Violence Erupts

Violence broke out at a polling station in the southern Philippines as the predominantly Muslim region voted in its first parliamentary election in decades, DW News reports, following decades of insurgency by separatists fighting for an independent state.

Nigeria's National Assembly has announced a ban on all official government visits to South Africa in response to ongoing violence against immigrants in the country. South Africa has experienced recurring waves of violence targeting foreign nationals, particularly those from West African countries. The move marks...

India brokered a historic agreement to reduce gender-based violence on garment factory floors, but major fashion brands are now walking away from or circumventing binding worker protections, according to an investigative report by the Investigative Journalism Bureau. The report documents what it describes as a...

Thousands of protesters flooded streets in Tirana, Albania, in what The Guardian reports as the country's largest unrest since the 1991 collapse of communism, initially triggered by plans for a luxury mega-resort on a protected nature reserve island involving Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. The...

Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia erupted on September 6, 2026, according to WeatherNation, which captured imagery of the event as it unfolded. WeatherNation reports the eruption sent an ash column 50,000 feet into the atmosphere and disrupted air travel across the region, including the closure...