Category: Geopolitics

Hassan Rouhani, Iranian President has been re-elected in a rout victory, sanctioning his efforts to re-engage with the west and offer greater freedoms at home. The results will have noteworthy impacts far beyond Iranian borders.

President Donald Trump has arrived in Israel. He flew in from Saudi Arabia, a key US ally, where he gave a speech to Arab and Muslim leaders at a summit. Trump will hold talks with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders during the course of his trip. The president has called an Israeli-Palestinian..

Political unrest in The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedoniaresulted in citizens rallying for fresh elections just six months after the parliamentary elections of 2016. The tension escalated with the election of an ethnic-Albanian lawmaker as speaker.

On 7th May 2017, Emmanuel Macron won the Presidential election by a clear majority of 66.06% in comparison to counterpart Le Pen at 33.94%. Macron at 39 is the youngest President of France after Napoleon. His victory symbolizes the end of dominance..

 On the 29th of April, In a bid to promote equality for the transgender community in the state, a one-day athletic meet was organized by the state government of Kerala. Around hundred people participated in the event held at Central Stadium in state capital Thiruvananthapuram..

The government of China has decided to launch third edition of nationalised encyclopaedia to compete with Wikipedia. 20,000 scholars and teachers from state run universities are currently working on the project..

Chairman for the 30th ASEAN Summit, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in his statement on 29th April 2017 showed marked relaxation of ASEAN countries’ attitude towards China regarding the South China Sea dispute. 

On the 20th of April, Following the disclosure of the Panama Papers, the Pakistani Supreme Court ordered a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) into the finances of the Prime Minister of Pakistan..

On 16th April 2017 Turkey voted in a referendum to replace parliamentarian government with a presidential dictatorship. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan narrowly won the referendum to enabling..

Thousands of people have rallied for the third consecutive day in Serbia, protesting against Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic being elected the country’s next president. Crowds on Wednesday..