Within less than 24 hours on 30 October 2024, two journalists were shot dead in two separate instances in two different western Mexican states, signaling a rise of violence against journalists, even under newly elected President Claudia Sheinbaum. Patricia Ramirez, also known as Paty Bunbury, was an entertainment reporter murdered
The leader of a local Venezuelan opposition party, Edwin Santos, was found dead on the evening of 25 October with critics blaming the death on state security forces. According to his party, Voluntad Popular (Popular Will), Santos disappeared on 23 October after traveling by motorbike from his home in El
North Korea has accused South Korea of sending drones to scatter anti-North propaganda leaflets over their capital, Pyongyang, threatening armed conflict in response to this provocation. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff say they cannot confirm the North’s accusations but instead point to the multitudes of balloons with attached
Australia, the U.S., and the U.K. updated the terms of the AUKUS trilateral security agreement on August 15th. The new agreement removes limitations on the export of weapons and allows for easier sharing of information, technology, and most prominently, defense products and services, as reported by the U.K. Defence Journal.
During Mozambique protests over a disputed election, three were killed and 66 injured, says Mozambique’s largest hospital on Friday, November 8th, 2024. According to Reuters, the fatalities from clashes between police and protestors have added up to at least 18 people since the election on October 9th, which Mozambique’s opposition
On 4 October 2024, the International Criminal Court unsealed arrest warrants issued by court judges in 2023 for six members of the Al Kaniyat Libyan militia group for alleged war crimes, including murder, torture, cruel treatment, and sexual violence. Up until now, though the arrest warrants had been issued, they
The Kremlin stated on Sunday, 29 September that they have prepared new amendments to Russia’s nuclear doctrine and are moving to formalise them. This changes the circumstances under which Russia can use nuclear arms, which would effectively facilitate the Kremlin’s ability to launch nuclear strikes. The updates consist largely of
A massacre of civilians near the Burkina Faso city of Kaya by Al Qaeda affiliated forces on the morning of August 24, 2024 leaves few survivors to tell the tale. One survivor reported to Reuters the intimate details of the event, wherein an estimated 400 people, including women and infants,
Eight migrants have died aboard a vessel attempting to cross the English Channel from France to Great Britain on 15 September. The boat had embarked from the Slack River between the coastal towns of Wimereux and Ambleteuse with 59 migrants from Eritrea, Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran, quickly running
Violent clashes in the Indian state of Manipur between the majority Christian tribal Kukis and the majority Hindu Meiteis have claimed more lives as of 7 September 2024 as part of a prolonged ethnic conflict in the area. The clashes have so far claimed over 225 lives and displaced another
