On January 22, 2025, Trump announced his new institution, the Board of Peace, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, signing its founding charter in front of global political elites. Trump claimed the board was established as a mechanism to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, with ambitions aimed toward peacekeeping. However, the American president has now stated that he intends for the board to reach far beyond this, becoming “one of the most consequential bodies ever created in the

On the 28 November 2024, the Australian government passed a bill that required a minimum age of 16 to create an account on certain social media platforms. Coming into effect on the 10 December 2025, the ban is the first of its kind and the subsequent events since the imposition of the law have been watched very closely by the rest of the world, with many countries seriously considering the idea of introducing similar legislation. Leader of the Conservative party, Kemi Badenoc

By Lucas Nahal In the last few weeks, the Islamic Republic regime has undergone its gravest challenge since the revolution of 1979. On December 28 2025, a small group of shopkeepers and merchants in Tehran went on strike to protest Iran’s worsening economic conditions. By the advent of the New Year, the demonstrations had spread to almost every major city, featuring a massive coalition of students, merchants and the previously dormant Iranian middle class. It is estimated tha