President Gustavo Petro’s government and the National Liberation Army (E.L.N.) – one of the oldest and largest guerrilla groups operating in Colombia til this day –reached a six-month ceasefire agreement at talks in Havana on June 9th, the Associated Press reports. The peace agreement, numerous private negotiations in Cuba, Mexico, and
The Philippines has recently raised concern regarding the “alarming” presence of Chinese vessels in the South China Sea, an area where the two countries have been embroiled in a territorial dispute for decades. In specific, the Philippine military discovered three China Coast Guard ships and two Chinese navy vessels at
On the July 7th, the U.S. confirmed that it would include cluster bombs in the latest $800 million munition package to be sent to the Ukrainian army. These bombs pose a significantly bigger threat to civilians than other explosives and, as a result, have been banned from use and production
On July 24th, North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan (East Sea) following the docking of U.S nuclear powered submarines on the Island of Jeju. On Tuesday, July 18th, the USS Kentucky became the first nuclear armed submarine to arrive in South Korea in four decades.
In the midst of a stagnating economy, political turmoil, gang violence, and natural disasters, decreased funding of the UN World Food Program (WFP) puts a 100,00 Haitians at the risk of starvation. According to the Voice of America, Haiti has the second highest per capita food insecurity in the world,
On July 11th and 12th, all NATO members met in Vilnius, Lithuania, to discuss security in the region and the future of their strategic military alliance. Just 20 miles from the Belarusian border, the summit sends a strong signal to Moscow and Minsk that NATO stands firm with Ukraine in
