Algeria has entered a political and legal debate following the government’s announcement that it would formally lift its reservation on Article 15, paragraph 4, of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

On its anniversary, the General People’s Congress (GPC) in Sana’a faces an unprecedented Houthi militia crackdown, with funds seized, meetings forcibly broken up, and a death sentence looming over its vice president, Ahmed Ali Saleh.

Lebanon is working to reshape its relationship with Iran on a state-to-state basis, distancing it from the influence of Hezbollah, the Tehran-backed group that Beirut has set a plan to disarm, ending the era of unchecked weapons in the country.

As opposition grows within “Israel’s” political and military circles, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists the war in Gaza will continue past October 2025, according to leaks reported by international outlets.

In the heart of Sudan’s western desert near the besieged city of el-Fasher, Sudan’s Armed Forces announced on August 3, 2025, that among the attackers trying to breach the city’s defenses were foreign fighters holding Colombian passports.