Interpol’s Red Notices have become a quiet force in global mobility, shaping who gets stopped at airports, who can open a bank account, and who dares to cross a border, even though a Red Notice is not an arrest warrant and Interpol insists it does not compel states to act. In recent years,...

The European Commission approved in 2020 the establishment of a new system to strengthen the security of the countries of the Schengen area.  This new system is called ETIAS.  It is an electronic authorization request for all nationals of foreign countries, which thanks to agreements, hardly need...

The Sriwijaya air passenger plane lost contact with its control tower four minutes after take-off. There are an estimated 59 passengers—including seven children and three babies—and 12 crew on board, all reported to be Indonesian.   The plane is thought to have dropped more than 3,000 m (10...

The amount of polio cases in children around the world has drastically reduced after decades of research, and mass vaccination campaigns.   However, there have still been cases of outbreaks in areas of low vaccination. Some cases happened after the weakened virus in the oral polio vaccine,...