The United Nations has implemented a three-day humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza to vaccinate children for polio after the first case in 25 years appeared in a 10-month-old Palestinian boy.
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin visited Mongolia, defying the warrant for his arrest issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), on September 3.
Read MoreGeopolitical tensions and risks that are caused by-elections, polarization, and conflicts within states have unintentionally caused chain reactions that affect the global economy, as well as individual countries. Whether it is increased tariffs or an unstable government, this year especially as been affected negatively.
Read MoreIsraeli forces have been using war-like and lethal tactics across the northern West Bank since late August. The United Nations argues that these attacks are deepening citizens’ humanitarian needs, raising concerns over the use of excessive force.
Read MoreIn October 2023, India asked Canada to withdraw all but 21 of the diplomatic representatives they had located in India. To enforce this withdrawal and reduction of staff, India threatened to remove the immunity rights of all but the 21 specified Canadian Diplomats located in India by October 20, 2023.
Read MoreArgentina and Venezuela are currently in the middle of a diplomatic row. Members of Venezuela’s opposition coalition have sheltered in the Argentinian embassy in Caracas.
Read MoreAn Israeli airstrike hit the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria on April 1, demolishing the building and killing two Iranian generals and five officers, along with six Syrian citizens, according to Iranian officials.
Read MoreTensions between Mexico and Ecuador escalated on April 5, when Ecuadorian police invaded the Mexican Embassy in Quito. Jorge Glas, the former Ecuadorian Vice President, was arrested while taking refuge in the embassy after being convicted on accounts of corruption and bribery, leading to the diplomatic ties between the two countries being suspended.
Read MoreEffective as of March 7, 2024 the Kingdom of Sweden has officially joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, becoming the 23rd member state to do so. The Swedish entry into NATO has been a gradual process encompassing the change in national diplomatic policy regarding military alliances as well as the shifting popular domestic sentiments which placed their country in neutrality, apart from the conflicts seen in the rest of Europe.
Read MoreJuan Orlando Hernández, a former 2-term president of Honduras, has been indicted on drug-trafficking and firearm charges and was extradited to the United States for trial. Hernández has been accused of conspiring with infamous drug lords such as Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel also known as El Chapo, to import copious amounts of cocaine into the U.S and of possessing destructive firearms.
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