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Description: Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El – Sisi and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met in Athens, where they signed a strategic partnership agreement highlighting several areas of cooperation between Greece and Egypt. The leaders reaffirmed the strategic alignment on projects such as energy, defense, political, economic and cultural ties. Sisi and Mitsotakis announced the establishment of a large project that was comprised of establishing a 3,000 MW undersea cable that would stretch across the Mediterranean and allow the flow of electricity in Europe through energy sources from North Africa. Both leaders also reaffirmed their joint position on the Arab plan f
Description: Venezuela’s leader of political opposition to the Maduro regime, Maria Corina Machado, alongside five other members of her group were rescued from Argentina’s embassy in Caracas and sheltered in the US. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced that a US led effort to rescue the oppositionists was conducted successfully in cooperation with Argentinian government which sheltered the members since the controversial elections in Venezuela which led to the political persecution of Machado and her followers. Argentinian President Javier Milei hailed the operation as defense of freedom and democracy in the region. Machado through a Zoom call addressed her follow
Description: Indian aerial forces launched a barrage of attacks on territories within the Pakistani administered Kashmir and directly into Pakistan’s Punjab province, killing at least 26 and injuring another 38 people in a military operation codenamed Sindoor. Pakistan claimed the country retaliated the attacks and downed at least 5 Indian fighter jets along the heavily militarized Line of Control (LOC) which splits the Indian and Pakistani administered parts of the Kashmir province. Indian military officials have stated the air force targeted terrorist strongholds which pertained to the Resistance Front, the group, which was behind the Pahalgam attacks on 22 Apr, as well as
Description: Late dramatic events unfolded in the German Bundestag as Friedrich Merz failed to secure the first-round vote to be named Germany’s next Chancellor. Concerns regarding potential political turmoil quickly arose, however, the coalition managed to call for a second round of voting after which Merz was sworn in as the country’s next Chancellor. His first order of business was to reestablish damaged relations with Poland and France as he was scheduled to visit Macron and Tusk in the next couple of days. Merz would also have a phone call with US President Donald Trump in an attempt to schedule a preemptive visit before the two of them meet at the NATO Summit in Jun. D
Description: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with US President Donald Trump as their initial meet hinted on rekindling relations between the neighbors amid the trade and tariff threat from the US. President Trump showed signs of adopting a more moderate tone towards Prime Minister Carney, as he talked about modifying the USMCA trade agreement, however, once again he reiterated his ambitions to annex Canada as the 51st US state. Carney was evidently well prepared and managed to maneuver around Trump’s unpredictable statements and used the opportunity to appease the US President by calling him transformational. The meeting comes at an extremely sensitive tim
Description: Long lasting trade negotiations between the UK and India resulted in the finalizing of a landmark trade agreement which is expected to boost the economies of both countries. UK’s Business Secretary Johnatan Reynolds met with Indian Minister of Economy Piyush Goyal last week to conclude the last steps which would effectively merge bilateral economic cooperation between the two countries. Under the terms of the agreement significant tariff exemptions are expected from India on British products such as whisky, medical devices, machinery and automotive products as well as supplementary goods and food. The UK on the other hand would cut tariffs on Indian products suc
Description: Sources from both Iran and the US confirmed that the nuclear negotiations would be reinstated this week in Oman’s capital Muskat. The fourth round of talks initially scheduled to take place in Rome on 03 May was cancelled over alleged logistical reasons according to Omani government sources. Iran’s Foreign Ministry confirmed the rescheduling, emphasizing the country’s willingness to resolve the dispute with the US over its nuclear program diplomatically. Official sources from the Kremlin have also stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin conducted a phone conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian where he reaffirmed Russia’s support towards reach
Description: In line with the announced visit by US President Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia next week, sources from the Saudi Ministry of energy signaled that a potential mining and rare earth minerals deal was in the works with the US Department of Energy. Saudi Arabia started to differentiate their economic dependence on oil and transferred towards alternative sources of revenue such as mining operations. The country doubled its estimations for the potential in mineral reserves to approximately $2.5 trillion as crucial discoveries were made during last year’s geological research. Saudi state – owned Maaden or Saudi Arabian Mining Co. was allegedly considering several outsou
Description: Representatives from DRC’s government have apparently reinstated peace negotiations with Rwanda – backed M23 rebels in Doha. The meetings had apparently taken place on 03 May with officials from both sides reengaging in diplomatic efforts to end the war in the eastern parts of the DRC. The peace process was fueled by joint efforts from Qatar and the US with the signing of a draft agreement between the foreign ministers of DRC and Rwanda in Apr. The US is also engaged in separate negotiations with DRC and Rwanda to secure mining rights of rare earth minerals in both countries through private investment funds in return for security guarantees. Meanwhile, fighting
Description: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the decision by Israel’s Security Cabinet to launch an operation called Gideon’s Chariots which would effectively see Israel’s defense forces occupy the Gaza Strip indefinitely. The decision was brought forward initially by Israel’s army and approved by the Security Cabinet as the country continues to resort towards resolving the war with Hamas militarily. Hundreds of reservists were called upon prior to announcing the operation which pointed towards the credibility of the information. The announcement comes after days of reciprocal bombardments between Israel’s aerial forces and Yemen’s Houthis, a campaign als