According to AP News, two Russian diplomats were recently forced to leave Germany after a German court concluded that the death of a Chechen man in Berlin two years prior was a state-ordered act. In 2019, 40-year-old Zelimkhan “Tornike” Khangoshvili was killed in broad daylight in Berlin’s Kleiner Tiergarten Park.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, has recently registered for the Libyan presidential election, which is set to start on December 24th. According to The Guardian, the High National Electoral Commission in Libya has confirmed the young Gaddafi’s nomination in the southern city of Sebha. Saif’s
The Trump administration shut down the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, which served as the de facto embassy to Palestine according to Al Jazeera. This move came in tandem with the U.S. embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which subsequently limited the former consulate’s operations and placed it under the
According to Radio Free Europe, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Elnur Mammadov accused Armenia of ethnic cleansing for continuing to lay landmines in Azerbaijani territory after the conclusion of the six-week war over the contentious Nagorno-Karabakh region. According to Al Jazeera, Armenia filed a separate claim with the International Court of
According to Reuters, more than one million people (two out of every five residents) in the Grand Sud region of Madagascar require emergency food aid. Al Jazeera reported that at least 30,000 of these residents are currently experiencing the highest internationally recognized level of food insecurity, level 5, according to
Amidst many political changes in the past year, Tunisia continues to face economic turmoil in the seemingly never-ending wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Reuters, the country needs approximately 4 billion Tunisian dinars per month to pay off debts and salaries. However, the treasury only has 544 million. Overall,
Opposition parties in Russia are alleging that mass election fraud occurred during the recent parliamentary elections, which resulted in a victory by Putin’s United Russia Party, according to Reuters. With this victory, United Russia (UR) will have a 2/3 majority in the Duma (the lower house of parliament), which will
The government of the Czech Republic is set to sign a $395.6 million contract with the French defense group known as Nexter Systems. According to Reuters, the contract includes the purchase of 52 new CAESAR (8 x 8 155 mm) artillery pieces that will replace Soviet-era howitzers. Reuters also reports
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has accused Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government of blocking aid to the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia. This region has been the primary site of fighting between the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian National Defense Forces since November
