The parliament of Nicaragua has come under criticism for shutting down 25 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that publicly criticized President Ortega and his leadership. Parliament, which is heavily controlled by the political allies of the President, voted in favor of shutting down these 25 NGOs. This move is a continuation of
A Sanaa-Amman flight scheduled for Sunday, April 26th, has been indefinitely postponed amidst an increasingly fragile truce between the internationally-recognized Yemeni government and Houthi rebels. Both sides are trading blame as to why the flight was canceled. The flight was expected to depart from the government-controlled southern port city of
On Tuesday, April 19, Sri Lankan police fired into a crowd of protestors, killing one and injuring a dozen more, according to Reuters. The country is currently seeking to relieve its worsening economic crisis through assistance from the International Monetary Fund. For weeks, protests have grown around the country as
On Monday, the 18th of April, three political parties withdrew from Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition, aiming to form an interim government and appoint a new prime minister to replace President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s older brother. This withdrawal occurred amidst an unprecedented economic crisis, as the island nation struggled to provide its
Tunisian President, Kais Saied, has seized control of his country’s electoral commission in a move that solidifies his power at the expense of democracy. The president announced he would retain three members of the nine-member commission to form a new committee alongside three judges and an information technology specialist. The
In the final year of the U.S.S.R.’s existence, Mikhail Gorbachev pronounced that “The risk of a global nuclear war has practically disappeared,” writes Robin Wright of The New Yorker. This statement was delivered in the speech Gorbachev made accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. The Prize was apportioned, according to a
Last week, the United States announced a military aid package for Ukrainian defense against Russia’s invasion. Among the weapons included in the package were 40,000 artillery rounds, 18 howitzers, and training to operate the heavy artillery weapons. An additional aid package including 144,000 artillery rounds and 72 howitzers was declared
Gender-based violence is a social problem that requires permanent attention by the Ecuadorian State. In Ecuador, 65 out of 100 women (64.9%) have experienced some type of gender-based violence throughout their lives. According to statistics, 19,962 cases of gender-based violence were registered in health facilities in 2021. 73% of the
As the war in Ukraine intensifies, Russian troops are shifting their focus to the country’s east. Parallel to this pivot, Ukrainian troops issued their first allegation of Russian chemical warfare in a Telegram post on Monday. Three fighters reported that Russian forces had released “A poisonous substance of unknown origin”
In the second month of the war unfolding in Ukraine, the narrative gap widens as Russia promulgates disinformation. Information about how the war began, the scale of the conflict, the arrow of causation, and the war’s justifications varies widely according to different sources. Proof of this disparity is apparent in
Instances of communal violence between Hindu and Muslim groups have steadily increased across India, including a clash this week in Delhi during a Hindu religious procession. This incident in the capital is only the most recent in a string of increasingly intense sectarian clashes that have broken out between Hindus
The former leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, has released a statement asking all of Myanmar’s citizens to unite. Daughter of the independence hero of Myanmar, Suu Kyi has been involved in the democratization of her country and has since won a Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts. However,
