International prisoner exchanges and immigration policy underwent a transformative change on July 18, 2025, when Venezuela freed ten American citizens and permanent residents from its prisons in exchange for between 250 to 300 Venezuelan immigrants who had been deported to El Salvador and were being held at the notorious CECOT
A reported theft on a Damascus highway has developed into a major sectarian conflict in postwar Syria. A Bedouin group kidnapped and abused a Druze merchant who was traveling from Damascus to Suwayda on July 11 through sectarian language and intimidation before they left him severely injured. The single violent
The month of July 2025 has emerged as a critical juncture in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with renewed diplomatic activity coinciding with an alarming escalation in military operations. The diplomatic efforts of Ukraine for new peace talks in the upcoming week continue to aim at resolving the long-standing diplomatic
The House approved a $9 billion rescissions package late on July 17ᵗʰ, sending the bill to President Donald Trump for signature and completing the first successful use of the Impoundment Control Act’s fast-track process since 1999. The measure passed 216-213 at 12:11 a.m., with Republicans
Former President Joe Biden acknowledged in an interview published July 14ᵗʰ that he did not personally sign most of the sweeping pardons and commutations issued during his final months in office, instead relying on an autopen device controlled by senior aides. “We’re talking about a whole lot of people,
Syria’s Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra declared a “complete cease-fire” in the provincial capital of Sweida at 10:00 a.m. on July 15ᵗʰ, saying an agreement had been reached overnight with “notables and dignitaries” of the Druze community. Government columns that entered the city earlier in the
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition began the week with a paper-thin 67–53 majority. By Monday night that margin was gone. United Torah Judaism (UTJ) pulled its six seats after Likud failed to deliver a permanent exemption for full-time yeshiva students, leaving the bloc at 61—the
With his electoral victory in 2022 Gustavo Petro promised a new future for Colombia, one without the persistent threat of guerilla and drug trafficking violence, namely through his Total Peace plan. The plan would have seen the various guerilla organizations commit to dialogue with the central government, namely the National
President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 14ᵗʰ asked First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko to replace Denys Shmyhal as head of government, launching the biggest shake-up in Kyiv’s cabinet since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. In a post on X the president said he had invited Svyrydenko
Israel said it destroyed three Syrian army tanks on July 14ᵗʰ after the crewed vehicles rolled into farmland near the village of Samiʿ, about nine miles from the Israeli‐occupied Golan Heights. The strike, carried out at roughly 2:15 p.m. local time, was limited to Sweida Province and
President Donald Trump warned yesterday that Russia has “exactly 50 days” to accept a cease-fire with Ukraine or face secondary tariffs of about 100 percent on all Russian goods and on countries that continue large-scale trade with Moscow. He delivered the ultimatum during an Oval Office photo-spray
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