Global Watch: Myanmar
What happened: Myanmar’s military has deployed hundreds of troops—about 700 according to conflict monitor ACLED—into the southern Tanintharyi region, backed by air and naval...
Global Watch: NATO Planning for Hormuz Mission
What happened: NATO’s top military commander has convened allied chiefs of defense to coordinate possible national contributions to protecting freedom of navigation through the...
Global Watch: DRC Ebola Crisis
What happened: The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed more than 2,500 people, and the United Nations says transmission...
Global Watch: Somalia’s Child Health System Shutting Down
What happened: UNICEF reported on August 21 that 205 health and nutrition facilities in Somalia have already closed because of unprecedented humanitarian funding cuts....
Global Watch: North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles After US Scales Back in South Korea
What happened: North Korea launched more than 10 short-range ballistic missiles from the Pyongyang area toward the sea on August 20, prompting South Korea...
Global Economy Watch: Bond Sell-Off Is Becoming Broader Economic Warning
What Happened
A significant shift is taking place in global bond markets. Long-term government borrowing costs have climbed sharply, with the U.S. 30-year Treasury yield...
Global Watch: Somalia Hunger Crisis
What happened: The World Food Programme says 6 million people in Somalia are now facing acute food insecurity, while the agency has only about...
Global Watch: Escalation in Russia-Ukraine
What happened: Russia launched a major ballistic-missile and drone attack on Kyiv early August 20, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than...
Global Watch: Russia-Ukraine Aerial War Escalates Sharply Again
What happened: Ukraine launched nearly 800 drones at Russia on August 18, only two days after another exceptionally large Ukrainian barrage. Russian authorities said...
Global Watch: Iran-US Ceasefire Collapses
What happened: The temporary U.S.–Iran ceasefire has expired without a broader agreement, and President Trump said on August 18 that there are no talks...
Global Watch: US and South Korea
What happened: President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” joint U.S.–South Korean military exercises, including drills that began on August 17....
Global Watch: Ukraine Launches One of Its Largest Attacks of the War
What happened: Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia overnight into August 16, in what the Associated Press describes as one of Kyiv’s largest...
Global Watch: NATO Shoots Down Drone Over Romania
What happened: A Spanish F-18 flying a NATO air-policing mission shot down a drone that entered Romanian airspace early on August 16. Romania’s Defense...
Global Story Watch: Third UAE tanker attacked as Hormuz crisis deepens
What happened: The United Arab Emirates says a third vessel operated by state-owned ADNOC was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on August...
Global Watch: Israeli Strike Puts Further Pressure on Fragile Peace Framework
What happened: An Israeli dawn airstrike on Ansar in southern Lebanon on August 15 killed seven people. Lebanese authorities said the dead included three...
Global Watch: Democratic Republic of the Congo – Ebola
A major humanitarian development now meets the alert threshold.
What happened: The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has reached Bas-Uele, a sixth province, after...
Global Watch: Ukraine and Russia
A significant new escalation has occurred in the Russia–Ukraine war.
What happened: Ukraine carried out a large drone-and-missile attack on Novorossiysk, Russia’s principal Black Sea...
Global Watch: Yemen
What happened: Overnight fighting between Iran-backed Houthi forces and Yemen’s internationally recognized government intensified in Taiz and Marib. At least one government soldier was...
Global Watch: Sudan and West Africa
Sudan: the RSF has renewed a major offensive around al-Obeid. Rapid Support Forces launched drone and ground attacks on the strategically important North Kordofan...
