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Description: Following this week’s massive opposition protests in Madrid, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has come under scrutiny over his involvement in a corruption scandal shaking his PSOE Socialist Party. Populist opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo called for resignation from the Prime Minister during the protests after an investigation led by Spain's Civil Guard Central Operative Unit and authorized by the Spanish Supreme Court, unraveled collusion between PSOE’s campaign leader Santos Cerdan and public contracts. Cerdan has reportedly rewarded favorable conditions to companies included in public procurement in return for large sums of kickbacks alongside other
Description: Several violations of a predetermined ceasefire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan have been reported in the last couple of days which have incited concerns over renewal of armed confrontations between the conflicting countries. Both countries agreed to formulate a draft ceasefire and peace agreement in Mar ending almost 40 years of war over territorial disputes on the militarized border spreading more than 1 thousand kilometers. The conflict over the disputed Nagorno Karabakh region has substantially shifted in Azerbaijani favor since 2020 since they managed to invade the entire territory and force over 100 thousand Armenians to flee. Azerbaijani Presiden
Description: The Dutch Labor and center– left parties have formed and official political allegiance in an attempt to sway public opinion away from the far – right political wave. An abrupt political crisis in the Netherlands was incited by the exit of the far – right Party of Freedom led by controversial leader Geert Wilders. The new political entity is expected to rebrand under a new name, Groen – Links PvdA. The Dutch snap elections are scheduled for 29 Oct where the center – left coalition would face the far – right for the 150 – seat Dutch parliamentary majority. The government would be caretaking capacity of the Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof until the Oct elections t
Description: The Los Angeles demonstrations continue to draw national attention as mass protests erupt in various cities across the US. New York, Washington, Boston, San Antonio, Seattle are some of the cities where the LA protests inspired large amassment of demonstrators protesting against Donald Trump’s violent immigration policies. Around 700 US Marines are expected to be deployed in the upcoming days who will assist the federal agents from ICE in detaining violent rioters and protecting federal buildings from sustaining damages. California State Governor Gavin Newsom has repeatedly clashed with the US President over his decision to involve military troops in detaining p
Description: The second day of the trade negotiations between the US and China finished on a high, as US President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform Truth Social, that both sides have agreed on reaching a trade deal. He announced that 35% tariffs would remain imposed on China as the Chinese would replicate the move holding 10% of tariffs on US imports. The rare earth mineral exports from China were also agreed upon as China would gain access to US products as per the discussed terms in the negotiations. Details around the fine touches of the framework remained scarce as it wasn’t clarified what would China gain in return for enabling the US to have access t
Description: The US State Department in coordination with the Department of Defense has ordered all non – essential embassy staff and their dependents to evacuate from US embassies across the Middle East. Countries like Kuwait, Bahrein and Iraq where mentioned to have been informed that they could evacuate from the embassies following a dramatic upsurge in military tensions between the US and Iran. Latest developments surrounding the nuclear negotiations between the US and Iran have distanced both countries from a potential solution to Iran’s nuclear enrichment ambitions. US President Donald Trump speaking on the New York Post’s podcast Pod Force One, stated he no longer had
Description: Rioters in the city of Ballymena escalated their racially motivated protests with massive demonstrations inflicting infrastructural damage and sowing fear into the local population. The peaceful protests began a couple of days ago when two 14-year-old Romanian boys were accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl which incentivized Protestant loyalists and Catholics in Northern Ireland to unite against the foreign communities. Police forces have had difficulties countering the sporadic rioters as fires erupted on several locations and the demonstrations spread across several cities in Northern Ireland such as the capital Belfast, Lisburn, Coleraine, Newtownabb
Description: Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, comfortably won the parliamentary confidence vote he himself called in order to bolster coalitionary support and enhance his party’s public standing. Tusk called the vote of confidence after the unexpected triumph of Karol Nawrocki on the Polish presidential elections, who ousted the Civil Platform candidate supported by Tusk, Rafal Trzaskowski. The vote passed with 243 votes in favor and 210 against which showcased large division within Poland’s 460 – seat lower house or Sejm. Tusk is expected to face mounting pressure with Nawrocki as President who will personify the actions of his predecessor of the same political backgroun
Description: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic attended the Southeastern Europe Summit in Odessa hosted by Ukraine’s President Volodymir Zelenskyy. The press release from the Vucic’s office stated that he travelled to Odessa for one day and abstained from signing the joint declaration which other leaders signed in support of Ukraine’s diplomatic efforts to resolve the war with Russia. The visit arrives on the back of recent developments discovered by the SVR which stated that Serbia has continuously supplied Ukraine with weapons despite declaring neutrality in the war. Vucic stated that he abstained from signing the joint declaration in order to protect Serbian interests an
Description: The Sudanese military has accused forces under the command of the Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar of supporting the Rapid Support Forces in conducting border attacks in the trilateral border region between Sudan, Libya and Egypt. The attacks happened in the trilateral border region north of the civil war’s main frontlines such as the city of Al – Fashir, the capital of the North Darfur province. Forces aligned under Khalifa Haftar command are jointly supported by Egypt and the UAE, which separately support the Sudanese military and the RSF forces in the civil war. The army withdrew from the region citing operational difficulties in maintaining crucial t