American Officials Add Cuba to the Naughty List

In January 2025, incoming President Donald Trump reversed a Biden-era policy and placed Cuba on a list of countries that sponsor terrorism. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel calls Trump’s move “arrogant” and a setback for the Cuban people. However, Díaz-Canel said Cuba would endure and ultimately thrive despite the renewed U.S. pressure. For several decades, Cuba has faced economic hardship due …

Crisis Continues in Afghanistan

One of Donald Trump’s first executive orders in his new administration prevented family members of American servicemembers in Afghanistan from emigrating to America. An estimated 200 family members of U.S. troops are in Afghanistan and attempting to flee the Taliban through the U.S. Refugees Admissions Program, or USRAP, said Shawn Vandiver, president of AfghanEvac, an organization that helps Afghan allies …

Officials Issue Kuwait Travel Notice

Increased risk of terrorism, specifically against military bases, should make people think twice before they travel to this once-quiet Gulf Coast Country, according to a January 2025 alert from the government of Australia. Conflicts in the Middle East could result in an increase in tensions elsewhere in the region and may result in airspace closures, flight cancellations, and other travel …

American Security Contractors Head to Gaza

Safe Reach Solutions and several other American private military contractor companies will enforce a ceasefire in part of the war-torn area. The contractors are poised to help secure a key zone that splits Gaza in two and is known as the Netzarim corridor, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak …

Study: Advanced Therapy Lowers PTSD Suicide Rate

Initiating cognitive processing therapy or prolonged exposure (CPT/PE) sessions for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) victims reduces the PTSD suicide rate by over 20%, according to a new study. “Although receipt of eight or more CPT/PE encounters was associated with lower suicide risk in unadjusted analyses, this finding was not significant in adjusted analyses,” study author Rebecca Sripada, PhD, of the …