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The latest escalation in Tripoli — the capital of Libya — has led to a concern. According to multiple sources including the BBC, armed conflicts took place in Libya this month between two influential militias tied to the interim government, leading to the death of 55 people. The clashes took place between the 444 Brigade, affiliated with the Libyan defense ministry, and the Special Deterrence Force, linked to the presidency council, when the latter arrested Colonel Mohmoud Hamza, the commander of the former. Though a ceasefire was quickly reached in coordination with Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeiba and Colonel Mohmoud…

Religion based attacks often take place in Pakistan, leading to a growing concern. Recently, a mob attacked a Christian community in an eastern city of Pakistan. According to multiple sources including the BBC, a mob angered over the desecration of the Quran by two Christians have set fire to several churches and vandalized many homes of a Christian community. Though the recent attacks have been carried out as a reaction to the attacks on religion, religious minorities are often attacked without any provocation many times. The positive side is that Pakistani officials have arrested many of those who carried out…

Ethnic clashes between the Meitei people — a majority that lives in the Imphal Valley — and the Kuki tribal community, the second largest ethnic group in Manipur, have raised a concern. According to multiple sources including the BBC, clashes between the groups erupted in the small Indian state of Manipur in May this year. Ethnic clashes that the army, paramilitary forces and police struggle to quell have thus far led to the death of one hundred and eighty people. Additionally, around 60,000 people have been forced to leave their homes, along with the ruination of hundreds of churches and…

The latest military coup in Niger — which led to the ouster of President Mohamed Bazoum — attracted widespread international condemnation. By this time, according to multiple sources including the BBC, the Economic Community of West African States, consisting of several West African nations including Nigeria, have threatened a possible military intervention to overthrow the military junta and restore the ousted president in Niger. But the Niger Junta rejected the call of the ECOWAS, which imposed sanctions, and expressed its unwillingness to step back, leading to an increased chance of further escalation, along with possible unrest within Niger, dangerous effects…

The chance of nuclear warfare is rising in the world. This is pertinent to the Ukraine war, which has been going on for more than one and a half years. The possibility of nuclear attacks has increased with Ukraine’s attacks in mainland Russia including Moscow, the capital city of Russia. According to multiple sources including the BBC, Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, warns that Russia may be compelled to use nuclear weapons, given that Ukraine’s counteroffensive succeeds. Definitely, the chance of nuclear attacks has already increased several times since the beginning of the war. Though Russia…

Bolivia has carried out drug hunts for drug suspects recently. According to multiple sources including the BBC, a number of operations against drug trafficking have been carried out for several years leading to the arrest of many drug traffickers, along with seizing several thousand tons of substances in Bolivia, one of Latin America’s most impoverished nations. In the last month, Bolivia — the world’s third largest producer of coca after Colombia and Peru — made a drive to hunt an alleged international drug trafficker, Sebastián Marset, in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz. Though drug trafficking has not yet come…

Human rights conditions have notably deteriorated in Afghanistan. The Afghan government has restricted several rights including the freedom of speech, the rights of women and girls and the rights of vulnerable communities one after another since its coming to power in 2021. The latest decision of it restricts the running of Saloons by women. To improve human rights conditions, the United States held talks with the Taliban leaders. According to multiple sources including the BBC, talks were held between the representative of the United States and Afghanistan in Doha — the capital city of Qatar — last week. Though the…

The military coup has led to the ouster of the President of Niger, leading to political uncertainty and condemnation. According to multiple sources including the BBC, the military of Niger has ousted and detained its President Mohamed Bazoum and suspended the national constitution and the head of the presidential guard, Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, has declared himself as the head of the transitional government called the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland this week. The military has also suspended National institutions and closed Niger’s land borders. The European Union, the United States and the African Union have condemned the…

The Ethiopian Nile dam, or the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, has created disputes among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. The upcoming dam talks — though the date is not fixed — may help address the concerns of all the parties and find acceptable solutions to disputes. According to multiple sources including the BBC, the dam talks are going to be held between Egypt and Ethiopia soon as Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi agreed in Cairo on the margins of the Egypt-hosted summit on the civil war in Sudan to negotiations over the filling of the…

Russia has canceled the Grain Deal this week, leading to concern. According to multiple sources including the BBC, Russia canceled the deal — which allowed the export of grains through the Black Sea from Ukraine — citing the blackmail of it by the West and Ukraine, along with several other causes. By this time, Russia has also carried out air attacks on grain storage in Ukraine and warned that it would treat ships heading for Ukrainian ports as potential military targets, though its return to the grain agreement is not canceled altogether. Russia’s strikes on storage had destroyed 60,000 tonnes…