For the first time since the beginning of her term, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has used her veto against the controversial surveillance legislative bill proposed by the parliament. On 22nd June, the president claimed in a statement that the adoption of these laws would authorise the restrictions of human rights
More than 50 people were found dead of heat exhaustion in the back of a truck in south Texas while migrating to the United States. This event is a direct result of the horrific policies in place that hinder the safe and humane crossing for people looking for refuge. Officials
On June 27th, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced an increase in the number of its high-readiness forces – the NATO Response Force (NRF), from 40,000 to 300,000 from 2023, with the primary objective of countering the threat on the alliance’s eastern flank. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg publicly declared
On June 11th, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency, SANA, confirmed heavy damage to two operational runways, 23R and 23L, at Damascus International Airport following an Israeli missile attack. The airport came under attacked at around 4:20 am local time by the missiles fired from Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, leaving three vast
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has accused Rwanda of “no less than an invasion” as M23 rebels capture Bunagana, a key border town in the eastern region of the DRC. This step in M23’s new offensive has triggered a concerning escalation in the longstanding tension between the two
At the end of May, the Turkish parliament introduced the Press Law, prepared by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which is meant to counter misinformation in the Turkish media and journalism sphere. Critics contend that the law is very broad in nature
A report released by the UN shows that June has seen the displacement of over 80,000 people in the Darfur region of Sudan due to violence. This figure, the highest monthly total in 2022, represents the continuation of a trend showing an increasing number of people being displaced over the
