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Description: Official announcement from the Guayana Defense Forces stated that soldiers patrolling the disputed oil – rich Essequibo region came under fire three times from the Venezuelan military over the past 24 hours. The Essequibo region is part of a bilateral dispute between the two countries which unilaterally claim the territory according to accords dated from at least 1777. The dispute revived in 2015 when US oil giant ExxonMobil discovered huge crude oil deposits which gave Guayana the largest crude oil reserves per capita in the world. Venezuela ever since the discovery pledged the part of the territory as its own and vowed to hold independent elections in order to
Description: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in Jakarta where he met Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto as the two discussed strengthening bilateral ties facing threats from China and economic uncertainties from the US. Recent controversies arose as Russia floated the idea of establishing a long – range ballistic missile base in the most eastern parts of Indonesia which were quickly dismissed by the government in Jakarta. The two countries signed a comprehensive Defense Cooperation Agreement in 2024, which further bolstered bilateral ties. The Indonesian President praised Australia’s commitment and support to integrate his country within the Organizat
Description: Europe faces key election cycle spreading from Lisbon to Bucharest and Warsaw as the continent faces the rapid rise of the populist far – right while facing internal political and security divisions. In Portugal, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro’s failed vote of confidence led to the elections which are stained by the rise of the far – right party called Chega. Poland’s presidential election would see Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski face independent Karol Nawrocki and the far – right candidate Slawomir Mentzen. Romania’s political upheaval was marked by Calin Georgescu’s disqualification from the elections by the country’s Constitutional Court which fueled support
Description: Official reports from the Kremlin stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not attend the proposed Istanbul peace negotiations and would send emissaries instead. The announcement comes as days of continued Russian aerial attacks and silence from the Kremlin casted doubts over Putin’s presence in Istanbul. Reports indicated that the Russian delegation would be led by Vladimir Medinsky, close aide to Putin and the one that started the 2022 negotiations which failed. Medinsky would be accompanied by Russia’s deputy defense Minister Alexander Fomin, deputy foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin and Igor Kostyukov, head of Russia’s military intelligence agency, t
Description: The meeting between the US President Donald Trump and the de facto ruler of Syria Ahmed al Sharaa was publicly hailed as massive foreign policy progress and shift towards stabilizing the region. Trump and Al Sharaa met in Riyadh in a meeting mostly facilitated and lobbied by Saudi Arabia and Turkey after which Trump announced the complete lift of sanctions on Syria which could aid the devastated economy of the Middle Eastern country. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman praised the meet between the leaders as a major breakthrough in the Middle East’s complicated and ever-changing power dynamics. The US President characteriz
Description: US President Donald Trump continued his economic and investment Gulf tour visiting Qatar where he met the country’s emir Tamin bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha. The leaders exchanged pleasantries and quickly addressed the public before taking off to a 4 – hour long meeting where key international issues were reportedly discussed such as Israel’s war in Gaza and the Ukraine – Russia war. Trump and Al Thani also mulled several multi – billion-dollar agreements most notably between Boeing and Qatar Airways, with the latter purchasing up to 120 planes and components worth approximately $96 billion. Other significant agreements included the ones between the US company Pars
Description: Israel’s air forces conducted bombing runs in the cities of Khan Younis and Jabaliya leaving more than 70 people dead, 22 of whom were reported to have been children. The attacks were allegedly conducted in order to target the senior Hamas commander Mohammed Sinwar, who took refuge in the hospital near the city of Khan Younis. The disastrous humanitarian crisis caused by nearly three months of blockages by Israel is further aggravated by the closing of the several hospitals treating the wounded in the region. Charity kitchens in Gaza were also forced to close down in the midst of mounting warfare campaigns from Israel’s army as they faced severe difficulties to
Description: The Polish NASK Disinformation Analysis Center published indications that the social media platform Facebook might be used to launch political campaigns that unilaterally supported liberal candidate Rafal Trzaskowski in the upcoming presidential elections on Sunday. Trzaskowski faces Karol Nawrocki, senior member in Poland’s Civil Platform party and far – right candidate Slawomir Mentzen on Sunday 18 May. NASK has stated that they informed the Polish Internal Security Agency regarding the discrepancies and investigations were already underway to determine the origin of the financing for the political campaigns and advertisements launched on Facebook. Conflicting
Description: Cambodia hosted Chinese warships in the newly reformed and reconstructed Ream Naval Base which was sponsored by China earlier this year. Military officials from both sides have stated the exercises were focused on joint anti – terrorism operations and developing mechanisms for disaster relief. The Ream Naval Base previously hosted Japanese and Vietnamese ships in another round of joint military exercises, while the US appeal to Cambodia to conduct such exercises was denied. China has become the largest economic and strategic enabler of Cambodia in the past couple of years exceedingly supporting the country’s economy while countering US influence in the region.
Description: US President Donald Trump has begun his so-called Gulf tour with an initial visit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he was warmly welcomed by his partner the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Trump’s visit was interactive as he attended the US – Saudi Business forum in Riyadh where high – level executives were present such as Blackstone Group’s CEO, Stephen Schwarzman, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Tesla’s Elon Musk. While hailing the US – Saudi strategic partnership Trump announced multiple bilateral agreements with the Kingdom in various business sectors which would incentivize close cooperation between both countries in the military, technological, justice