On July 22nd it was the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attack that took place in Norway. The anniversary marks the loss that took place but also asks questions about how to deal with the aftermath of the attack. It was a right-wing extremist, Anders Behring Breivik, that committed the
As of Monday, 19 July, Cuba reported approximately 4,000 new coronavirus cases per million residents from the prior week, making them the country with the highest infection rate per capita in North and South America. Both contributing to and exacerbating existing political tensions, the spread of the virus has intensified
Since 2017, multiple reports have been issued describing the brutal treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, China. As of summer 2018, the United Nations reported that at least one million Uighurs have been detained, with approximately two million having been forced into ‘re-education camps. Amnesty International described life in those
Samantha Power, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announced via Twitter on 17 July that the Balkan nations of North Macedonia and Albania have established joint border control points with USAID support. By doing this, the customs administrations of the two countries have entered into
On Monday, July 19th, Syrian air defenses intercepted an attempted Israeli attack over Aleppo. The area of Syria which Israeli forces were aiming at has a strong Iranian presence, which is in line with Israel’s consistent efforts to shut down Iranian military development and control of the region. Israel, allied
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the Taliban “need to end the occupation of their brothers’ soil and show the world that peace is prevailing in Afghanistan right away.” According to the BBC, since the United States began withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban have made advances across the
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned spyware software licensed to Israeli company NSO Group on Sunday after allegations that the software is being used to hack smartphones belonging to activists, journalists, and government officials worldwide. An investigation that was published on 18 July by 17 media organizations and
