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Description: The three – month protest spree has continued in the city of Kragujevac as student protest amassed and grew larger by the day. The protests, instigated by the fatal disaster of a railway canopy in Novi Sad, have gained serious traction and are becoming increasingly threatening towards President Aleksandar Vucic’s political establishment. The students were joined by farmers and teachers as their demands have remained adamant and unchanged. The protesters demanded from Vucic’s government a public and transparent probe into the investigation regarding the accident and have also accused the entire political establishment of grand – corruption. Impact:
Description: Democratic Republic of Congo’s government has directly accused Rwanda of territorial incursion as the Rwandan national army has been identified to have entered the country on 16 Feb. Rwanda has been previously accused of harboring M23 rebels and facilitating military equipment, logistics and intelligence support in the DR Congo. On 15 Feb, M23 rebels announced they have conducted a military offensive on the city of Bukavu after which they seized control of a larger part of the North and South Kivu province since occupying the city of Goma previously. The conflict has so far internally displaced over 6.4 million people, while in the past month over 3,000 people h
Description: The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a phone call with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov where discussions were held regarding the overcoming of several global geopolitical obstacles between the superpowers. The phone call represented a follow up on Trump and Putin’s conversation held on 12 Feb where the headline was the war in Ukraine. Rubio and Lavrov discussed the current provisions the countries would have to make regarding Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East and the overcoming of trade, economic and diplomatic barriers set by ex – President Biden’s administration. Impact: Setting the stage for reignition of diplomatic ties wi
Description: Google has been involved with plethora of authoritarian regimes and upheld requests for removal of posts and videos from Russia, China, the Taliban and even Iran. The tech company through its digital omnipresence exemplified by Google search engines has removed up to 200 videos from China, while Russian removal requests constituted up to 60% of the total requests for removal within the company. Videos and media articles have been removed from various digital operators that mostly concerned the criticizing of the governments in Moscow and Beijing. Google also upheld a request from the Taliban’s police forces since their retake of Afghanistan in 2021 and the reint
Description: The Gaza ceasefire agreement has continued as Israel and Hamas have agreed upon the 6th hostage exchange. The exchanges happened in the Khan Younis province of the Gaza Strip where three hostages have been exchanged in return for 369 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. The ceasefire agreement was deemed to fail the past week as both Hamas and Israel withdrew their pledges to continue the exchanges and enter the second and third phase of negotiations. Hamas later last week announced their intention to withhold their end of the bargain while Israel supported by the US threatened to continue its war campaign in the enclave if the hostages weren’t relea
Description: The Gaza ceasefire agreement has continued as Israel and Hamas have agreed upon the 6th hostage exchange. The exchanges happened in the Khan Younis province of the Gaza Strip where three hostages have been exchanged in return for 369 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. The ceasefire agreement was deemed to fail the past week as both Hamas and Israel withdrew their pledges to continue the exchanges and enter the second and third phase of negotiations. Hamas later last week announced their intention to withhold their end of the bargain while Israel supported by the US threatened to continue its war campaign in the enclave if the hostages weren’t relea
Description: Deadly attack unfolded in the Austrian city of Villach where 23 – old Syrian national went on a stabbing spree injuring 5 people and leaving a 14 – year old boy with fatal injuries. The individual was later detained on sight and additional discoveries have shown him to have had ties and ideological aspirations which aligned with the extremist terrorist organization Islamic State. The attack further incentivized Austrian politicians to unfold a basin of criticism towards the government in power which was especially criticized by the Freedom Party’s leader Herber Kickl who called upon the strengthening of migration laws and screening of foreigners to be intensifie
Description: Indian Prime – Minister Narendra Modi met with US President Donald Trump in the White House where they discussed the intensifying of strategic cooperation in the sectors of defense, trade and the imposition of tariffs. The trade discussions were followed by pledges on increased exports and pragmatically resolving the trade deficit between the countries. Defensively, the countries have promised to cooperate in the ever-sensitive Indo – Pacific region, and the US has promised on increased military equipment exports to India where the idea of procuring F -35 stealth fighters was floated. Trump and Modi also discussed the existing migration problems between the coun
Description: Saudi Arabia has reemerged on the global geopolitical stage and embraced the power of diplomatic efforts in recent years. The country has had a set upon course to establish bilateral relations with Israel all the while being on the proverbial geopolitical fence between the East and the West. Their diplomatic efforts weren’t unrecognized in securing continued ceasefire in Gaza, while now they also imposed as the obvious country for a historic Trump – Putin meeting regarding the war in Ukraine. The country also held close ties with the UAE, Qatar, Egypt and Jordan effectively building a regional alliance to support its own state interests in the region. With its e
Description: The Chernobyl reactor radiation shield was damaged when an alleged Russian drone hit the nuclear plant on Friday, 14 Feb. President Volodymir Zelenskyy has immediately posted the video on the X platform and stated that in light of recent events Putin wasn’t preparing for peace but for a global disaster. Emergency crews were deployed on the ground which stated that no permanent damage was done and there was no radiation leakage at the time. IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) inspectors were on high alert as the nuclear plant has historically been one of the most disputed nuclear catastrophes in the world. President Putin has denied any Russian involvement