Dead on Arrival: Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan
Long awaited as one of his key foreign policy achievements, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan was met with mixed reactions.
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Unrest in Chile Continues
The number dead in Chile’s sometimes violent anti-government protests has now reached 15, with the number detained by security forces standing close to 5,000.
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Sri Lankan Easter Day Bombings Devastate Country
Attacks took place early Easter morning while church services were underway in Catholic churches and hotels across Sri Lanka. The day quickly took on an atmosphere of horror as nine explosions rocked the capital city, Colombo, leaving broken glass in the streets and smoke billowing into the sky.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict: A Historical Lens in Current Times of Uncertainty
In the West Bank, territory has largely been split into zones A, B, and C. Zones A and B have been dedicated as Palestinian sovereign territory while zone C, which includes East Jerusalem, is controlled and governed by Israel.
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China’s Mass Detention of Uyghurs Muslims Continues, Mirroring the Rohingya Crisis
The Chinese government has turned the Xinjiang Province into a Police state, from a ban on the Uyghur language to a slew of internment camps that many claim torture and force conversion from Islam, the religion of the Uyghurs.
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Focus on Strongmen: Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia
Following the death of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz in 2015, bin Salman’s father ascended to the throne. The face of Saudi Arabia has drastically changed over the course of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) leadership.
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Heightened tensions overshadow G20
The annual meeting of the world’s major economies took place this past week against the backdrop of mounting tensions across the globe.
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Viktor Orban’s Election Win in Hungary
Orban and his Fidesz party won landslide victories across the country with one drawback, losing large swaths of the youth vote, as well as losing in majority the seats of parliament located in the capital, Budapest.
Read moreThousands Flee Eastern Ghouta
At least 1,500 lives have been lost and the death toll still climbs in Eastern Ghouta, the combination of blitzkrieg style attacks from the air and the movement of ground forces continues to suffocate the population.
Read moreChina’s ‘New Golden Age’ with Xi Jinping
On February 25, the Communist Party voted in favor of Xi’s proposal amending the constitution to eliminate the current limit of two five-year terms, thus strengthening Xi’s ever-growing grip of power.
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