Global affairs in mid-May 2025, focusing on several ongoing conflicts and their related diplomatic efforts. The documents highlight the stalled Russia-Ukraine peace talks and continued fighting, the intensifying Israel-Gaza conflict and its humanitarian crisis, and persistent civil wars in Sudan and Myanmar. Rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait and military preparations are also covered, alongside an overview of the new Pope Leo XIV's early focus on peace and global diplomacy, and updates on trade tensions between the US and China, impacting the global economy.
