Amid an unprecedented wave of disappearances in Balochistan, Pakistan’s biggest province, 200 individuals have been arrested during a march entering the country’s capital, Islamabad. Those arrested were part of a massive protest that has been going around the whole country, demanding transparency in a case involving a man who was
Amid rising tensions between Israel and Gaza, terror has struck a Palestinian family 10,000 km away from the conflict. In Chicago, a six-year-old child named Wadea was stabbed 26 times by his family’s landlord for being Muslim, and passed away. The child’s mother, also a victim of this attack, was
Although countries which deem themselves to be democracies are expected to respect opposition groups’ right to protest, police killed two protestors and hurt dozens more during demonstrations against Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. These individuals, who belonged to the Bangladesh National Party (B.N.P.), were demanding that Hasina step down in
Since the beginning of 2023, Israel, a country in the Middle East, has been plunged into an institutional crisis. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is attempting to pass laws that would diminish the country’s Supreme Court’s powers and give such to Parliament. According to Simcha Rothman, the “architect” behind these laws, “A
Amidst historic tensions between the Asian states of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that a conflict with his state’s eastern neighbour is “very likely” to happen. This would be the second time in three years in which both countries fight for ownership of Nagorno-Karabakh, a
In a new agreement between Iran and Iraq, the latter country has promised to disarm Iranian-Kurdish militant groups in the northern part of the country as well as to relocate them. Established in an autonomous northern region in Iraq, the Kurdish Regional Government (K.R.G.) has been accused of sponsoring “terrorist”
More than 700 citizens in the East African nation of Ethiopia have died of starvation. The reason: United Nations and United States sanctions following the theft of food aid earlier this year. The lack of resources is estimated to affect around 20 million Ethiopians. Both the U.N. and U.S. halted
For the first time in over a couple of decades, Israel has conducted a raid at a refugee camp in Palestine using a not-so-common artefact: a helicopter. The attack, which lasted close to 10 hours, wounded over 90 individuals and took the lives of five Palestinians, the youngest being 15
In light of decreasing military personnel and deteriorating equipment, New Zealand’s government has announced additional funding of around 472 million U.S.D. over 4 years. This is an essential priority for the government as it strives to defend itself from increasing threats in the Pacific Ocean as well as co-operating with
Despite the war restricting Ukraine from fully celebrating Easter, the nation and its citizens had something to rejoice about during Orthodox observations last weekend: the liberation of 130 war prisoners from Russia thanks to what is being called “the great Easter exchange.” The prisoners were apparently being held by Wagner,
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,
