Mali’s capital, Bamako, has struggled under a fuel blockade from the al-Qaeda-affiliated group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (J.N.I.M.). The two-month blockade targets fuel tankers, especially those from Senegal and the Ivory Coast, where most of Mali’s imports come from. As a result, schools inside Bamako have shut down while businesses
On Friday, October 3rd, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that the 20 points President Trump outlined in his plan to end the war in Gaza do not align with an initial draft that Pakistan wrote with seven other Muslim countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan,
Croatia’s parliament voted to reinstate military conscription on Friday, seventeen years after voting to suspend it in 2008. 84 lawmakers of the 151-member parliament voted in favor of two amendments reintroducing mandatory military training, while 30 abstained and 11 voted against. According to Croatian public broadcaster HRT, army service will
After a week of conflict along their borders, Pakistan and Afghanistan reached a ceasefire agreement on Sunday following a meeting in Doha. Qatar’s foreign ministry mediated the talks, and it released a statement saying Islamabad and Kabul both “agreed to an immediate ceasefire and the establishment of mechanisms to consolidate
Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government freed American citizen Amir Amiry on Sunday, September 28, after nine months in detention. He became the fifth American to be freed from Afghanistan this year after Qatari mediators negotiated his release, a process that began in March. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed his gratitude
President Trump and the United States are facing sharp criticism for occupying and inspecting a Venezuelan fishing boat last Friday, September 12. American officials stated that the Coast Guard had received a tip alleging the ship was carrying illegal drugs, prompting the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Jason Dunham to search
Federal agents detained 475 workers while raiding a Georgia Hyundai plant on September 4th, saying that the arrested workers were suspected of living and working in the United States illegally. Among the detainees were 317 skilled South Korean workers setting up an electric vehicle battery plant. South Korean Foreign Minister
Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay died on August 11, two months after being twice shot in the head at a rally in the country’s capital, Bogotá. Following the initial attack on June 7, Uribe underwent several operations for bleeding in his brain, but he remained in critical condition until passing
