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Description: US President Donald Trump stated that he held a phone call with Russia’s leader, President Vladimir Putin as they agreed to meet again in two – weeks’ time in Budapest, Hungary. Trump’s announcement arrives a day before he is set to meet President Volodymir Zelenskyy in Washington as they would discuss the recent rearmament push by Ukraine to acquire Tomahawk missiles. Trump stated that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov have already discussed organizing the second leaders summit in Hungary, after the Alaska summit delivered limited results. Zelenskyy is expected to discuss more support and arms acquisition from the US wh
Description: Only a week after Jose Jeri became the country’s new President, after the ouster of Dina Boluarte, anti – government sentiment has reached new heights with protests erupting in Peru’s capital, Lima. Protesters attempted to storm the country’s Congress and clashed with riot police forces expressing their disapproval of the government’s lack of activity in suppressing gang violence, extortion and kidnapping. The most recent uptick in violence left one person dead and dozen protesters and members of the police force injured. Peru has been experiencing extremely high rates of organized criminal activities through extortion, kidnapping and targeted assassinations. Je
Description: Japan’s Parliament has failed to set a date to vote on the country’s next Prime Minister due to pressure from the political echelon as coalition discussions were further prolonged. The Liberal Democratic Party earlier this month lost its coalition partner Komeito which threatened Sanae Takaichi’s bid for Prime Minister. Takaichi was elected as LDP’s leader succeeding former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and was expected become Japan’s new Prime Minister. The country’s largest party in opposition, the Constitutional Democratic Party, has led coalition talks with the Democratic Party for the People and Japan’s Innovation Party, which are bidding to nominate, Yuich
Description: Mazloum Abdi, commander of Syria’s Kurdish SDF (Syrian Defense Forces) announced that the group reached an agreement with President Ahmed Al Sharaa’s government to integrate its fighters within the country’s national army. Abdi stated that previous meetings with representatives from Al Sharaa’s government has concluded the deal in principle, while presently mechanisms for integration of the fighters were being actively discussed and prepared for implementation. The announcement arrives after earlier this month the SDF and members of the Syrian army clashed near Aleppo, threatening the agreement concluded in Mar. Abdi also mentioned that the SDF would push for a
Description: Police forces clashed with environmental protesters in the southern city of Gabes, as demonstrators attempted to enter an industrial complex pertaining to the state – owned Chemical Group of Tunisia (CGT). The protests were reflecting a longstanding dispute between the 400 thousand residents of the city which have blamed the local and national government for prioritizing industrial development while not taking environmental concerns seriously. Demonstrators expressed public outrage over the factory’s most recent gas leaks which have substantially contributed to increased levels of pollution which was connected to the increased number of illnesses such as cancer
Description: Only a day after officially declaring the military as the de – facto governing entity in the country, Colonel Michael Randrianirina, the leader of the special military unit CAPSAT, announced that he would become the country’s next President. According to his statements, he is expected to be sworn into office on 17 Oct by the High Constitutional Court, a government body which he claimed the military dissolved the day prior. Randrianirina’s background was one of controversial and mysterious nature as not much information regarding his past was publicly available. He is a career military member and a vocal critic of ousted President Andry Rajoelina, his criticism p
Description: US President Donald Trump, while answering questions from reporters in the Oval Office, has publicly admitted that he gave authorization and mandate to the CIA to conduct in – country operations in Venezuela further escalating the bilateral tensions in the Caribbean. Only a day before, the US conducted another strike in international waters on a boat suspected of carrying drugs which increased the number of such operations to five and the number of eliminated individuals to 27. When confronted with a direct question on whether the CIA has the specific task of eliminating Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Trump refused to answer the question and claimed that t
Description: Cross – border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan were shortly reignited on Tuesday, with both countries shifting blame for the recent round of violence. The armed confrontations erupted in the Kandahar province on the Afghan side and in the district of Chaman across the border on the Pakistani side. The Afghan Taliban claimed that dozen civilians were killed by the Pakistani attacks while additional 100 wounded were dispatched to the local hospitals. Pakistan claimed that four Pakistani civilians were wounded without any casualties from the latest confrontation. Later on Wednesday, both governments proclaimed a 48 – hour long ceasefire which would be repo
Description: Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Syrian interim President Ahmed Al Sharaa in Moscow, where the leaders touched upon several subjects of bilateral importance. The once adversaries in the civil war in Syria issued cordial statements of cooperation and continued progress for the Syrian people while also avoiding sensitive subjects such as the potential extradition of former President Bashar Al Assad. Putin and Al Sharaa discussed the state of the Russian military bases in Tartous and Hmeimim which according to the Syrian President would continue to operate and potentially expand. The other important subject was energy cooperation, with Russia’s Deputy Prime
Description: Several non – governmental and humanitarian organizations have reported that after more than 500 days of siege, the city of El Fasher in the Darfur province has become uninhabitable due to the devastating level of violence in the Sudanese civil war. Medical facilities, refugee camps and residential areas have been constantly and intentionally targeted by the RSF which is committing crimes against humanity in the city by attempting to expel the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) from their last stronghold in western Sudan. Satellite imagery obtained from the Yale University research lab has illustrated the immense level of devastation which was confirmed by witness test