The 2026 Mo Ibrahim Foundation report has ranked Rwanda as Africa’s top-performing country in the fight against corruption, awarding it a score of 76.6% for 2025.
The standoff has already led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and prompted the U.S. to reinstate operations aimed at blocking Iranian ports.
US President Donald Trump drops the Hormuz Strait fee plan, turning instead to trade agreements and Gulf investments.
The European Union (EU) has mobilized €900 million ($1 billion) to support the reconstruction of Gaza, after nearly two years of Israeli bombardment left much of the Palestinian territory in ruins.
Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of late U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, has been appointed to temporarily fill his seat in the United States Senate following his death.
On Monday, July 13, 2026, Hungary’s Parliament voted to remove President Tamás Sulyok from office.
The attacks followed several days of missile and drone exchanges between Iran and the United States, marking another major escalation in the regional conflict.
Russia says it has intercepted a large-scale drone attack targeting the capital, Moscow, as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces continues.
President Paul Kagame is in Doha, where he joined Qatari leaders and citizens in paying his final respects to former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who ruled the country from 1995 to 2013.
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has declared that Iran will avenge the death of his father, Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US airstrike in late February 2026.
