Category: Geopolitics

After six days of intensive negotiations, Taliban insurgents and U.S. officials meeting in Qatar appear closer Saturday to an agreement that could result in the withdrawal of American troops after 17 years of war. The US invaded Afghanistan following the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, and blamed the Afghan government…

The Venezuelan opposition is in talks with sympathetic military and civilian officials in a bid to force out President Nicolás Maduro, self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaidó said. Meanwhile, Maduro has threatened the US against any form of intervention, possibly retracting his 72-hour deadline for US diplomats to leave the…

The United States Navy has sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait while China and US remain embroiled in trade and military tensions. The US Navy has increased the frequency of transits through the strategic waterway in recent times as a sign of support, amid growing friction between Taipei and Beijing…

Australia has questioned China’s detention of one of its citizens, who is said to be in the custody of state security officials. This is the latest diplomatic row to involve China, which is already engaged in standoffs with Canada and the US. The relationship between China and Australia has grown considerably over the years..

IEA, OPEC and EIA data imply that oil production cuts should balance the market in the first half of 2019. The last year saw an extremely volatile oil market with the prices returning to pre-2013 highs due to political rather than economic factors. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC, /ˈoʊpɛk/ OH-pek)..

UAE, Turkey, Qatar, Russia pledge economic support for Sudan’s embattled government after protests erupted against the Omar al-Bashir administration. Sudan has been criticised from all quarters ever since the civil war broke out and President Bashir has been accused of war crimes by the European Court of Human Rights.

Israel has launched its most incisive attack on Iranian positions in neighbouring Syria since the civil war began in 2011 , bring the two nations closer to the verge of a direct collision. Israel has pledged to stop Iran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah from entrenching itself militarily in Syria..

President Macron and Chancellor Merkel signed a new treaty on Franco-German friendship in the border town of Aachen. The new friendship treaty commits both countries for deeper co-operation in foreign and defence policy, and closer economic integration. The cooperation between the two countries..