A government-sponsored chemical attack killed 58 people and injured more than 250 others in Syria on April 4. Even though Bashar al-Assad renounced chemical weapons four years ago at the convention and has continually denied his military’s involvement in any subsequent attacks.
Read MoreThe rand fell 3 percent against the US Dollar after the South African Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, was expeled by President Jacob Zuma.
Read MoreAccording to Korean law, a new president must be elected within sixty days of the ruling, a unanimous court ruling approved the South Korean National Assembly’s December vote to impeach former President Park Geun-hye.
Read MoreDutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte defeated far-right populist candidate Geert Wilders in the most recent parliamentary election. Rutte is now focused on building a coalition to secure at least 76 seats of the 150 possible Dutch Parliament seats.
Read MoreThe conflict-fraught Gambela province in Ethiopia has once again come under attack by South Sudanese gunmen, who killed 28 people and captured 28 children over the course of two days.
Read MoreThe federal oversight board of Puerto Rico unanimously agreed to a new economic plan that will restructure the $70 million debt faced by the country. The plan is set to take effect over the next ten years and improve fiscal solvency on the island.
Read MoreWhile in Tokyo, Tillerson announced that there needed to be a different approach to handle North Korea’s increasing nuclear threat, but the idea of direct negotiations is very unlikely unless North Korea agrees to give up its nuclear weapons program.
Read MoreLibya’s population of 1.5 million has been under fire for the last two years, in growing tensions and violence heightened by the Mediterranean refugee crisis and the competing government’s conflict over capturing Libya’s oil ports.
Read MoreThe Basque separatist group Basque Homeland and Freedom (ETA), who have killed over 820 people, staged hundreds of shootings, and orchestrated dozens of kidnappings, promised complete disarmament by April 8.
Read MoreThe Maldives announced that it would implement economic development and high-end tourism in the Faafu Atoll. Protests took place in the Faafu Atoll, located in the Maldives, as a demonstration of the opposition to its rumored sale, a 19-island chain in the Indian Ocean, to Saudi Arabia.
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