As of Sunday, March 22, the American President Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard to aid with the country’s response to Covid-19, particularly in the states of New York, Washington, and California, where the number of infections is extremely high. This comes after widespread criticism that the White House’s
On Thursday, March 12th, Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman, the editor-in-chief of the largest media corporation in Pakistan, the Jang Group, was imprisoned for charges from 1986. The charges were for illegally obtaining government land; the law states that he was only allowed four acres, and soon to be Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif
As the Syrian Civil War enters its ninth year, the Turkish and Syrian governments clashed for the first time. On February 27th, “thirty-three of our soldiers were martyred as a result of the airstrike… by the forces of the [Bashar al-] Assad regime,” said Rahmi Dogan, the governor of a
Last Monday, February 24th, President Trump visited India, where a rally of more than 100,000 awaited him in Ahmedabad. People wore cardboard masks with Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s faces on them. Some wore hats saying “Namaste Trump”—which loosely translates to “Welcome, Trump”. The rally was held in
On Monday, February 17th, the Indian Supreme Court ruled to uphold a 2010 Delhi High Court ruling to afford women in the army the same eligibility for promotions, benefits, tenure, and rank as men, despite the government’s request for them to overturn it. The Delhi High Court ruling had stated:
On February 10, 2020, William P. Barr, United States Attorney General, announced that the United States was indicting four members of the People’s Liberation Army in China for hacking Equifax in 2017. The accused men, Wu Zhiyong, Wang Qian, Xu Ke and Liu Lei, accessed and stole the names, birth
On Monday, February 3rd, the European Union’s Chief Trade Negotiator, Michel Barnier, released its goals for Brexit. They envision the United Kingdom and the European Union to be on an equal playing field in terms of trade, with no advantages to either side. The EU also seeks “non-regression” in terms
On 24 January 2020, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) fined Delta Airlines $50,000 for the removal of three Muslim passengers in 2016. The DOT order stated that the airline had “engaged in discriminatory conduct” that violated Federal law: “although an airline has the legal authority to refuse to
The United States imposed sanctions on seven Venezuelan legislators on Monday, 13 January. The legislators were accused of leading a bid to seize control of Congress from Juan Guaidó, the U.S. backed opposition leader. On January 5th, the military blocked Guaidó from entering parliament to allow the Socialist Party to
On Sunday 5 January, a mob of masked men attacked students and staff at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi. 42 people were injured in the attacks, which started at about 7 PM that night. According to TIME, the attackers barged into “previously identified” rooms, brandishing glass bottles, sticks,
Under Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom plans to pass a law banning participation in “Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions”, a political movement intended to pressure Israel into ending the occupation of Palestine. The law is part of a global movement spearheaded by Israel to suppress the BDS campaign. Self-described
