On a calm Saturday morning in one of Afghanistan’s northern regions, a press award ceremony for war journalists turned into tragedy when an explosion occurred. What was supposed to be a day to celebrate a free press and brave individuals ended with the date for a security guard, leaving several
Around 81 survivors were saved on Southern Italy’s Coast after embarkation crashed onto rocks during a storm on Sunday, 26th February. The embarkation carried around 200 people, all from the Middle East seeking refuge in Europe. This event comes after the passing of a controversial law that critics call the
In the hope of reducing tensions between the People’s Republic of China (P.R.C.) and the United States, the U.S. Department of State has announced the possibility of an encounter between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi. Chinese and American diplomatic delegations were supposed to
The Saudi diplomatic mission in Kabul, Afghanistan has decided to temporarily relocate to Islamabad, Pakistan due to a perceived threat of a future car bomb attack by the Islamic State (I.S.I.S.). However, the Taliban and its spokesperson, Zabiullah Mujahid, maintain that the move is only for training purposes and that
In its first press release of the year, Peru’s Ministry of the Interior announced that it was prohibiting eight Bolivian citizens and former leftist Bolivian president Evo Morales, currently exiled in Mexico, from entering Peruvian territory. This prohibition is a response to Morales’s continued involvement in, and strong opinions regarding,
As one of its last actions of the year, a United Nations multi-donor fund of 14 countries donated $55 million dollars to the Colombian state. The donation, the largest the state has received since the fund’s establishment in 2016, is meant to finance Colombian president Gustavo Petro’s rural reform policies,
