Foreign Affairs

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States rescued hostages held by the regime of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro.

Syria's new President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Paris on Wednesday, marking his first European visit since the December 2024 ouster of Bashar al-Assad.

India launched a powerful airstrike campaign dubbed Operation Sindoor on Wednesday, striking nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 terror attack on Hindu tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Friedrich Merz has officially become Germany’s 10th post-war chancellor following a dramatic two-round vote in the Bundestag on Tuesday, May 5.

The U.S. government has confirmed that only 21 hostages are now believed to be alive in Gaza, including American citizen Edan Alexander.

Russia faced significant disruptions to air travel early Tuesday as Ukraine launched 105 drones in an overnight strike, prompting flight restrictions at more than a dozen airports, including four in Moscow.

Sweden is advancing legislation that would criminalize the purchase of sexual content on platforms like OnlyFans, aligning digital transactions with existing prostitution laws.

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance, failed to secure the chancellorship in the first round of parliamentary voting on Tuesday.

On May 5, 2025, Israel and the United States executed coordinated airstrikes targeting Houthi positions in Yemen.

Rwanda is in talks to possibly take illegal immigrants from the United States, according to the country's foreign minister, Olivier Nduhungirehe.