On January 11th, a court in Sweden sentenced a Russian man who attacked Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a blogger critical of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, to ten years in prison. The attack occurred on February 26th, 2020, when Ruslan Mamayev attacked Abdurakhmanov with a hammer in the Swedish city of Gavle. According
On January 15th, the United States Department of Defense announced that military personnel in Afghanistan have been downsized to 2,500 soldiers, America’s lowest military presence in the country since 2001. This reduction completes a goal Donald Trump set after signing an agreement with the Taliban in February 2020. The agreement
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government introduced new farming laws in September, causing widespread disagreement and leading to violent protests in the country’s capital. These new laws have led to two months of largely calm demonstrations involving farmers from India’s agriculturally-based northern states, according to the Associated Press. A protest
On January 11th, South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, announced that he remains devoted to cooperating with North Korea. It has been explained that enhanced communication with the North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un is one of the signature goals for his last year of presidency. He believes that cooperation on
