Some 90 million students across the globe lose their access to education, not from snow or hurricanes, but from the political storms that rage around them. Sarah Qanan studies inside her family’s tent in the Gaza city of Khan Younis 28 June 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel...
Israel strikes crowds at food distribution sites. Russia bombs cities in the Ukraine war. Can we not hold nations to account? A Palestinian man carries the body of his child who was killed in an Israeli military strike on Gaza, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, 19...
While Russia and Ukraine war over their shared border, two Central Asian nations prove that borders can be changed by mutual agreement. A hand with an eraser and red pencil over a map of Central Asia. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced...
How to get the significance of Donald Trump’s bitterness towards Europe? You have to look at the complicated dance between Russia and the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a...
On the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine we return to the question we asked our correspondents then. Why should the world care? People put flowers at a memorial for killed civilians during a ceremony to mark the third anniversary of the Russian...
Hungary is not known for welcoming immigrants. But in a country where the language is difficult to master, many immigrants might simply choose to move on. A man asks a woman for help in Ukrainian and she tells him to please speak Hungarian. This article was produced...
Go back three decades and the trend was towards global democracy. Now we see rising authoritarianism. Are we looking at global autocracy? Military tanks. (Credit: Mikhail Shapovalov/Getty Images) This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global news...
The mutual defence pact started with 12 nations and now has 32 members. But does bigger mean safer? Military officers attend a ceremony in Albania for the inauguration of an international tactical air base, NATO’s first in the Western Balkan region, 4 March 2024. (AP...
It’s been 34 years since the Soviet Union controlled Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. But the Ukraine conflict has people thinking: Are we ready for war? Two photos show Jelgava, Latvia. On the left is Jelgava before World War Two (Credit: The Archive of Jelgava...
Three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has revived dormant fears of a catastrophic nuclear war. Russian RS-24 Yars ballistic missile rolls in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, 9 May...