Former Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili speaks to demonstrators of hundreds of Georgian companies as they went out into streets suspending their work during an unprecedented three-hour nationwide strike in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Jan. 15. Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP hide caption toggle caption Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP The country of Georgia is now a "weak Democracy" following last year's parliamentary

Damage is seen after an Israeli strike targeted a compound that hosted Hamas' political leadership in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. Jon Gambrell/AP hide caption toggle caption Jon Gambrell/AP Middle East Israel launches airstrike targeting Hamas members in Qatar The Israeli military carried out unprecedented airstrikes Tuesday on senior Hamas leaders in a suburb

Polish police and military on Wednesday inspect damage to a house from the debris of a drone that was shot down in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland. Poland says it shot down several Russian attack drones that violated Polish airspace in overnight Russian attacks on neighboring Ukraine. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

The Gen Z group protests against corruption and the ban on many social media platforms by the government in Nepal on Monday. Ambir Tolang/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ambir Tolang/NurPhoto via Getty Images Over the past 48 hours, Nepal has been rocked by deadly mass protests led by young people who are

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay, pictured here in Los Angeles in July 2025, is one among many Hollywood figures to pledge not to work with Israeli movie industry companies in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP More than 2,000 Hollywood figures, including well-known actors and filmmakers, have pledged

This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows a man looking at smoke billowing after explosions in Qatar's capital Doha on September 9, 2025. Jacqueline Penney/AFP hide caption toggle caption Jacqueline Penney/AFP For the first time, Israel launched an airstrike in Qatar, bombing a building in Doha that houses Hamas political leadership. Israel says

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty at Tahrir Palace in Cairo on Tuesday. Khaled Elfiqi/AP hide caption toggle caption Khaled Elfiqi/AP CAIRO — Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement Tuesday

A view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia, Tuesday. Brian Inganga/AP hide caption toggle caption Brian Inganga/AP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — With great fanfare Ethiopia inaugurated its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Tuesday – the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa but one that's divided the region and even caught the