Latest News on Explained Global: Get Explained Global News Updates along with Photos, Videos and Latest News Headlines

An ambulance is parked outside the Iranian embassy after a suspected Israeli strike on Iran's consulate, adjacent to the main Iranian embassy building, which Iran said killed key figures in the Quds Force, in the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria April 2, 2024.

Why has Israel killed Iranian generals in Syria and who are the Quds Force?

April 04, 2024 7:01 pm

General Zahedi was a leader of an overseas strike force of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard. What is the mandate of the Quds Force, and what is the history of Iranian-Israeli hostility?

Turkey's opposition scores 'historic victory' against President Erdogan's party in local elections: What happened?

April 02, 2024 7:19 pm

The elections were seen as a de facto referendum on Erdogan — who had won the national election less than a year ago — and his party as the President had thrown all his energy into campaigning for the AK Party’s candidates.

What is ‘Havana syndrome’, linked to a Russian intelligence unit?

April 02, 2024 11:20 am

According to a joint media intelligence, members of a Russian military intelligence unit could have targeted the brains of US officials by using “directed energy” weapons.

Jacob Zuma banned from running in South Africa elections: All you need to know

March 31, 2024 12:51 pm

Zuma’s uMkhonto we Sizwe party has been seen as the most credible threat to the African National Congress, since the latter first came to power in 1994.

Doctors chant slogans during a rally to protest against government plans to increase medical school admissions in Seoul, South Korea, March 3, 2024. (REUTERS: Photo)

Why thousands of doctors are protesting in South Korea

March 29, 2024 11:45 am

With junior doctors sitting in protest, the functioning of hospitals has been impacted across the country. What are the issues and how has the government responded?

How the H5N1 bird flu threatens the very existence of birds and mammals

March 29, 2024 11:45 am

The worst affected are marine mammals. More than 20,000 sea lions and a handful of dolphins have died in Chile and Peru due to the infection. There have been reports of deaths of seals on the east and west coasts of the US.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announces his vice presidential candidate in Oakland

Why Robert F Kennedy Jr’s US elections candidacy has Joe Biden sweating

March 28, 2024 11:18 am

RFK Jr is contesting in the upcoming United States presidential elections as an independent. Will he make a mark?

Who are ISIS-K, allegedly behind the Russia concert attack?

March 24, 2024 12:14 pm

Shooting at Moscow concert: The US reportedly has intelligence confirming Islamic State Khorasan’s (ISIS-K’s) role in Friday night’s terror attack, which killed at least 143 people. Here is what we know about the group, and why it may have targeted Russia.

Trump could earn $3 billion from his social media site Truth Social: The deal, its significance

March 24, 2024 12:17 pm

Former US President Donald Trump's net worth is set to double after his social media company, which runs Truth Social, goes public. This might help him pay his mounting legal fees. However, Trump may not get the cash soon enough. Here is a look.