Today's map pulse: World brief 2026-09-15: The United Nations reports that more than 100,000 people have fled their homes in western and southern Yemen due the ongoing Houthi offensive against Yemeni government forces, and that 2,400 refugees have arrived in Djibouti in the last four days alone. A perspective from Buenos Aires.
Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-28 · The Times of Israel: Two teenagers are arrested in Israel for allegedly pledging allegiance to ISIS and plotting an attack on security forces at the Temple Mount and an IDF base in northern Israel. A perspective from Berlin.
Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-25 · The Guardian: The U.S. military launches a strike against a vessel in the Caribbean Sea allegedly carrying drug smugglers, killing four people. A perspective from Berlin.
Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-12 · Hindustan Times: Iran and the United Arab Emirates sign a joint statement calling for restraint in the war. Additionally, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian and Abu Dhabi ruler Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan meet at the BRICS summit, the highest profile meeting between the two countries since the war started on February 28. A perspective from Warsaw.
Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-18 · AP: Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema is declared the winner by the electoral commission, re-electing him to a second term. A perspective from Bucharest.
Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-25 · The Guardian: The U.S. military launches a strike against a vessel in the Caribbean Sea allegedly carrying drug smugglers, killing four people. A perspective from Nairobi.
Today's map pulse: World brief 2026-09-12: Four gunmen and a National Guard agent are killed and another is wounded after an attempted ambush against authorities in Jilotlán de los Dolores, Jalisco, Mexico. A perspective from Dubai.
Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-29 · Al Jazeera: Tuareg rebels free 60 Malian soldiers in exchange for army officer-turned-defector Inkinane Ag Attaher. A perspective from Manila.
Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-12 · USA Today: The Atlantic hurricane season reaches a 103-day record in the satellite era without a hurricane after the season started on June 1, the first since 1941, with the El Niño in the Pacific Ocean being a big factor. A perspective from Chicago.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-10 · AP: Five people are killed and 40 others are injured after a bus carrying Dutch tourists crashes between Zernez and Susch, Switzerland. A perspective from Toronto.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-11 · Reuters: The death toll from the MV June Aster ferry fire off Coron, Palawan, Philippines, rises from five to 35 after firefighters boarded the burned vessel and recovered 30 additional bodies. The coast guard continues searching for dozens of missing passengers and crew. A perspective from São Paulo.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-07 · AP: Amid the offensive, Saudi Arabia launches an airstrike against a prison in Al-Jawf Governorate, killing seven people, including a child, and trapping 35 more under the rubble. A perspective from Madrid.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-20 · Africanews: Cameroon President Paul Biya returns to the country following a two-and-a-half-month absence. A perspective from Prague.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-05 · AP: Philippine vice president Sara Duterte posts ₱360,000 (US$5,740) bail on three counts of grave threats, prompting a regional trial court to lift her arrest warrant. The charges concern alleged threats against president Bongbong Marcos, first lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and former House speaker Martin Romualdez. A perspective from Stockholm.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-08 · BBC News: Thieves steal and by Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the in Cagnes-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France. The works have an estimated value of €9 million. A perspective from Bangkok.
Around the world today: World brief 2026-09-14: Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announce that they will sail more container ships through the Suez Canal. A perspective from Beijing.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-04 · France 24: The American Automobile Association reports that the average U.S. diesel price reached a record $5.85 per gallon, up from $3.71 a year earlier, amid disruptions to global energy markets caused by the Iran war. A perspective from Reykjavík.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-27 · TimeandDate: A near-total partial lunar eclipse occurs over Africa, the Americas, and Europe. A perspective from Berlin.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-16 · Sudan Tribune: The African Union (AU) holds a meeting with Sudanese officials in an effort to end the war, marking the first talks by the AU in the country since the military led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan seized power in the October 2021 coup. A perspective from Oslo.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-25 · Philippine Daily Inquirer: El Salvador declares a nationwide red alert for meteorological and agricultural drought, while Panama declares an El Niño emergency as severe dry conditions damage crops and reduce traffic through the Panama Canal. A perspective from Stockholm.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-04 · Xinhua: The Democratic Republic of the Congo issues an updated 180-day response to the Ebola outbreak in the country. A perspective from Nairobi.
A story worth mapping: World brief 2026-09-13: Three people are killed and 15 others are injured when gunfire erupted outside a school in Cotabato City, Bangsamoro, Philippines, used as a polling station for the Bangsamoro Parliament election the following day. Police say that members of rival political factions clashed while competing to be first in line to vote. A perspective from Nairobi.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-27 · Reuters: Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei says that Iran is preparing a set of conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz after mediators called for them to do so. A perspective from Mumbai.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-29 · Al Jazeera: Tuareg rebels free 60 Malian soldiers in exchange for army officer-turned-defector Inkinane Ag Attaher. A perspective from Seoul.