Cape Town – Fierce riots have sparked in South Africa over the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. The riots have so far claimed more than 70 lives and caused extensive damage to property. The media has stated that there has been so much discontent and violence for the first time since the 1994 coup […]
Colombo – Sri Lanka, which has borrowed heavily from China, faces a massive financial crisis. Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen sharply, with only three months’ worth of foreign reserves remaining. This has led Sri Lanka to impose restrictions on imports of various commodities. According to some reports, Sri Lanka also has no money […]
Mosco/Havana/Washington – Russia is closely monitoring the developments in Cuba and the surrounding region. Russia has warned that interference of any foreign powers will not be tolerated in the internal matters of the sovereign country. Extensive protests were held in Cuba against the functioning of the Communist regime. The United States has supported the protests. […]
Paris – The exiled Iranian population has demanded, in a letter written to the Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, ‘The Bennett government in Israel should support us for promoting democracy and counter-terrorism activities in Iran. This is because it is necessary to overthrow the extremist and medieval Iranian regime reaching close to the atomic bomb.’ […]
Beijing – China has warned that there will be a strong retaliation against the sanctions imposed by the United States against the Chinese companies over the Uyghurs issue. Last week, the United States blacklisted 14 Chinese companies for their involvement in atrocities against the Uyghurs. This is the second instance of the Biden administration taking […]
Brussels: – The countries Turkey, Belarus and Afghanistan are using immigrants as a weapon. The Austrian Foreign Minister strongly demanded that the European Union (EU) take action against these countries. A meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the EU member countries is being held in Brussels, and Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has made this […]
Pyongyang/Beijing: – North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un claimed that cooperation with China becomes more important because of the perceived threat of aggressive foreign forces. A Korean news agency reported that this was the statement made by the North Korean dictator in the message sent to China on the completion of six decades of friendship and […]
London: – Oxfam International, a voluntary organisation, has presented a disturbing report that the Coronavirus pandemic, increasing conflicts and the problems of climate change are claiming 11 starvation deaths every minute. Oxfam claimed that there is a Hunger pandemic going on in the world along with the Coronavirus pandemic. More than 20 million people are […]
Riyadh/Dubai – It has been reported that the dispute between Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) flared up in the OPEC meeting. Because of this dispute, the meeting of OPEC and OPEC Plus members ended without coming to any firm agreement. The repercussions of this dispute in the OPEC meeting were felt in the […]
Washington: – Nearly 150 people were killed in the violent incidents between Friday 2nd July and Sunday 4th July in various parts of the United States. The study group, The Gun Violence Archive, informed that nearly 400 violent incidents were reported from multiple locations in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Texas, Virginia, Ohio and Dallas. Only […]