Trump will keep some U.S. forces in Syria to protect the oil-rich Deir ez-Zor province while abandoning the Kurds and the SDF to Turkey’s wrath. This move demonstrates that the U.S. will not likely relinquish control of the oil fields anytime soon.
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Taiwan faces increasing diplomatic isolation due to pressure from the Chinese government.
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Turkmenistan remains a restrictive dictatorship with an all-powerful leader, an atrocious human rights record, and no free press.
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Vladimir Putin’s Russia took very little interest in Africa during the 2000s, but in the wake of Western sanctions over its takeover of Crimea, Russia now finds it necessary to seek out new geopolitical friends.
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The migrants hailing from Ethiopia and Yemen face abduction and abuse inside such trafficking rings, where traffickers kidnap women and children for prostitution and force men to sell body parts or organs to make money.
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Aid diversion from rural agricultural communities continues as systemic corruption corrodes what is left of Eastern European democracy
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Severe flooding in Venice came as a shock to many after water levels reached 1.87 meters (around 6 feet) above sea level.
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Sri Lanka’s former defense chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa won the country’s presidential election on Sunday, November 17 with 52.25 percent of the vote.
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Disruptive protests continue in Bolivia’s main cities, following President Evo Morales’ resignation on Sunday, November 10.
Read moreMany Czechs have come out to protest Babis on the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, demanding that he leave office.
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