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Description: Bolivia’s Defense Minister, Marcelo Salinas, resigned effective immediately after a month of persistent civic unrest in the country. Education Minister, Beatriz Garcia also submitted her resignation since President Rodrigo Paz announced earlier last month that he would reorganize his cabinet to attempt and sway the effects of the protests. The protests began a month ago when workers started striking en masse and were accompanied by other people who raised several blockades in and around the cities of La Paz and El Alto. The protests focused around preventing President Paz of imposing austerity measures and forcing him to reform the domestic economic situation du
Description: Cambodia has declared that it plans on taking the maritime dispute case with Thailand to the UN, after Thailand unilaterally pulled out of the 2001 agreement earlier last month. The dispute between the two countries is regarding a 26 thousand square kilometers of sea in the Gulf of Thailand or more commonly known as the Overlapping Claims Area (OCA). This are is estimated to hold approximately 12 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and much larger quantities of oil jointly estimated at about $300 billion. Both countries would appoint representatives to the UN which would most likely work through direct negotiations under the mediatorship by the UN Chief. Thaila
Description: Kenya’s police forces shot and killed two protesters in the latest upsurge of civic unrest against the proposed US plan to establish Ebola quarantine centers in central Kenya. Protesters gathered around the Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki where the quarantine centers with 50 – bed capacities were planned to be built and were announced by President Wiliam Ruto last month. Ruto’s plan in coordination with the US government, faced severe backlash considering the widespread Ebola pandemic in the DR Congo. Kenya has not registered any Ebola patients despite continued testing, however, neighboring Uganda has declared 11 cases and one death. Ruto defended the plan, statin
Description: In coordination with international in – country partners, Somalian security forces carried out operations that resulted in the death of 28 Al Shabab terrorists in the Middle Shabelle and Hiran regions. Senior Al Shabab figurehead Abdirahman Abdi Mudallib was eliminated in the operation that was coordinated with the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency. Somalia within the past year faces a dangerous resurgence of Al Shabab that is compounded by political and security disputes between the five semi – autonomous region. International partners such as the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somali (AUSSOM) has extended its presence in the
Description: Iranian Parliamentary speaker, Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, stated that Iran would not agree to additional negotiating conditions imposed by President Trump outlined in the latest diplomatic exchange. Ghalibaf added that the US was not to be trusted since it constantly shifts the negotiating requirements and adds conditions not acceptable to the Iranian government. Trump reportedly halted hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah after talking to both sides separately, although, the situation on the ground remained unchanged as both sides exchanged attacks on 01 Jun, with Israel threatening to bomb Lebanon’s capital. Tasnim, Iran’s IRGC – affiliated media outlet, re
Description: Abelardo de la Espriella, the right – wing and pro – Trump presidential candidate finished in the lead ahead of leftist Ivan Cepeda after the first round of the election in Colombia. Espriella led Cepeda by 670 thousand votes as he won 43.7% of the votes compared to Cepeda’s 40.9%. The runoff election is scheduled for 21 Jun where more than 1 million votes are up for grabs from both political camps. After Espriella’s first round victory, Senator Paloma Valencia who won 7% of the votes endorsed him, pitting most of her political camp behind the far – right candidate. Cepeda and incumbent President Gustavo Petro, contested the results presenting no substantial evi
Description: China’s State Council announced additional restrictions on exports that involve technology, data and investments into the defense sector. The move is supposed to enable China to influence market access for Chinese investors overseas and additionally penalize foreign firms whose national markets prohibit Chinese investments. China is expected to impose the restrictions starting 01 Jul which would increase compliance risks for global investors into sensitive sectors such as tech and AI. The US countered the move by imposing restrictions on shipments for semiconductors to Chinese or subsidiaries of Chinese companies located outside the country. The US Department of
Description: Philippine leader, Ferdinand Marcos Junior met with Vietnamese Prime Minister, To Lam in Hanoi, where they confirmed their decades – long partnership, trade ties and security cooperation. Both leaders highlighted the importance of maintaining the rule – based order in the South China Sea in spite of overlapping territorial claims and heightened assertion by China. The leaders also confirmed elevated cooperation in economic fields such as defense cooperation, technology and information, tourism and educational exchanges. China meanwhile conducted several aggressive patrol passes in the South China Sea as a response to Japan’s reemergence in the region. Ferdinand
Description: Hungarian Prime Minister, Peter Magyar, stated that he would use Tisza’s parliamentary super majority to amend the constitution and remove President Tamas Sulyok from office. Their dispute began immediately after Magyar became Prime Minister as he stated that all political elements from the Orban era would be removed from office. Magyar further stated that Sulyok was Orban’s puppet and failed to act when Orban and his Fidesz party, blatantly insulted his political opponents and passed legislation that banned LGBTQ pride events in the country. Sulyok has renounced Magyar’s requests to resign and stated that he would take council from international legislative bod
Description: Iranian and US officials have reportedly reached a provisional agreement, deemed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which stipulates a 60 – day extension of the ceasefire, restoring freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and continuing negotiations on the nuclear file. Iranian officials have not commented on the latest MoU but confirmed that backchannel discussions under mediation delivered some form of productive results. Attacks continued on both sides, with US forces hitting military targets on the Larak and Qeshm islands while Iranian forces retaliating by targeting US military bases in Kuwait. Israel’s military has in the interim expanded their