Author: Zoe Forest

French Nationals Arrested In Iran Amidst Nuclear Deal Talks

On May 11th, Iran announced that it had arrested two European nationals for allegedly attempting to sow chaos and “de-stabilize the country,” according to France 24. French authorities eventually ascertained that the arrested are Cecile Kohler, an education union international representative, and her partner, who went missing while on vacation

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EU Proposes To Ban Russian Oil

On May 4th, the EU proposed its harshest sanctions against Russia since the outbreak of the Ukrainian War. In addition to disconnecting three major Russian banks from SWIFT (the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication), the proposal calls for a total ban on Russian crude oil imports within six months.

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Quran Burning in Sweden Triggers Violent Riots

Between March 14th and March 16th, far-right Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan burned Qurans in several Swedish cities as part of his anti-immigrant, anti-Islam political platform. This triggered huge protests, some of which became violent riots, as young men set trash cans ablaze and threw Molotov cocktails at police vehicles. According

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Finland Debates NATO Membership In Light Of Ukraine War

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a non-NATO member, has sparked debates in Finland over its nonmilitary alignment status. On March 2nd, Finnish lawmakers met to discuss Ukraine and Finland’s potential membership in NATO, according to Politico. YLE, Finland’s national broadcasting company found that 53 percent of Finns support joining NATO, up

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Bosnians Tensions Are Rising, Is Civil War On The Horizon?

Under the direction of President Milorad Dodik, one of Bosnia’s three presidents, the semi-autonomous administrative entity of Republika Srpska (RS) has passed laws to establish separate military, judiciary, and administrative institutions. This threatens the territorial integrity of Bosnia-Herzegovina and sparks fears of a second ethnically-motivated secessionist civil war in the

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