On Monday, for the first time since 2012, a pirate hijacking occurs off of the coast of Somalia. The oil tanker, Aris 13, sent out a distress signal on Monday as it was approached by high-speed boats. On this specific route, the Aris 13 was transporting oil for the United
A row between Turkey and the Netherlands has escalated as a Turkish minister was prevented from entering the Turkish embassy in Rotterdam on 10 March. Family Affairs Minister Fatma Betul Sayin Kaya posted on Twitter that she was stopped 30m outside of the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam. The minister’s landing
On Monday the 13th of February 2017, the Syrian government released a statement to the government-run Al-Ikhbariya TV station informing the world that it was “continuously ready” for a prisoner swap with rebel factions “particularly in the framework of efforts being made for the coming meeting in Astana.” The meeting
As Donald Trump settles in to the presidential office, the public awaits his actions regarding his planned border wall. Unfortunately, the future of this project isn’t looking all that great. The wall will cause much more harm than good to not just to Mexicans, but to Americans as well. By preventing innocent international
The Japanese government has decided to withdraw the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) from U.N. peacekeeping operations (PKO) in South Sudan, the entire force will be withdrawn from the country presumably by the end of May. The GSDF has been participating in infrastructure-building projects around the South Sudanese capital, Juba, since 2012
With the near-total capture of Aleppo by government forces in December 2016, for some, it appeared that the Syrian civil war, which killed half a million, created 5 million refugees, and displaced a further 6 million, had come to a bloody end. Yet, conflict continues in Syria, with an estimated
The 12th National People’s Congress of China brought about some important announcements regarding China’s foreign policy directions. Given the recent troubles in the region, China aimed to send out a positive message to its neighbours. Much of the messages and the principles behind them are not completely new, but were
On Wednesday, March 8, NATO warned Kosovo that they might decrease cooperation with the partially recognized state if the state proceeded with their plans to bypass the required constitutional change to create a national army. The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, filed a draft law on Tuesday to transform Kosovo’s
