A judge temporarily blocked President Trump from placing 2,200 USAID employees on paid leave on Friday (Feb 7). The bloodiest shooting in Sweden occurred at an adult education institution, where eleven people were killed, including the gunman himself (Feb 4). Indian security forces killed at least 31 suspected Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh’s forests in the year’s biggest encounter on Sunday (Feb 11).
Sixty-seven people were killed when American Eagle Flight 5342 collided mid-air with a U.S. Army helicopter on Thursday (Jan 30). The man who sparked nationwide protests in Sweden over his burning of the Quran was assassinated on Wednesday (Jan 29). US President Donald Trump announced a 90-day freeze on foreign assistance programmes, resulting in cuts to services for refugees from war-ravaged Myanmar on Thursday (Jan 30).
Trump issued an executive order, attempting to end birthright citizenship guaranteed to people born in the United States as part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution last Monday (Jan 20). Ukraine launched one of its largest drone operations targeting Russian infrastructure, with a wave of at least 121 drones hitting multiple regions, including an oil refinery in Ryazan on Saturday (Jan 25). Syrians returning to their homes in Idlib face the deadly threat of landmines on Friday (Jan 24).
In the Los Angeles area, several waves of intense fires destroyed hundreds of homes, claimed the lives of at least 11 victims, and destroyed over 12,000 structures, including prominent landmarks. United States President Elect, Donald Trump recently held a news conference in Mar-a-Lago, a day after Congress certified his 2024 electoral win (Jan 7). Particularly, one of his statements mentioned his intention to make Greenland a US territory. Ukraine and Poland’s agreement to exhume WWII Polish massacre victims marks a diplomatic breakthrough, likely aimed at bolstering Ukraine’s bid for NATO membership, which requires unanimous approval (Jan 11).
The IAS Gazette is a news site run by undergraduates from the Singapore Institute of Management’s International Affairs Society (IAS). Founded in 2018, it traces its roots to The Capital, a now defunct bimonthly magazine previously under the IAS.
