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Description: The Israeli Defense Forces have pushed tanks and vehicles armed with explosives across residential areas in the outskirts of Gaza City, where explosions killed more than 19 people, most of them civilians. The Israeli Defense Ministry has announced that Israel’s forces have eliminated the spokesperson of Hamas’ armed wing, the Al Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida in the attacks. The International Association of Genocide Sholars (IAGS) has announced the situation in Gaza to constitute as genocide committed by Israel, adding to the international pressure exerted on Israel to cease the armed offensive and allow humanitarian aid to enter the Strip unabated. Prime Minister
Description: The Sudanese army has conducted airstrikes on a hospital located in the besieged city of El Fasher in the Darfur province, killing at least 12 people and further depleted the medical capabilities in the country torn by the civil war conflict. Separate report, published by the Humanitarian Research Lab of the Yale School of Public Health, has demonstrated that the RSF has started the complete encirclement of El Fasher by constructing earthen walls, effectively disabling evacuations by foot or vehicles with the perimeter of the city totally closed off for humanitarian aid. The conflict has also inflicted severe damages on the country’s oil exports, especially to n
Description: Afghanistan was struck by a 6.0 – magnitude earthquake with the epicenter located in the Nangarhar and Kunar provinces of the country, where crucial fault lines from the European and Asian continent tectonic plates cross paths. So far, more than a thousand people have been estimated to have lost their lives, as emergency services in the country were having difficulties accessing the mountainous eastern provinces where most of the indigenous infrastructure was completely destroyed. Afghanistan, which largely depends on foreign donations and has a health system mostly being funded by those donations called for international assistance, as the earthquake was the re
Description: After the dismissal of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra by Thailand’s Constitutional Court on grounds of ethics violations, the influential People’s Party blocked the parliamentary vote for the country’s next Prime Minister. The party’s spokesperson, Parit Wacharasindhu, stated that the People’s Party didn’t trust the ruling Pheu Thai or the Bhumjaithai party as their aspirational candidate, Anutin Charnvirakul, stated over the past weekend that he had already collected the necessary votes. Shinawatra’s ouster caused significant political disruption, as the ruling Pheu Thai party’s credibility and integrity has been seriously damaged, while the Bhumjaithai
Description: Guyanese state officials have reported that ships transporting election ballots and personnel were attacked in the contested Essequibo region by Venezuelan border forces. Guayana hasn’t reported any casualties or damages while Venezuela has renounced the accusations. Tensions arrive in the midst of Guayana’s parliamentary and presidential elections where incumbent President Irfaan Ali and his People’s Progressive Party (PPP) are expected to triumph. Ali has utilized Guayana’s oil deposit findings and campaigned on continuation of the country’s infrastructural, educational and industrial development. The PPP is contested by the A Partnership for National Unity (A
Description: Protests in Indonesia have persisted after last weekend’s escalation prompted leaders from several civil movements to call off their groups. President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to tackle the issues outlined by the majority of protesters, who gathered in larger groups in Jakarta, Makassar and Bandung. After the weekend, police forces have reportedly arrested over 1,200 people while 8 people were declared to have been killed during the riots and the looting of public properties across several major cities in the country. The protests have also caused acute economic instability in the country as the stock market fell for more than 3% in the opening hours. Most o
Description: The Houthi militant group has kidnapped up to 11 personnel pertaining to the UN mission in the country and conducted a naval militia attack on a Liberian – flagged ship suspected of transporting cargo to Israel. The attack and the kidnappings arrive as a response to Israel’s military action which eliminated most of the Houthi’s leadership including the organization’s Prime Minister Ahmed Al Rahawi. The attack on the ship was reported to have caused minimal damage and no casualties were inflicted, while the UN strenuously protested the kidnappings of its personnel and demanded their immediate release. Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, stated that Israel woul
Description: The leader of the Congo River Alliance rebel coalition (CRA), Corneille Nangaa, has issued a public warning stating that the Congolese government has continuously violated the ceasefire agreement mediated by Qatar and compromised the principles outlined in the Declaration of Principles. The M23 rebels as the most dominant entity within the CRA, has signed a Declaration of Principles with the Congolese government and reinitiated peace talks after peace negotiations with the government failed to materialize the 18 Aug deadline to conclude the peace process and integrate the rebel group into the broader peace platform signed by DR Congo and Rwanda in Washington. Co
Description: Chinese President, Xi Jinping, hosted the leaders of the permanent members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the northern city of Tianjin where the SCO Summit officially begun. The SCO was founded in 2001 initially as a security cooperation platform which later expanded its charter towards encompassing broader cooperation. The SCO consists of member states such as China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan. India, Pakistan, Iran and Belarus expanded the closed circle in recent years and added to the organization’s legitimacy among countries that strategically aligned with the Global South. In his inaugural speech, Xi Jinping fo
Description: Anti – government protests rapidly escalated over the weekend, when a delivery driver by the name of Affan Kurniawan was run down by a police armored vehicle and succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital. Indonesians started protesting the increased housing allowances to parliamentarians which were 20 times higher than the country’s minimum wage. Over the weekend, protesters stormed several buildings, lit vehicles on fire and caused massive disruptions in public services accessibility which caused schools and businesses to close. Six people were declared to have been killed during the violent clashes between the riot police and the protesters over 5 d