# Global Affairs

> Global Affairs provides the latest updates on global news with a focus on clarity, context, and accountability.

Global Affairs (https://globalaffairsnews.com) is an international digital news publication covering world affairs, geopolitics, business, global economy, technology, climate, culture, sport, investigations, and data forensics.

- **Publisher**: Global Affairs News Network Ltd. (Pratik Khandelwal)
- **Editorial & Publisher Contact**: [Pratikkhandelwal1974@gmail.com](mailto:Pratikkhandelwal1974@gmail.com)
- **Content Signals**: Search indexing allowed (`search=yes`), AI answer/grounding input allowed (`ai-input=yes`), model training disallowed (`ai-train=no`).
- **Markdown Content Negotiation**: Send `Accept: text/markdown` on any public page (`/`, `/about`, `/contact`, `/category/:slug`, `/article/:slug`) or append `.md` (e.g., `/index.md`, `/about.md`, `/contact.md`, `/category/world.md`, `/article/:slug.md`) to receive clean Markdown.
- **Model Context Protocol (MCP)**: Experimental SEP-2127 Server Card at [/mcp/server-card](https://globalaffairsnews.com/mcp/server-card) (also at [/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json](https://globalaffairsnews.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json) and [/.well-known/mcp/server-cards.json](https://globalaffairsnews.com/.well-known/mcp/server-cards.json)), AI Catalog at [/.well-known/ai-catalog.json](https://globalaffairsnews.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json), and read-only Streamable HTTP endpoint at `https://globalaffairsnews.com/mcp`.

## Core Editorial Pages

- [Home](https://globalaffairsnews.com/): Breaking news, lead analysis, and latest coverage across all global desks.
- [About Us](https://globalaffairsnews.com/about): Newsroom mission, regional and thematic coverage model, verification and correction standards.
- [Editorial Policy](https://globalaffairsnews.com/editorial-policy): Editorial independence, sourcing and verification rules, corrections, and supervised AI tool policy.
- [Contact](https://globalaffairsnews.com/contact): Newsroom tips, corrections, and publisher contact ([Pratikkhandelwal1974@gmail.com](mailto:Pratikkhandelwal1974@gmail.com)).
- [Careers](https://globalaffairsnews.com/careers): Hiring standards, newsroom culture, and benefits.

## News Sections

- [World](https://globalaffairsnews.com/category/world): The latest World news, analysis and updates from Global Affairs.
- [UK](https://globalaffairsnews.com/category/uk): The latest UK news, analysis and updates from Global Affairs.
- [US](https://globalaffairsnews.com/category/us): The latest US news, analysis and updates from Global Affairs.
- [Politics](https://globalaffairsnews.com/category/politics): The latest Politics news, analysis and updates from Global Affairs.
- [Business](https://globalaffairsnews.com/category/business): The latest Business news, analysis and updates from Global Affairs.
- [Tech](https://globalaffairsnews.com/category/tech): The latest Tech news, analysis and updates from Global Affairs.
- [Climate](https://globalaffairsnews.com/category/climate): The latest Climate news, analysis and updates from Global Affairs.
- [Sport](https://globalaffairsnews.com/category/sport): The latest Sport news, analysis and updates from Global Affairs.
- [Analysis](https://globalaffairsnews.com/category/analysis): The latest Analysis news, analysis and updates from Global Affairs.
- [Data x Forensics](https://globalaffairsnews.com/category/data-x-forensics): The latest Data x Forensics news, analysis and updates from Global Affairs.
- [Offbeat](https://globalaffairsnews.com/category/offbeat): The latest Offbeat news, analysis and updates from Global Affairs.
- [Weather](https://globalaffairsnews.com/category/weather): The latest Weather news, analysis and updates from Global Affairs.
- [Investigations](https://globalaffairsnews.com/category/investigations): The latest Investigations news, analysis and updates from Global Affairs.
- [Culture](https://globalaffairsnews.com/category/culture): The latest Culture news, analysis and updates from Global Affairs.

## Machine-Readable Feeds & Agent Endpoints

- [XML Sitemap](https://globalaffairsnews.com/sitemap.xml): Canonical index of all public pages, active sections, and published articles with ISO 8601 `lastmod` timestamps.
- [AI Catalog](https://globalaffairsnews.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json): Domain-level AI artifact catalog pointing to the MCP Server Card.
- [MCP Server Card](https://globalaffairsnews.com/mcp/server-card): Experimental SEP-2127 Model Context Protocol server identity and transport metadata (compatibility copies at `/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json` and `/.well-known/mcp/server-cards.json`).
- [MCP Streamable HTTP Endpoint](https://globalaffairsnews.com/mcp): Read-only Streamable HTTP MCP server exposing `search_published_articles`, `get_latest_stories`, `get_article_by_slug`, and `get_available_sections` via `tools/list`.
- [Public Articles API](https://globalaffairsnews.com/api/articles): Read-only JSON listing of published articles (supports `?category=`, `?search=`, `?limit=`, `?skip=`).

## Legal & Privacy Policies

- [Terms and Conditions](https://globalaffairsnews.com/terms): Terms governing access to and use of Global Affairs services.
- [Privacy Policy](https://globalaffairsnews.com/privacy): Data handling, server logs, Google Consent Mode v2 (cookieless default), and advertising disclosures.
- [Cookie Policy](https://globalaffairsnews.com/cookies): Browser storage details and reader controls for analytics and advertising cookies.
- [Disclaimer](https://globalaffairsnews.com/disclaimer): Scope and limitations of editorial content and external links.