The Stuntmen
NEED TO KNOW The Stuntmen SERBIA Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, a 73-year-old American born in California, recently became a Serbian citizen. “Now […]
Like Father, Like Son
NEED TO KNOW Like Father, Like Son CHAD Opposition and civil society leaders in Chad recently asked the military junta running the […]
A Heater in a Fridge in a Desert
NEED TO KNOW A Heater in a Fridge in a Desert UNITED ARAB EMIRATES An oil man oversaw the United Nations summit […]
Burying the Lede
NEED TO KNOW Burying the Lede ISRAEL/ GAZA Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi recently gained the power to halt foreign media broadcasts […]
Empty Victories
NEED TO KNOW Empty Victories EGYPT Egypt’s economy is in shambles. Inflation is running at a record 38 percent. Youth unemployment is […]
Help Wanted
NEED TO KNOW Help Wanted PORTUGAL The Portuguese government is cracking down on so-called “digital nomads,” the remote workers who moved to […]
Countdown
NEED TO KNOW Countdown MYANMAR Ye Htut is a 64-year-old retired lieutenant colonel in the Myanmarese army, who also served as a […]
Treasure Islands
NEED TO KNOW Treasure Islands CARIBBEAN The Council of the European Union recently deemed the Caribbean countries of Antigua, Barbuda, and Belize […]
And the Winner Is …
NEED TO KNOW And the Winner Is … MIDDLE EAST On Sunday, the warship USS Carney, based in the Red Sea, shot […]
Faltering Resolve
NEED TO KNOW Faltering Resolve UKRAINE/ RUSSIA The admission shocked Ukrainians who have shown little but resolute courage as they tried to […]
Tragedy Redux
NEED TO KNOW Tragedy Redux SUDAN In 2003, rebels in Darfur, the western region of Sudan, took up arms against the central […]
Germany Divided
NEED TO KNOW Germany Divided GERMANY The far-right, xenophobic Alternative for Germany political party has long concerned observers who fear a resurgence […]
Hitting Pause
NEED TO KNOW Hitting Pause ISRAEL/ GAZA Diplomats worked overtime into Tuesday morning to extend the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian […]
Rapprochement
NEED TO KNOW Rapprochement VENEZUELA As post-pandemic inflation gripped the global economy and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused energy costs to spike, […]
Hot Top of the World
NEED TO KNOW Hot Top of the World NEPAL United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres recently journeyed to the foot of Mount Everest […]
New Beginning
NEED TO KNOW New Beginning NETHERLANDS In a surprise announcement in July, after 13 years in office, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte […]
Prelude and Epilogue to War
NEED TO KNOW Prelude and Epilogue to War GEORGIA Russian soldiers, currently occupying some 20 percent of the former Soviet republic of […]
Mirror Image
NEED TO KNOW Mirror Image WORLD In the West, there has been staunch support for Israel since the attack on Oct. 7 […]
Pardoning Politics
NEED TO KNOW Pardoning Politics SPAIN Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party achieved a political masterstroke to remain […]
No Exit
NEED TO KNOW No Exit NORTH KOREA North Koreans face hunger, forced labor, shortages of medicine and other supplies, and no freedom […]
Shattering Glass, Splintering Peace
NEED TO KNOW Shattering Glass, Splintering Peace EUROPEAN UNION Eighty-five years ago, the Jewish cemetery in Vienna was one of the main […]
Hooray for Nollywood
NEED TO KNOW Hooray for Nollywood NIGERIA In the Nigerian-produced film for Netflix, “The Black Book,” actor Richard Mofe Damijo plays an […]
Teasing a Detonator
NEED TO KNOW Teasing a Detonator ISRAEL/ WEST BANK, GAZA After the Palestinian terror group Hamas killed about 1,400 Israelis on Oct. […]