Category: International

A fragile ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh remains in place after Armenian separatists capitulated to Azerbaijan’s swift offensive.  The two parties engaged in their initial direct peace discussions on Thursday, following Azerbaijan’s claim of control over the contested region. As part of a Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement, the separatists agreed to disarm on Wednesday, which halted Azerbaijan’s 24-hour offensive to reclaim territory at the heart of a long-standing conflict.  The two-hour meeting between the parties, held in the presence of Russian peacekeepers, was described by Azerbaijan’s presidency as “constructive and peaceful.” Both sides…

After delays due to the protest regarding the Pentagon’s abortion access policy, senators voted Wednesday and confirmed General Charles Brown as the United States’ next high-ranking military officer, as the 61-year-old was among the hundreds of officials waiting for approval. Senators approved General Charles Brown by 83-11 who is set to ascend as the second Black officer to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after Colin Powell from 1989-1993 at a time when the Pentagon is headed by Lloyd Austin, the country’s first Black secretary of defense.…

The Indian government on Tuesday rejected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations that the New Dehli was behind the assassination of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Vancouver around three months ago. “We have seen and rejected the statement of the Canadian Prime Minister in their parliament, as also the statement by their foreign minister,” a press release from the Indian government read. In a tit-for-tat move, New Delhi also asked a senior Canadian diplomat to leave India, hours after Ottawa expelled an Indian diplomat over the killing of a…

As the effects of climate change continue to take a toll on human lives with extreme weather conditions all around the world, a large number of people rushed to the streets in New York Sunday with a demand to cease the use of fossil fuels — driving force behind global warming — as the session of United Nation General Assembly is set to start this month.   Covering a number of city blocks, protesters from some over 600 organisations and groups carried signs reading “Biden, end fossil fuels,” “Fossil fuels are…

As Russian President Vladimir Putin supported Donald Trump’s position that he could resolve the “burning issues within several days” including the war in Ukraine, the former US president was delighted to hear that it made the Mocow’s leader happy saying it meant “what I’m saying is right”. Russia’s third-time President while speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, said last week that he heard, “Trump saying he will resolve all burning issues within several days, including the Ukrainian crisis. We cannot help but feel happy about it.” Donald Trump…

Former US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson on Friday was sentenced to three-year probation and ordered to pay $93,400 for lying in ethics paperwork and violating so-called “revolving door” laws by lobbying for Qatar within one year of retiring from federal service.    “I have paid a very heavy price for the mistakes that I made,” 63-year-old Olson told Judge G Michael Harvey ahead of the sentencing, adding that he was “professionally ostracised” and had lost his reputation and income.  In the Friday hearing the prosecutor accused Olson — who…

Emergency teams in Derna, Libya, continue their search for the thousands of people still missing following a tsunami-sized flash flood that struck the city, leaving at least 4,000 people dead.  The catastrophic event was triggered when two upstream dams burst, transforming Derna into an apocalyptic wasteland where entire city blocks were swept into the Mediterranean.  Eye-witness accounts recount the terrifying speed at which the water level rose, sweeping away cars, buildings, and people. Traumatised survivors speak of their ordeal, with one individual describing how they clung to life on the…

North Korean media reported Thursday that President Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation to visit Pyongyang extended by leader Kim Jong Un during his visit to Russia after four years, as regional tensions are on the rise.   According to the report, the Russian President was extended an invitation at the end of the bilateral meeting Wednesday in which “Kim Jong Un courteously invited Putin to visit the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] at a convenient time.” “Putin accepted the invitation with pleasure and reaffirmed his will to invariably carry…