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Description: The US has announced its plans to dispatch up to three US Aegis guided missile destroyers off the coast of Venezuela in the next couple of days and additional four thousand sailors and Marines as well as several P – 8 spy planes and an attack submarine. White House spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, stated that the Trump administration would use every resource of American military and security power to ensure the cessation of drug proliferation in the country and neutralize the threat from drug cartels. Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, has denounced the US claims and vowed to assemble up to four and a half million militiamen in order to counter the US’ plans t
Description: The North Korean leader has urged the country’s nuclear department to ramp up development of more nuclear weapons as a response to the joint US – South Korea military drills, called Ulchi Freedom Shield. According to the North Korean leader, the joint military drills by South Korea and the US included a nuclear element and posed a risk to North Korea’s national security and territorial sovereignty. Kim Jong Un further stated that constant military drills by South Korea and the US significantly raise the concern over potential direct confrontation and North Korea had to increase its deterrent capabilities in the upcoming period. North Korea has so far denounced a
Description: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s cabinet has stated that the Israeli government was closely analyzing the latest ceasefire proposal previously accepted by Hamas with no preconditions or amendments and was expected to submit its official response by the end of the week. The ceasefire outlined a 60 – day cessation of hostilities where a gradual exchange of hostages would take place with Hamas expected to return up to 28 of the remaining 50 hostages held in captivity in return for around 1,700 Palestinian prisoners. Under the provisions of the agreement, the Israeli military would also withdraw approximately towards a 1-kilometer-wide zone while negotiations for
Description: Armenian President, Nikol Pashinyan hosted his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian in Yerevan where they discussed bilateral ties, economic cooperation and the recently concluded peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia under US mediation. The leaders discussed the administration of the Zangezur Corridor, a key trade route in the Caucasus which according to the provisions of the peace agreement would be under US administration under the so-called Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP). Pezeshkian reiterated Iran’s concerns of being cut off from key land trading routes which pass through the corridor, while Pashinyan reassured the Ira
Description: Togolese Foreign Minister, Robert Dussey, recently stated that terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State and Al Qaeda have intensified their covert incursion in the northern parts of the country. The Togolese government has imposed the so – called policy of informational lockdown, which disables public broadcasters from publishing information regarding the security situation in the country, following the intensification of terrorist activities and the recent civil protests against the rule of President Gnassingbe. The terrorists are suspected to have infiltrated Togo from Burkinabe province of Kompienga which is considered a stronghold for the Al Qaeda affili
Description: The Trump administration has reportedly entered negotiations to acquire a 10% stake in Intel as one of the largest semiconductor and chip manufacturers in the US. US Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, has stated that President Trump followed his America First policy in pushing the initiative while also incentivizing domestic production and manufacturing of key components for the high-tech industry such as chips and semiconductors. The news about the investment arrives after Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group announced it planned on investing more than $2 billion in Intel accumulating around 2% stake in the California – based company. Intel is currently struggli
Description: US President Donald Trump hosted European leaders and Ukrainian President Zelensky in a high-level meeting in the Oval Office where the future prospects of a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine were discussed. The meeting raised many important and complex issues standing in the way of a potential peace agreement such as the security guarantees ensuring Ukraine’s defense and deterrent capabilities, Europe’s role in providing those security guarantees and potential concessions which would be made by Ukraine, such as territorial exchanges with Russia. Zelensky and the leaders from Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Finland, NATO and the European Commission held
Description: Sunday’s presidential elections in Bolivia have delivered unexpected surge in popularity for the centrist candidate Rodrigo Paz from the Christian Democratic Party (PDC). Paz also managed to secure the endorsement of the businessman Samuel Doria Medina, who finished third in the primary election process. Paz would face conservative Jorge Quiroga who represents the Alianza Libre coalition, and in his pre – election campaign promised to restore ties with the US, devise closer economic ties with Israel and revive the Bolivian economy through assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Opposed to Quiroga, Paz’ pre-election campaign primarily focused on do
Description: Egyptian and Qatari mediators have officially reported that Hamas has accepted the latest 60 – day ceasefire proposal which would be comprised of prisoner exchanges and a two-month cessation of armed hostilities. The information arrives after the Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani concluded negotiations with Hamas representatives accompanied by Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El – Sisi on Monday. The proposal reflected and outlined provisions from the latest version submitted by US Special envoy Steven Witkoff with the exclusion of other details and amendments requested by Hamas. Israeli officials have confirmed they have received t
Description: Qatari mediators have announced that representatives from the Congolese government and the M23 rebel movement failed to secure a peace agreement expected to have been concluded by 18 Aug. M23’s spokesperson accused the Congolese government of violating the ceasefire agreement which was part of the provisions under the declaration of principles signed between the two sides in Jul. According to the Qatari mediators despite the suspension of the peace agreement, both sides have expressed preparedness to continue negotiations and conclude the peace agreement as part of a larger peace framework signed between DRC and Rwanda in Jun under US mediation. Congolese local