Trump Renamed the Gulf of Mexico, but Who Controls It?

The Trump administration has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, but most of the body of water lies outside maritime regions controlled by the United States. Maritime claims in the Gulf of Mexico Source: Sovereign Limits By Zach Levitt According to calculations by Sovereign Limits, a database of international boundaries, the … Read more

At Least 4 Killed in Suspected Gas Explosion at Taiwan Shopping Mall

At least four people were killed and 30 others injured in a suspected gas explosion in the food court of a Taiwan shopping mall on Thursday morning, according to Taiwan’s state-owned news outlet. The explosion occurred in the city of Taichung, about 100 miles southwest of Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, local officials said. The fire department … Read more

Maps: Ukraine’s Borders Pre-2014 Invasion to Now

The question of where Ukraine’s borders with Russia should be drawn in any peace negotiations came into sharp focus this week after Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense secretary, said that it was “unrealistic” for Ukraine to try to regain all of the territory Russia has seized since 2014. Ukraine’s government has long said that its … Read more

U.S. Deports Migrants From Asia to Panama

  The Trump administration deported migrants from several Asian nations to Panama on Wednesday night, Panamanian and U.S. officials said, in a move that could signal much faster removals of immigrants who have remained in the United States because their countries have made it difficult to return them. The flight carrying the migrants, a military … Read more

Protests in Brussels Halt Over 400 Flights and Snarl Public Transit

Tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators filled the streets of Brussels on Thursday during a nationwide strike to protest proposed cuts to public services, halting air traffic and causing other travel delays. Brussels Airport said there would be no departing or arriving flights because of the strike, which included air traffic controllers, external security service … Read more