Early Sunday morning, an alleged Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) was launched in Sinpo, located on North Korea’s east coast. The missile didn’t get far, with reports indicating that the missile blew up on take off. However, the missile launch comes just one day after the massive military parade in Pyongyang,
On Friday the United States retaliated to the use of chemical weapons on Syrian civilians with a targeted missile strike on a government controlled airbase in Syria. The Pentagon stated 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from two warships located in the Mediterranean. The strike targeted the Shayrat airfield, from
Just two days after Donald Trump authorized the launch of 59 Tomahawk missiles on a Syrian air force base, the Third Fleet’s forward-deployed strike group has set sail for the Korean Peninsula. Originally on their way from Singapore to Australia to engage in some training and port calls, the carrier
Now in its sixth month, the US-backed offensive to drive ISIL out of Mosul has made significant progress and has been able to recapture most of the city with reports showing that the entire eastern side and about half of the west are now under Iraqi control. However, the progress
Late last month, the South Sudanese government and three United Nations agencies declared that famine had hit two counties in South Sudan. The direct result of the prolonged civil war and an entrenched economic crisis has continued to ravage the war-scarred East African nation. When the crisis was announced, more
The fourth set of peace talks, which were held in Geneva, recently concluded and have resulted in a mild breakthrough in working towards a peace deal in Syria. The announcement out of Geneva comes after previous weeks of stalled discussions and a steadily failing ceasefire agreement in the region. Steffan
Just days after the UN and government officials declared feminine to be present in parts of South Sudan, the aid agency has warned of further famine fears in Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated at a news conference on Wednesday at UN headquarters that more than 20 million
On Tuesday, this week, German troops arrived in Lithuania as a part of a multinational NATO battalion that was deployed to beef up the security along NATO’s European Eastern Front. The battalion is also comprised of troops from Belgium, France, and the Netherlands, and it is one of four NATO
The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) indicated last week that it had noted 252 alleged violations of international humanitarian law carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s civil war. This high number of incidents is particularly concerning to the UK’s government as, since the civil war began in March
Efforts to reunite the deeply divided state of Cyprus have once again stalled in the international sphere as international actors fail to gain consensus regarding a range of issues. A British colony until 1960, Cyprus has been deeply divided following the invasion by Turkish forces in response to a Greek-inspired
