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Description: Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov has been assassinated on the Yasenevaya street in Moscow by a car bomb. The Kremlin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, stated that Russian security and intelligence services have launched investigations into the murder of the general and that his loss represented an unfortunate tragedy. The primary suspect is the Ukrainian intelligence service, which has refused to comment and share their position on the assassination. Sarvarov served as the primary educator and trainer of the Russian armed forces. His previous working experience consisted of serving in the Chechnya conflicts in 1980’ and military service in Syria between 2015 and
Description: China and the US along the ASEAN countries led by Malaysia would attempt to restart the peace negotiations between Thailand and Cambodia which have reignited their conflict on 08 Dec. Exchanging blame for the inflamed tensions and the return to armed fighting, Thailand and Cambodia’s foreign ministers attended the ASEAN meeting where their officials delivered messages of reintegration of the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accord, signed earlier this year in Malaysia. Thailand’s Foreign Minister mentioned that the peace agreement was signed prematurely and the fundamental causes of the conflict haven’t been addressed. Cambodia remained reserved and stated that their military
Description: The US Coast Guard is reportedly engaged in a pursuit of a third sanctioned tanker carrying Venezuelan crude oil. The ship has been identified as the Bella 1, sanctioned by the US due to its ties to Iran and its proxy terrorist organization, Hezbollah. Previously, the US Coast Guard seized two other ships, the Skipper, carrying 1.9 million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil, set to be refined in the US and the Centuries, carrying 1.8 million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil which is reportedly docked in Galveston, Texas. President Trump said that the US effectively confiscated these ships and they would remain under the ownership of the US government. Unverified rep
Description: The paramilitary guerilla unit, ELN, or the National Liberation Army, has announced that it would cease hostilities over the holiday period and impose a curfew in larger municipalities it controls. The leadership of the organization announced that all members were instructed not to attack military or police outposts and not to cause further armed confrontation during the holiday season. Previously, the ELN kidnapped around 18 soldiers in the Choco Department of Colombia which has become a common practice and a methodology to threaten the government. Tensions between the group and President Gustavo Petro’s government have gradually escalated since Petro ceased to
Description: Drone attack was conducted on a busy marketplace in the North Darfur state causing massive material damage and resulting with 10 civilian casualties. Neither the RSF nor the SAF claimed responsibility for the attack in the city of Malha, controlled by the RSF. Clashes elsewhere have intensified while the focal point of the civil war is currently in the South Kordofan province, where sustained armed confrontations between the RSF and the SAF have led to more civilian deaths and infrastructure damages. The cities of Kadugli and Dilling have been besieged by RSF forces since the beginning of the war while aid organizations in the country have reported that vast reg
Description: Protesters took to the streets in Albania’s capital, Tirana, after the country’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Belinda Balluku was indicted on corruption charges. Previously, physical clashes between ministers of parliament broke out, after the scandal was uncovered which now spiral out of control and spill over the streets of the country’s capital. Balluku was accused of embezzlement and corruption as she favored certain companies for the development of vital infrastructure projects in the millions of dollars in return for kickbacks. Protesters called for the government’s disbandment and likened Prime Minister Edi Rama with Panamanian d
Description: In line with the peace agreement concluded between the presidents of Rwanda and the DRC, Paul Kagame and Felix Tshisekedi, M23 rebel forces pledged to withdraw from the city of Uvira in eastern Congo last week. Despite those pledges, civilian reports from the city and statements from Tshisekedi claimed that the Congo River Alliance rebel coalition is yet to withdraw its armed forces from the city as an act of good faith and continued implementation of the peace agreement. The M23 rebels launched a lightning offensive last week, capturing the city of Uvira which enabled them to control larger parts of eastern Congo and establish a footprint towards the mineral –
01 Dec 2025 | US, Russia and Ukraine: Ceding Territory and Security Guarantees Dominate Negotiations
Description: Ukrainian President, Volodymir Zelenskyy, arrived in Paris where he met French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the latest diplomatic developments regarding the 28 – point peace plan proposed by the US for ending the war in Ukraine. Previously, the newly appointed lead negotiator for Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, who is also the Secretary of Ukraine’s Security Council, reported that talks with US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio in Florida went extremely productive and substantial progress has been made over the weekend. Ukraine and Russia exchanged attacks over the weekend and on Monday, where Russian drones attacked the city of Dnipro, while Ukrainian underwater
Description: US President Donald Trump, confirmed that he talked over the phone with Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro but refused to disclose or characterize the subject of the conversation. Several media sources have reported that Trump issued an ultimatum to Maduro to abandon the presidency in exchange for amnesty and retraction of his persecution by the US. Maduro reportedly refused the ultimatum and reiterated offers made in previous backchannel conversations which have allegedly included closer economic cooperation and permitted excavation of Venezuela’s natural resources such as rare earth minerals and oil. Trump later assembled a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at th
Description: One of Haiti’s most dangerous gangs, the Gran Grif gang, has launched a large – scale operation in the central Artibonite region in the country, consolidating its presence and territorial control. Civilians in the region have fled in large numbers towards the coastal city of Saint Marc, fearing for their safety and blaming the government for focusing the security forces in the country’s capital, Port au Prince, where the Viv Ansanm gang controls most of the territory. The peacekeeping mission led by Kenya, alongside the recently approved initiative submitted by the US and Panama before the UN is yet to deliver any results as issues have emerged with countries w