Iraq is preparing to resume direct crude oil exports from the northern oil hub of Kirkuk to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan through a rehabilitated section of the Kirkuk–Ceyhan Oil Pipeline. The announcement was made on Monday, March 16, 2026, by Iraqi Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul-Ghani. According to the minister, the resumption of exports could […]

Jamaican-born scholar Lahoma Thomas has been awarded the inaugural 2025 Early Career Researcher First Book Prize by Oxford University Press, marking a major milestone in her academic career. Dr. Thomas, who currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology at Toronto Metropolitan University, is the only Canadian recipient of the international honor. […]

The United States Department of State has approved an emergency $151.8 million sale of munitions to Israel following escalating tensions in the Middle East. The approval was granted on Friday, March 6, 2026, after Marco Rubio, the U.S. Secretary of State, invoked emergency authority under the Arms Export Control Act. The move allows the administration […]

Late 2025 and early 2026, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar collectively committed $24 billion to support the Ellison family’s Paramount Skydance hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), marking one of the largest proposed foreign-backed investments in U.S. media history. The financing package was reportedly anchored by major Gulf sovereign wealth funds. Saudi Arabia’s […]

A growing number of countries are offering streamlined pathways to citizenship, either through structured Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) programs or through relatively short naturalization timelines. While “easy” is a relative term—often tied to financial capacity, residency flexibility, and documentation requirements—global mobility reports consistently highlight the following countries as among the most accessible for acquiring citizenship this year. […]

A massive bloom of floating seaweed stretching across the Atlantic Ocean—often described as a giant “brown ribbon”—has become one of the most striking environmental phenomena of the decade. Officially known as the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, the formation spans approximately 8,850 kilometers (5,500 miles) from the coast of West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico. […]