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Description: Kremlin’s spokesperson. Dmitry Peskov, has publicly speculated that a potential Trump – Putin meeting could happen in September in China, when the country commemorates the 80th anniversary since the end of the Second World War. Peskov’s statements arrive as Russia launched another barrage of missiles and drone attacks in Ukraine and a day after Ukrainian President Zelenskyy suggested new round of peace talks. The meeting would curiously coincide with the last day of Trump’s 50 – day deadline imposed on Russia to reengage in the peace process. Trump threatened Putin with the imposition of additional sanctions and continued military support for Ukraine
Description: After a week of violent and deadly clashes between the Druze and the Bedouin tribal fighters, US Ambassador to Turkey and Special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, announced a ceasefire between Israel and Syria. Reports from the local residents in the southwestern city of Suweyda indicated that the death toll has surpassed a thousand people, while more than 150 thousand have fled and were internally displaced. Healthcare and medical capacities were overwhelmed by the week – long sectarian hostilities while the local Red Crescent announced it dispatched more than 30 trucks with aid to the city which has been left with no water supply and electricity shortages. The Dru
Description: The Hamas – run Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that more than 85 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire while seeking aid in outposts established by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). Reports from local residents indicated that Israeli Defense Forces indiscriminately targeted Palestinians who were attempting to reach humanitarian aid outposts without any provocation. IDF blamed Hamas for inciting chaos within the enclave by sending raid groups which were taking large parts of the humanitarian aid intended for Gaza’s civilian population. The attacks are a daily occurrence in Gaza which has been plagued by constant mili
Description: Japanese Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have lost the Upper House parliamentary election and would be forced to govern from a position of parliamentary minority. LDP and its junior political partner, Komeito, won 41 of the 50 required seats in the Upper House in order to remain the majority ruling coalition, and failed to garner support from the opposition in forming a majority government. The Upper House elections are another political defeat for Ishiba and his ruling party, after losing the Lower House election last Oct, and arrive at a crucial time for the country facing political instability, Trump’s tariffs, issues wit
Description: Controversies surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files and his connections to US President Donald Trump have caused significant turmoil in the MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement as well as the larger public and political scene in the US. Trump has so far denounced any connections to the late controversial financer and indicted sex trafficker despite public reports and limited disclosures from the Epstein trial in 2019. Special report published by the Wall Street Journal contained pictures, reportedly drawn and signed by Trump, which established a firm and direct ties between the US President and Epstein. After the report was made public, Trump denounced he ha
Description: Ukraine’s Head of the National Security and Defense Council, Rustem Umerov, has reportedly delivered a proposal to its Russian counterpart for renewing the peace talks. The development arrived as Russia continued its aerial attacks on more than 10 cities and regions across eastern Ukraine, launching more than 340 drones and up to 35 cruise and ballistic missiles. Last week, US President Donald Trump, lifted the restrictions regarding weapons deliveries to Ukraine and promised to impose additional sanctions on Russia if the country does not agree to the renewal of the peace initiative. Kremlin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, has stated that Russia was prepared to
Description: The DR Congo and the M23 rebel alliance have signed a declaration of principles which has been mediated by Qatar and would be integrated in the comprehensive peace agreement signed between DRC and Rwandan representatives in Jun. The declaration stipulated the cessation of hostilities between the Congolese armed forces and the rebel alliance on all fronts, mutual respect for territorial integrity and the return of Congolese law enforcement in M23 occupied territories as well as the exchange of prisoners. The warring parties are expected to fulfill these obligations by the end of Jul, while the declaration’s implementation into the final peace agreement signed by
Description: The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Esmail Ghaani, has reportedly met with the leaders of Iran’s proxy groups in Baghdad where severe rearmament efforts have been discussed. The reports arrive as Iran still rallies from the consequences of the US – Israeli airstrikes in the 12 – day war which caused the destruction of the country’s nuclear enrichment sites. Yemen’s government in exile has also recently reported that large shipments of weapons and equipment have been intercepted which were reportedly headed for the Houthis and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iran’s conventional armed forces Major General, Amir Hatami, also held meetings with IRGC’s Co
Description: Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, Jamaat e – Islami (JI), held a rally where thousands of supporters called for fair elections and systemic reforms within the country. Last week’s public unrest between members of the National Citizen Party (NCP) and the Awami League party signaled renewed political crisis in the country after the ouster of former leader, Sheikh Hasina, who is in self – imposed exile in India. JI members called for the unification of Bangladesh’s Islamist parties in order to establish a rule in the country, led by Islamic principles where all ethnic minorities would have equal rights. Bangladesh’s constitutional court has delegitimized Hasina’s
Description: The European Union has introduced the 18th package of sanctions against Russia, aimed at depriving the country from its wartime economy and pressuring it towards peace talks. The package introduced by EU’s Foreign Policy Chief, Kaja Kallas, targeted more ships pertaining to Russia’s shadow fleet and also set a new price cap on Russian oil exports, devaluating Russian oil at $47.60 per barrel and improving the previously set price cap by the G7 which was set at $60.00 per barrel. Kallas stated that up to 105 ships in Russia’s shadow fleet were added to the sanctions list, alongside Chinese banks which have facilitated the transactions for the illegally