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Description: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order which imposed sanctions over the International Criminal Court (ICC). The executive order was mainly signed over the ICC’s issuance of an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu for committed war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank. Trump had staunchly supported Netanyahu and the Israeli was the first international meeting Trump took after assuming office. The sanctions mostly concerned individuals from the ICC, whose property within the US could be confiscated or they could be banned from entering the US. The US have always had a complicated relationship with the ICC ever since their votin
Description: The Philippines and Canada have reached final stages of negotiations in establishing an extensive defense pact between the countries. Canada has joined the US, Australia and the Philippines in air and naval maneuvers in the disputed South China Sea last year, and ever since cooperated closely to deter Chinese maritime and aerial forces in the region. This would be the third defense agreement between the countries for the past two years which would enable enhanced capabilities in countering Chinese surveillance efforts in the region. The Philippines were also parallelly pursuing similar defense pacts with France and New Zealand. Impact: With grow
Description: The Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino has debunked statements from the US State Department which aired on Friday that Panama and the US have reached an agreement for free transition of US warships in the canal. The information came as the US and Panama are disputing the usage of the canal since President Donald Trump took office and threatened to reclaim it from Panamanian authorities. The US also disputed the Chinese influence over the canal in the form of receiving favorable transit fees over US flagged ships. Impact: The US and Panama have entered unchartered waters at this point as the Trump administration looked to reestablish regional
Description: Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy has informed the public and Ukraine’s western allies of Russian military build up in several sectors. His statement has been issued after Ukraine and Russia once again exchanged aerial attacks in the Sumy region, as well as Volgograd, Rostov, Belgorod and Krasnodar. The reports indicated that up to 139 Russian drones were deployed of whom 67 were shot down while the location of the remaining 71 was not identified due to the overwhelming of Ukrainian air defense systems. Zelenskyy stated that Russia was developing new military production facilities focusing on drone development and received continuous support from North Kor
Description: The Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has received the Hamas leadership in Tehran on the anniversary of the 1979 Iranian revolution. The meeting enticed the leaders presenting Khamenei with the current situation in the Gaza Strip while he in return congratulated them on preventing Israel in achieving its military goals. Khamenei had also commented on the recent threats made by US President Donald Trump and that it didn’t affect the Iranian people or the mindset of the Iranian nation. Khamenei also pledged further support for Hamas in their future endeavors in Gaza and the West Bank. Hamas’ delegation included Mohammad Darwish, Head of the leadership
Description: Approximately 100 Kenyan police officers have arrived in Haiti to prevent further advances from armed gangs and the enlargement of the humanitarian crisis in the country. The deployment arrived on the auspices of the seizure of funding from the US to the UN’s mission in the country which attempted to succumb the gangs and end the violence in the country which has displaced more than 1 million people since the start in 2020. The Kenyan police would assist the military troops already on ground in Port au Prince as the gangs seized control of the capital of up 90% of its territory. US funding is unlikely to arrive anytime soon as President Trump’s executive order f
Description: The Syrian Army has clashed with Hezbollah armed elements in the Hermel region after they successfully defended the Al – Qusayr town of repeated Hezbollah incursions. The advance against Hezbollah in Lebanon represented the first military operation of the new Syrian regime in an attempt to disrupt the terrorist organization supply and smuggling routes which have been active for decades. The Syrian army would further attempt to reassert its presence and establish control over larger parts of its territory since the fall of Bashar Al – Assad in Dec. Impact: The new Syrian regime has already been tapped by several countries in terms of close cooper
Description: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are counting the days towards what many called energy independence from Russian supply. The three Baltic countries would cut all Russian electric supply as they prepare to reconnect their power grids to Continental Europe Synchronous Area. Officials from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have stated that they are more than prepared for the seizure of Russian energy supply to which they have been dependent since the Soviet era. Security measures were undertaken as the three countries amped up police and national guard presence to prevent possible sabotage and disruption attacks. The seizure of electric energy was expected on 08 Feb with
Description: Memo published by the US Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that the KleptoCapture taskforce detailed to pursue sanctions against Russian oligarchs would be soon disbanded. The announcement also stated that members of the taskforce would be deployed to their original posts and the funding for the taskforce would be repurposed for battling cartels and drug trafficking. Amendments have been made in the FCPA (Foreign Corruption Policy Act) as it is also recentered towards legal persecution of cartel activities. The announcement has been connected to recent statements from President Donald Trump which mostly entailed the recovery of bilateral relations with Russia an
Description: With German elections on 23 Feb rapidly closing in, Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) still topped the election polls despite proposing the tightening of immigration laws alongside the Christian Social Union (CSU). Support has plummeted for current Chancellor Olaf Scholz’ Social Democrats (SPD) while the Green party alongside the Left Party gained some political traction with expected 5% of voting support. The German public was enraged with CDU’s cooperation with the far – right AfD, as last weeks protest demonstrated, although the CDU introduced tighter immigration laws which hadn’t passed in Parliament with AfD’s support. Concerns are raised ov