The city of Paris has been overwhelmed with violent protests over the past three weekends, with attractions, shops and restaurants forced to shut as authorities warned of another looming wave of violence. The protesters, known as the ‘Yellow Vests’ or gilets jaunes due to their signature high-visibility vests, first took to
Three gunmen carried out a brazen attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, Pakistan last Friday, Nov. 23. The shootout that ensued resulted in the deaths of four people, two Pakistani civilians and two police officers. All three attackers were ultimately shot and killed by security personnel, and no Chinese
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has drawn controversy by announcing an interest in moving Australia’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, while speaking at the Parliament House last week (October 16th) . This came about as the government discussed ideas to achieve a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine, as well as
On 19 September, an article published by Al Jazeera revealed the plight of Vietnamese migrants who spent months living and working under harsh conditions in Saudi Arabia while employed as domestic worker or maids. The interviewees recounted how they had their passports confiscated by their employers upon arrival, and were
During the three-day bilateral summit in Pyongyang, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in issued a joint statement at a media conference (18th Sept) on the September Pyongyang Joint Declaration, an agreement to improve inter-Korean relations. As reported byVox News, the agreement addresses three areas –
An attempt to prevent a ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Idlib, a city located in Syria’s north-western province, has failed. On Friday, September 7, Presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey met at a trilateral summit in Tehran, to possibly negotiate a last-minute diplomatic deal to prevent further bloodshed in the ongoing Syrian
On Thursday August 3rd, United Nations (UN) peacekeepers returned to patrol the frontier between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The peacekeepers, representing the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), were redeployed to the Syria-Israel buffer zone after having to withdraw in September 2014 due to deteriorating security conditions and
On Saturday August 4th, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was in the middle of a speech at a military celebration in the capital city of Caracas when several explosions were heard, disrupting the event on live television. Multiple sources shared footage of the incident, showing Maduro addressing hundreds of soldiers when
According to a report issued by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Office in Geneva, UAE soldiers have been torturing and abusing detainees in secret prisons across war-torn Yemen. Further investigations by the Associated Press (AP) in late June revealed scenes of ill-treatment and sexual abuse inflicted by Emirati security
