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Description: Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Beijing as the leaders discussed ongoing bilateral issues, expanding economic ties and working towards retracting relations towards diplomatically warmer climate. The three – day visit by the UK Prime Minister arrives after recent turbulations between European countries and the US over Greenland and the ongoing trade war that has consistently shifted and reshaped global trade ties. The UK and China had recently resolved the issue of China’s new embassy in London, however, concerns of security and intelligence risks still persist. The UK Prime Minister in his delegation included more than 50 bu
Description: Following the conclusion of the EU – India Free Trade Agreement, European Council President, Antonio Costa met with Vietnamese President, Luong Cuong in Hanoi where they agreed to reshape trade ties. Costa stated that volatile geoeconomic conditions have forced Europe to pursue alternative trade partners and strengthened and extend existing economic and strategic partnerships with reliable countries. Europe is Vietnam’s fourth largest trading partner, third largest export market and fifth larges import market while Vietnam is Europe’s largest trading partner in Southeast Asia. Bilateral trade between the EU and Vietnam during 2025 reached $66.8 billion, an incre
Description: European officials, Ursula von der Leyen, Antonio Costa and Kaja Kallas met with Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi where they concluded more than 10 years of trade negotiations into a groundbreaking free trade agreement (FTA). The FTA removes tariffs on 96.6% of Europe’s exports to India and on 99.5% of India’s exports to Europe. Key economic sectors such as textiles, leather, gems, jewelry, chemicals, base metals, wine and cars would be primarily affected by the FTA, with both sides safeguarding their critical economic sectors. The agreement would open a market channel for than 2 billion people and c
Description: Considerable US military presence has been registered amassing in the Middle East as tensions between Iran and the US continue to simmer. The US has dispatched the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, supported by various aerial assets such as fighter jets and electronic jamming airplanes such as the EA – 18G Growler. Tensions between the two countries have escalated rapidly since Iran’s violent and brutal crackdown on protesters last month. US President Trump has been relatively vague in his public statements regarding a potential kinetic strike on Iran, however, he had consistently claimed that military intervention remains as an option. In recent months the
Description: South Sudan’s People Defense Forces (SSPDF) as the official military of the country has announced the commencement of the operation Enduring Freedom against rebel forces loyal to former Vice – President Riek Machar in the state of Jonglei. Clashes erupted earlier this month between the SSPDF and the military wing of the SPLA – IO (Sudan’s People’s Liberation Army in Opposition) accompanied by antagonizing rhetoric by senior military figures who have called for the indiscriminate killing of civilians. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has reported that the humanitarian situation has been deteriorating consistently over the past month while more t
Description: The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamic State – affiliated terrorist group, has attacked several counties in the eastern province of Ituri in the DRC. More than 25 civilians have been killed, including women and children, while houses were reportedly reduced to dust. The UN has reported that ADF followed up on their previous attacks in Apakolu and Kazaraho the week previously where they clashed with the army and local militia groups. The Islamic State has separately claimed responsibility for other attacks conducted in the Ituri and Lubero provinces between 23 and 26 Jan where more than 35 people were killed including two soldiers while approximately 20 h
Description: After last week’s announcement by the PLA (People’s Liberation Army) that senior general and vice chairman of the Chinese Central Military Commission (CMC) has been purged, the Chinese Communist Party had issued an official statement claiming that the general was being investigated on corruption charges. Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli were arrested and removed from their positions within the Central Committee and the CMC while being accused of breaking the law and failing to uphold the disciplinary standards within the PLA. China experts have speculated various scenarios for the drastic restructuring of the country’s highest political and military echelon due to th
Description: US President Donald Trump announced that under his executive command, naval forces in the African military theater launched precision strikes on ISIS camps in the northwestern Sokoto state in Nigeria. Tomahawk missiles have been fired from US naval forces stationed off the coast of Ghana while several fatalities were identified according to official statements from the US Defense Department. Nigeria’s Foreign Ministry stated that the attacks have been conducted after close coordination and cooperation with Nigerian security and intelligence services while the statement also claimed that the attacks had nothing to do with religiously motivated targeting of civili
Description: The Mozambiquan branch of ISIS, Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) has increased attacks on civilians and military targets by almost 56% compared to last year’s data. The insurgency in the country has been active since 2017 while the Mozambiquan government has failed to subvert the security threat even with the assistance of almost 5 thousand troops from Rwanda. Local reports signaled that Rwanda has decreased its operational capabilities in Mozambique and started to withdraw its personnel from the country. The increased level of ISM attacks has displaced more than 300 thousand people since July this year and more than a million over the course of the active insurge
Description: Nasry Asfura, the conservative presidential candidate, has been declared as the winner of the presidential election held in Nov. The country’s electoral commission, the CNE, has faced significant difficulties in counting the ballots from the vote and postponed the announcement for over three weeks, which spurred speculations that the election was rigged. Asfura was publicly endorsed by US President Trump, who stated that he was the only candidate the US was willing to work with in the future while also threatening to cut financial aid if Asfura wasn’t elected. Opposing candidate, the center – right Salvador Nasralla, denounced the results and stated that the CNE