The U.S. has launched airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen following attacks on international shipping, leading to a major Houthi retaliation and increasing the risk of broader regional conflict involving Iran.

China’s expanding port development in Africa is reshaping global power dynamics, raising concerns over economic leverage, military expansion, and Africa’s strategic sovereignty amid intensifying U.S.-China competition.

South Sudan is on the verge of renewed war as escalating clashes, political arrests, and external interventions threaten to collapse the fragile 2018 peace deal and plunge the country back into widespread violence.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected Trump’s offer for nuclear negotiations, calling it a deception, as tensions between the two nations escalate over sanctions and military threats.

North Korea has unveiled a nuclear-powered submarine capable of carrying nuclear-capable missiles, raising concerns over regional security and fueling speculation that Russia may have assisted Pyongyang in developing the advanced technology.