On Thursday March 30, former President Donald J. Trump was indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan regarding hush-money funds given to adult film star Stormy Daniels while Trump campaigned for President in 2015 and 2016.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted a panel on March 20, 2023, to discuss the future of the US energy economy and the government’s efforts to reduce global emissions.

India reported a total of 3,823 new COVID-19 infections on April 1, a jump of 27% from the previous day - the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 infections in over 6 months. The surge is representative of a wider spread of COVID-19 in India, with a 437% increase in cases and a 114% rise in deaths.

The trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, who has led the partially recognized republic since 2016 and resigned in November 2020, began on Monday, April 3, at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, voted last week in favor of repealing the disengagement law that was passed in 2005 that resulted in the evacuation of settlements in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

A district court in Gujarat sentenced Rahul Gandhi, the face of the Indian National Congress, India’s most prominent opposition party, to a two-year jail sentence under defamation charges.