US "self-defense strikes" in Iran, Russia warns systematic strikes on Kyiv, Pope Leo XIV apologized for slave trade, attacks on healthcare facilities in Congo, Paris child abuse scandal

On May 25, The United States military has launched fresh "self-defense strikes" in southern Iran, targeting missile launch positions and Iranian naval vessels. Russia's Foreign Ministry has issued an urgent warning demanding that all foreign nationals, diplomats, and international organization staff evacuate Kyiv as soon as possible ahead of imminent, "systematic strikes" on the capital. Pope Leo XIV issued an unprecedented apology for the Vatican's historic complicity in the slave trade, calling it a "wound in Christian memory". A series of violent attacks on healthcare facilities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced dozens of patients to flee, severely undermining efforts to contain a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak. The foreign ministers of the Quad alliance (Australia, India, Japan, and the United States) have agreed to jointly build a port in Fiji and signed a comprehensive framework to mobilize up to $20 billion to secure critical mineral supply chains. A massive child abuse scandal is unfolding in Paris involving over 100 state nurseries, primary schools, and daycares.