Cuba received a brief moment of respite from its ongoing oil crisis as the United States allowed a Russian tanker to dock at the port of Matanzas on March 31 despite an ongoing blockade. The delivery, the first of its kind in more than three months, will provide the Caribbean
Pakistan and Afghanistan have continued to conduct cross-border strikes in a conflict that began on February 26th, when Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif described the state of relations between the two countries as “open war.” The escalation has seen the most intense fighting between the two nations since the Taliban
Twelve Hong Kong pro-democracy activists had their appeals dismissed by the Hong Kong Court of Appeal on February 23. The activists, who sought to overturn their sentences or convictions under the 2020 National Security Law (NSL), had been sentenced to varying prison terms ranging from four to ten years. The
Germany will continue to support Lebanon after the withdrawal of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced during a February 16 visit to Beirut. Although the 179 German troops currently serving in the peacekeeping force are unlikely to remain, Steinmeier reiterated Germany’s commitment to
N.A.T.O. announced the beginning of Operation Arctic Sentry in a February 11 press release. The operation, which will be overseen by Allied Command Operations, seeks to coordinate N.A.T.O. members’ activities in the high North and Arctic with the goal of creating an “overarching operational approach … which will enhance NATO’s
The United States has pressured Bolivian authorities to expel suspected Iranian spies from the South American country, according to a January 24 report by Reuters. The United States also wants Bolivia to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, in addition to the Lebanon-based armed group Hezbollah
