Category: Geopolitics

Preparations are underway for Russia’s biggest military exercise since the Cold War, involving about 300,000 service personnel, in eastern Siberia. A military exercise or a war game serves the purpose of ensuring the combat readiness of the deployable forces prior to deployment from home base..

Washington is issuing an ultimatum to the World Court if it chooses to prosecute American citizens. The International Criminal court (ICC) investigates and brings to justice people responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, intervening when national authorities cannot..

The Sudanese President has appointed a new PM in an attempt to reboot the crisis-hit economy. Sudan was once one of the largest countries in Africa. It is also a region that is geographically diverse and is rich in resources such as petroleum, iron ore, copper, zinc, silver, gold, hydropower and more. But through the…

Syrian and Russian warplanes launched dozens of airstrikes on Syria’s northern province of Idlib, intensifying pressure on the country’s last rebel stronghold after crisis talks yielded no progress. The Syrian Civil War has been going on since 2011. It began during the Arab Spring protests and due to resentment towards the government of…

The Department of Justice has prepared charges regarding the WannaCry attack, Sony hack and the theft of the Bangladesh central bank. A cyber threat is deemed any malicious act that attempts to gain access to a computer network without authorization or permission from the owners..

Washington has urged Asuncion to think twice about the “historic relationship” between the US, Israel and Paraguay, and reconsider its decision to move the country’s Israeli embassy back to Tel Aviv. Paraguay was one of the first countries to follow the US in shifting their Embassy to Jerusalem..

China lashed out at Britain on Thursday for sending a warship close to disputed islands in the South China Sea which has competing claims from other nations. The South China Sea is at the heart of a land and water dispute between China, the United States, and many Southeast Asian…

Washington will not pursue sanctions on India if it decides to purchase of a missile defence system from Russia. India faced the risk of secondary U.S. sanctions for its planned acquisition of the S-400 system which it says it needs as a deterrent to China. India has long maintained cordial relations…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has lauded the Eritrean government for ongoing infrastructural works specifically on roads and its port services. Eritrea and Ethiopia are neighbouring countries located in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea was once part of Ethiopian territory following World War II and became…

Crises in Guatemala and Nicaragua pose a difficult test for global agencies as well as for US President Donald Trump. From 1960 to 1996, Guatemala endured a bloody civil war fought between the US-backed government and leftist rebels, including genocidal massacres of the Maya population perpetrated by the military. Since…