Two years following the most recent attempt to resolve the Cyprus problem in the Swiss town of Crans-Montana, the President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, will meet on August 9 with the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akinci. The meeting will be...
Israel’s decision to approve construction permits for Palestinians in Area C is part of a larger plan to annex the West Bank, sources familiar with the issue suggest. On 30 July, the Israeli Security Cabinet approved building permits for Palestinians...
Australia confirmed that it would not host the US intermediate-range missiles deployed in Asia, following Washington’s formal withdrawal from the Cold War-era nuclear deal signed with then-Soviet Union, called the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF). US Defense Secretary Mark Esper expressed...
When Kenya’s cabinet secretary for Finance, Henry Rotich, was arrested and put on the dock on July 22 for alleged corruption, it somewhat marked a watershed period for the jaded Administration of President Uhuru Kenyatta, which is widely considered to...
The second amendment, ratified in December of 1792, to the United States Constitution states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be...
“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom” were the iconic words of India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, on the eve of the country’s independence from the British empire....
It’s no secret that mass shootings in the United States of America are a problem, to say the least. Since the year began, there have been 255 mass shootings in the country, resulting in 275 deaths and 1065 injuries. The...
Following the El Paso and Ohio shootings last weekend, which cost a total of 29 lives altogether, US President Donald Trump admitted that “perhaps more has to be done” to prevent these attacks from becoming more frequent. Sky News produced...
The New York Times reports that Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized a foreign oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. This is the third time Tehran has detained a tanker in the last month, as the US enforces its campaign of “maximum...
Austria becoming Europe’s political focus is not a regular occurrence. Yet when the egregious “Ibiza Scandal” transpired on 17th May, its impact went far beyond Austrian soil. The scandal forced then chancellor Sebastian Kurz to end the coalition with the...