Protests in the Druze-majority Syrian governorate of Sweida have grown in size and increased in hostility toward the regime of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad the last several weeks. Demonstrations were initially sparked in mid-August to protest the Assad government ending fuel subsidies, as well as the nation’s surging inflation, but
North Korea recently defended its intentions for a failed rocket launch on August 31st, 2023 asserting the launch was to deploy a spy satellite into space, which is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) “legitimate right as a sovereign state.” In a rare address to the United Nations, the
On August 19th, a Kenyan delegation met with the leaders of Haiti’s National Police to discuss the possibility of the African country leading an international peacekeeping force to Haiti. Haiti has faced increasingly debilitating instability over the past several years. Armed gangs now control large sections of the country, a
Argentina’s government is focused on taming runaway inflation while the October election looms. With rising discontent, the August 14th primary election has already produced a shocking victory for now-frontrunner Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian. Argentina has struggled with economic woes for decades; however, inflation has exploded in the years since
In the last week of June, Prince William of the British royal family launched a five-year programme to curb homelessness in the United Kingdom. The “Homewards” initiative, with funding from the Royal Foundation, intends to follow the example of countries like Finland, which have largely eradicated homelessness through their housing
On June 15, a fishing trawler carrying up to 750 migrant refugees from Pakistan, Palestine, Syria, and Egypt sank off the coast of Greece. The official death toll currently numbers 81, but only 104 of the hundreds of passengers on board the ship have been rescued. Significant controversy exists regarding
South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has expelled former secretary general of the ANC, Ace Magashule, from the party. This move comes after the party’s disciplinary committee asserted that Magashule violated the rules of the party’s constitution as part of a wider scandal of corruption and misconduct.
