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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
Description: Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, while conducting an official two – day state visit to India, signaled the strengthening of bilateral ties between the two countries after resolving their 2020 border dispute in the Galwan valley. Yi met with India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and India’s National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval, as they jointly announced official diplomatic reconciliation and the resolution of their border dispute. The foreign ministers also announced they discussed the expansion of economic cooperation in areas such as trade, rare earth minerals exploration and bilateral sharing of river data. Yi is also expected to meet Indian Prim
Description: The senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Yahya Rahim Safavi, has stated that the risk of reinstated conflict with Israel has been deemed as imminent. Safavi stated that Iran is enhancing its preparedness in expectation of renewed military aggression from Israel in light of new information from the country’s intelligence services. He also stated that no official arrangement exists at this point between Israel and Iran or Iran and the US, as the ceasefire has been unilaterally announced by the US after the 12 – day war. Safavi’s statements countered those by Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, who has repeatedly claimed that there was no immi
Description: Five days of clashes between the student protesters, pro – government supporters and police forces escalated with the torching of the headquarters of the ruling SNS party in a small town in western Serbia. The protests in Serbia violently intensified in several Serbian cities across the weekend where reportedly more than 60 people were injured and dozens were arrested. Chaos ensued in the capital, Belgrade as well as Nis, Kraljevo, Kragujevac, Krusevac, Cacak and Medvedevo, where separate clashes between pro – government protesters and members of the student movement were reported. Serbia’s police forces have been accused of brutality and the use of inequivalent
Description: Bolivia’s presidential and congressional elections have delivered a dramatic shift in the country’s political landscape as voters turned towards supporting the right – wing and conservative political parties. The two leading right – wing candidates are the business owner Samuel Doria Medina and the former President of Bolivia, Jorge Fernando Quiroga, who are promising rapid fundamental changes in the country which is facing double digit inflation in one of the worst economic crises in the history of Bolivia. Right – wing and conservative candidates dominate the congressional elections as well, with more than 30% of the country’s voting population remaining undec
Description: After Israel introduced the cabinet approved plan for the complete occupation of the Gaza Strip, thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding for the war to end and the Israeli hostages to be returned. Last week, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s cabinet approved a plan which would be realized in the upcoming period for the complete occupation of the Gaza Strip and intensification of the illegal settlements in the West Bank. Multiple international aid organizations have reported that despite aid drops from several countries, significant aid assistance is yet to enter Gaza where more than 200 people were reported to have died of famine, half of them being child
Description: US President Donald Trump, signed an executive order transferring governance and control powers of Washington’s law enforcement under federal mandate. The executive order sparked large public disapproval and incited protests across the US capital as the local government filed a suit against the lawfulness of Trump’s executive order. Trump deployed more than 800 National Guard troops in the capital which would reportedly protect federal buildings and assist the local police forces in tackling migration and crime. The move hasn’t been statistically supported as the US capital has had lower crime and homicide rates than other larger American cities and much lower r