On Tuesday, August 9, the opposing sides of Yemen’s civil war agreed to renew a two-month truce due to expire, according to a United Nations envoy. The agreement continues the nation of 30 million people’s longest period of peace since the Iran-aligned Houthi movement began fighting the Saudi Arabia-led coalition
On July 2nd, Syria accused Israel of launching an “air aggression” from the Mediterranean, West of Lebanon’s second-largest city Tripoli, with numerous missiles aimed at an area to the south of Tartous. On July 4th, Russia’s foreign ministry called the strikes on Syria absolutely unacceptable and demanded the termination of
During the lead-up to the NATO summit in Madrid from June 29-30, NATO diplomats disclosed that NATO’s new Strategic Concept would directly reference China as a “systemic challenge” for the first time, according to Reuters. However, member states were also said to be in dispute over how to describe the
Ecuador’s government and its largest Indigenous rights organization, The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (CONAIE), signed an agreement on Thursday 30 June 2022, to end 18 days of mass protests in the country. It promises a 15 cent USD reduction to diesel and petrol prices. Additionally, this deal also places limits
Discussions in Geneva have ended unsuccessfully after the United Nations organized negotiations between Aguila Saleh and Khaled al-Mishri, representatives of opposing factions in Libya. The two factions are an eastern based parliament, led by Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha, and the Tripoli based State Council, led by incumbent Prime Minister Abdul
The decision made by the US Supreme Court to overrule the 1973 Roe v. Wade case, thereby revoking the federal right to an abortion, is now raising suspicion in the public eye about what may follow. There are growing concerns that the use of contraceptives and birth control will be
