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Description: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the White House where he met with US President Donald Trump in an attempt to consolidate bilateral ties amid the latest dispute between the leaders. Trump has repeatedly accused Ramaphosa of being complicit to a genocide which concerned the white South African pharmers and allegation the South African President categorically denied. Trump pressured the meeting into becoming an unofficial trial for Ramaphosa showcasing videos and printed media articles where there was alleged evidence of Ramaphosa’s government wrongdoings. The dispute originating from the US allegations has prompted the Trump administration to cut a
Description: Sources close to the US intelligence circles have stated that recent developments around the US – Iran nuclear negotiations prompted Israel to consider attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities without US support. The report was initially based on recent positioning and drills conducted by Israeli military assets in the region and internal discussions among high level government representatives. The information arrives just a day after Iran’s high level foreign officials and the country’s Supreme leader restated that Iran wouldn’t compromise on its right to develop its civilian nuclear program and continue uranium enrichment procedures. Iran in the meantime has ratifi
Description: German police forces have arrested up to 5 members of a far – right extremist group labeling itself as the Last Wave of Defense in the town Nebukow, on the northeastern parts of the country. According to the German Justice Minister, Stefanie Hubig, the age of the group members was particularly upsetting and ranged from 14 to 21 citing concerns that far – right extremism knew no age limit. The group had planned on attacking Germany’s political establishment and opponents of the far – right as well as migrants in order to disrupt or collapse Germany’s democratic system. The arrests were followed by last week’s dismantling of another far – right extremist group cal
Description: Suicide car bomb targeted a school bus in the southwestern province of Baluchistan leaving at least 6 people dead and more than 53 wounded. The mineral – rich province has been the home for a decades – long insurgency led by the separatist militants called Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA). Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the attacks and even though no responsibility was claimed he shifted blame towards India as the country has been long suspected of supporting the BLA and other similar militant groups in the region. The BLA also conducted another attack on 16 Mar when a train in the province was attacked with pledges from the group to
Description: Government commissioned report has disclosed close ties between organizations linked with the Muslim Brotherhood movement which attempted to lobby ministers of the European Parliament and influence EU policy. The report ultimately published by the office of the French President Emmanuel Macron cited grave concerns through information obtained from interviews with individuals connected to the organization as well as information obtained from French intelligence services. The report immediately caused a heated debate over social media platforms mostly arising from the political opponents to the current governmental establishment. Macron has initially labeled the r
Description: Europe’s foreign ministers met on Tuesday as they brought forward the 17th wave of sanctions against Russia as a response to the unproductive information coming out of the Trump – Putin phone call. The UK in a joint coordinated effort with the EU also imposed sanctions on approximately 100 new financial institutions flagged to have supported Russia’s war against Ukraine. The EU sanctions package was reportedly comprised of sanctioning new 189 vessels pertaining to Russia’s shadow fleet bringing the total number of sanctioned vessels to 342. The package also included several business entities which are registered in China that were identified to have p
Description: Iran’s Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while addressing the nation, casted doubt on any rapid progress in the ongoing US – Iran nuclear negotiations. He restated Iran’s position on the uranium enrichment issue and stated that the country would continue to develop its civilian nuclear capacities with or without US approval. Khamenei also stated that signals from the previous four meetings indicated that the US was insisting on completely dismantling Iran’s nuclear ambitions as he cited statements from US Special envoy Steve Witkoff. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht – Ravanchi supported Khamenei’s statements by
Description: UK’s Parliament, following a fiery debate among the MPs and strong speeches from Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy, decided to suspend trade negotiations with Israel, impose sanctions on illegal settlers in the West Bank and summoned the Israeli ambassador to the UK. The decision by UK’s government was after a joint statement was issued on Monday by France, Canada and the UK which vigorously condemned Israel’s expansion of military operations in the Strip and the three – month blockade of humanitarian aid. The decision was precipitated after both Lammy and Starmer focused their addresses to parliament on Israel’s war in Gaza and state
Description: EU Ambassadors on Tuesday agreed on lifting the remaining sanctions on Syria in an attempt to facilitate support for the new transitional government. The Union initially started the easement of sanctions on the war-torn country in Feb, when restrictive measures were suspended on key sectors and industries such as energy, transport and finance. The newest initiative would allow EU member states to support Syria’s ministries of defense and interior in sectors such as reconstruction, capacity building counter terrorism and migration. Kaja Kallas, EU’s chief diplomat, announced that Europe was heavily invested in providing the Syrian state with the necessary support
Description: Polish presidential candidates Rafal Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki aim to flock as much support as they can before the 01 Jun runoff elections, as demands from far – right politicians start to mount. Trzaskowski, who won the initial elections by a slim margin, faces difficult challenges in conforming the ruling party’s policies towards the demands of the far -right voting groups in order to win the runoff. Karol Nawrocki, backed by the opposition party Law and Justice (PiS), welcomed the offer by the third presidential candidate which failed to secure a place in the runoff, Slawomir Mentzen, to participate in a debate against Trzaskowski where Mentzen would all