On September 6th, a World Health Organization official said that hundreds of medical facilities in Afghanistan risk imminent closure. In an interview with Reuters, Regional Emergency Director Rick Brennan said that the western donors which financed these medical facilities had regulations barring them from dealing with the Taliban government. Brennan
It has been eight months since the military junta in Myanmar were able to seize power in a coup, detaining members of the government, and declaring a year-long state of emergency. The aftermath of that coup has been eight months of violence, labeled by The Diplomat as an “all-out war
A dispute over national license plate recognition between Serbia and Kosovo has escalated into a troubling situation involving border protests and military presence. Kosovo-Serbia tensions are not unprecedented. Both nations diverge in their views on Kosovo’s status as a country. This disagreement fulminated in the Kosovo War of the late
Over the last year, the exchanging of goods between Syria and Jordan was hit heavily by the pandemic and long-standing conflict. According to Reuters, as of Monday this week, government officials out of Jordan confirmed the border crossing would re-open. Throughout the pandemic Jordan took measures to curb transmission of
The ongoing race to succeed Angela Merkel’s 16-year reign as chancellor of Germany has yet to produce a clear winner in the recent preliminary election. Following the ballot held on 26 September, the German public voted to elect representative members of the Bundestag – the German federal parliament – who will
