Hormuz closure cripples fertilizer trade, causing ripple effect on food security - analysis
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted global fertilizer supplies, leading to a 20-30% price increase and threatening food security worldwide.
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Italy halts automatic renewal of defense agreement with Israel amid Middle East conflicts
Ukraine’s drone revolution is transforming the landscape of the ground war - analysis
World leaders and Israeli officials mark Holocaust Remembrance Day with calls to fight antisemitism
France, Spain's anti-Israel bias push Israel-Europe relations to new heights
Relations with Europe began deteriorating when the current Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was sworn in as Israel’s most far-right coalition ever.
International Good Deeds Day: 115 countries, millions of participants, sparked by 1 woman’s drive
Good Deeds Day continues to expand worldwide as the peak event of year-round doing good and volunteer activities, with hundreds of thousands of projects and millions of participants.
March of the Living: Holocaust survivors stand tall against surge of worldwide antisemitism
Among the small group of elderly survivors, many of whom were children during WWII, ten were able to fly from Israel, despite Hezbollah still firing rockets at civilians.
Millions of people in Sudan surviving on one meal a day as food crisis deepens, NGOs say
The United Nations has reported widespread atrocities and waves of ethnically charged violence. In November, the global hunger monitor confirmed famine conditions in al-Fashir and Kadugli.
China's exports set to lose momentum as Iran war undercuts AI-driven boom
Exports from the world's second-largest economy are forecast to have risen 8.6% year-on-year in dollar terms, according to a Reuters poll.
'I like his brother more': Trump slams Pope Leo over Iran nuclear issue, left-wing policies
Trump added that Pope Leo "should be thankful," as the only reason he had been elected to the Vatican was "because he was an American" who would be able to "deal with President Donald J. Trump."
Canada returns stolen manuscript pages to Turkey in first archaeological repatriation
According to Ersoy, seven of the pages date to between the 17th-19th centuries, two are from rare printed works, and two are pages of modern calligraphy.
Hungary’s Orban concedes as Magyar’s Tisza wins big
Preliminary results, with 53.45% of votes counted, projected Magyar's Tisza party winning 136 seats in Hungary's 199-member parliament, compared with 56 seats for Orban's Fidesz.
Almost half of young Muslims in Germany hold Islamist attitudes, study finds
German Parliamentary State Secretary Christoph de Vries noted that the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel’s Gaza border communities on October 7, 2023, was a “driver for Islamism as a whole.”
South Korea’s President sparks diplomatic row with Israel over Holocaust comparison remarks
South Korean President Jaemyung Lee shared a video from an X/Twitter user well known for spreading anti-Israeli disinformation.
