French president Francois Hollande fired back at Donald Trump during his speech at an agricultural trade fair a few weeks ago. This followed after the United States (US) President Donald Trump remarked that ‘Paris is no longer Paris’ following the attacks by Islamist militants. The French President’s comment was preceded
Indonesia has indefinitely suspended military co-operation with Australia following several incidents that have caused offence to the nation. The concerns were raised by an Indonesian who was at the Perth base for training, ultimately prompting the Indonesians to announce their suspension of co-operation for “technical reasons.” Indonesia’s military spokesman Major-General
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has temporarily suspended his campaign to eliminate the country’s largest denomination bill amidst the current nationwide cash crunch and civil unrest. The surprise manoeuvre, announced by Maduro on December 12, was introduced as a measure to combat contraband of the bills at the Colombia-Venezuela border
Violence against Rohingya Muslims in the western Rakhine state has reached a new high, with Myanmar military forces conducting shootings, raping women, looting and burning houses and shops, and burning the Koran in public on multiple occasions. Myanmar authorities are facing immense pressure to lift the military lockdown on
A US guided missile destroyer, USS Decatur, patrolled the South China Sea on the afternoon of October 21, thereby spurring a protest from China’s Defence Ministry. The US warship sailed within the waters currently claimed by China, yet affirms that it “conducted this transit in a routine, lawful manner
Multiple missiles have been launched from a Houthi-controlled region in Yemen, targeting a US Navy Destroyer in the Red Sea. According to US officials, the targeted attack on the USS Mason is the third incident of its kind that has occurred in the past week. Admiral John Richardson, US
Estonia stated that a Russian jet had violated its air space on September 7, hours following its neighbouring state Finland conveying similar claims of two fighter jets passing over its territory. As Finland was preparing to sign a defence pact with the United States at the time, analysts have
Officials of the Obama administration are considering tougher responses to the Russian-backed Syrian government, following the destruction of two large hospitals in the besieged rebel sector of Aleppo on September 28. While America has not ordered military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad thus far, its rising tensions with Moscow
North Korea successfully carried out its fifth and reportedly largest nuclear test on September 9th, prompting urgent United Nations talks about the creation of stricter international sanctions. Under the third-generation leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea sped up the development of its nuclear and missiles programs on the 68th anniversary
The streets of Istanbul were overflowing with supporters of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the 7th August, with at least a million people attending a rally held in the wake of the military’s failed coup. In his speech, condemning the U.S-based cleric, Fethullah Gulen, Erdogan declared that
