Department to conduct a new national census, citing an “urgent need” to obtain an updated count of citizens and to “quantify the impact of millions of illegal immigrants who were not properly captured in 2020.” The document instructs Commerce
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its coalition, the Sudan Founding Alliance, announced on July 26 that a parallel government would be established in RSF controlled areas of Sudan after months of negotiations between members of the coalition. This comes over two years since the start of the Sudanese Civil
Rwanda has agreed to receive up to 250 individuals subject to final removal from the United States. Acceptance is not automatic. Each case will be reviewed by Kigali under its own screening criteria, including identity verification, security checks, and an assessment of whether Rwanda can lawfully admit the person. The
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court placed former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest, citing violations of prior judicial restrictions tied to ongoing criminal proceedings. The order, issued by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, requires Bolsonaro to remain at his registered residence in the Brasília area, wear an electronic monitor, observe a
The indirect talks led by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States collapsed in early August after Hamas sent what mediators described as a largely negative response to a draft 60-day cease-fire. Under the proposal, Israel would pause operations, facilitate larger aid deliveries, and release several hundred Palestinian prisoners in exchange
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is expected in Moscow on Wednesday, just hours before President Donald Trump’s Aug. 8 deadline for the Kremlin to accept a cease-fire in Ukraine or face a new wave of sanctions and tariffs. In late July Trump cut his original 50-day ultimatum to
Myanmar's civil war continues to rage with no end in sight. Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) and the government in exile, the National Unity Government (NUG) and its associated People's Defense Forces (PDFs) continue to resist against the Myanmar military government known as the State Administration Council
Tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalated dramatically as President Donald Trump declared on August 1, 2025 that he was deploying two U.S. nuclear submarines to positions closer to Russia. The unusual public disclosure of nuclear submarine movements came as a direct response to provocative nuclear threats issued
During August 3-5, 2025, the Sea of Japan was the host of significant military exercises between Russian and Chinese forces, a key step forward in their military partnership. Naval forces conducted the joint exercises known as "Joint Sea-2025" and "Maritime Interaction-2025" near Vladivostok which brought together
As delegates from around the world gather in Geneva, Switzerland from August 5-14, 2025, the stakes could not be higher for what some consider humanity's last best chance to address one of the most pervasive environmental crises of our time. The negotiations at the fifth session of the
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