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Police raids have recently killed many in Brazil, leading to concern. According to multiple sources including the BBC and CNN, the latest web of police raids on drug cartels — driven by the killing of a police special forces officer in the coastal town of Guarujá — have killed around fifty people. In addition to the latest raids, many other police raids were carried out against drug gangs in the Latin American country in the past. According to multiple sources, raids carried out in Rio de Janeiro and other places for the last several years have led to the deaths…

The military of Gabon took power over the allegation of electoral fraud last week through a bloodless coup, leading to possible political turmoil. According to multiple sources including the BBC and CNN, the coup took place after the allegations of electoral fraud, deposing President Ali Bongo, who had been in power since 2009, and putting him under house arrest. The military immediately annulled the outcomes of the presidential election, which was won by the incumbent president but which the main opposition Alternance 2023 called fraudulent, and established the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions. Positively saying, the new…

The economic woe has sharply increased in Syria in the last few months, leading to several controversial decisions of the government and protests. According to multiple sources including the BBC, the Syrian government has reduced subsidies for fuel amidst the rising prices of food and many other commodities leading to protests in several towns of Syria including the southern city of Suwayda. But protesters sparked by the rising fuel prices have quickly turned into anti-government demonstrations with demands for the resignation of the president of Syria — where the worsening economic crisis has left almost ninety percent of the population…

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…