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The assassination of top political leaders and the assassination attempt in Japan, a peaceful nation, have become a growing concern. According to multiple sources including the BBC, a smoke bomb was fired over Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a political rally a few days ago. Police arrested a suspect. Also, many top political leaders including the running and former prime ministers were assassinated and attempted to be assassinated in Japan. Shinzo Abe — the former prime minister of Japan — was assassinated on 8 July 2022 when he was speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara…

Between Saudi Arabia and Yemeni Houthi, talks are going to be held in Yemen’s capital Sana, raising hope for ending the civil war that devastated the entire country with millions of deaths and heavy economic, social and other impacts. According to several sources including the BBC, a Saudi Arabian delegation is in Yemen for talks with Houthi — the rebel group that is backed by Iran and is at the war with the Yemeni government supported by Saudi Arabia and several other Arab countries — to reach a potentially permanent solution to the war. The optimistic side is that an…

The visit of French President Immanuel Macron and the Head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen to China, which proposed a twelve point peace proposal for ending the Ukraine war, has led to a rising possibility of accelerating the China mediated peace process. According to several sources including the BBC, the French president with a large business delegation and the head of the European Commission flew to China on Wednesday for a three-day visit and they will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on ending the war. Their talks may be helpful to remove the inertia of…

The Criminal Investigation Department arrested Samsuzzaman Shams — a journalist of the Daily Prothom Alo — based on a case filed at Ramna Police Station in Dhaka a few days ago who was later sent to jail, leading to widespread controversy over the freedom of expression and the digital security act in Bangladesh. According to several sources including the BBC, Shams was arrested under the Digital Security Act over a false, fabricated and ill-motivated report published in the Daily Prothom Alo on the independence day of Bangladesh. Many have criticized the arrest of the reporter and the DSA, though the…

Rahul Gandhi, a prominent leader of the Indian National Congress and India, was disqualified as a member of the Indian parliament. According to several sources including the BBC, Rahul Gandhi was removed from the post of MP after he was sentenced to two years in prison in a defamation case. He was convicted by a Surat court for his comments in 2019 about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname at an election rally. But his disqualification immediately led to criticisms and protests in India. The Congress party — the main opposition political party of India — and several other political parties…

Colombia has, as is known, suspended a ceasefire with the Gulf Clan increasing the possibility of further clashes between the government forces and the drug cartel. According to several sources including the BBC, Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suspended a ceasefire with the country’s main drug trafficking cartel. Notably, the ceasefire had been appreciably agreed upon in December last year as part of the president’s plan for “total peace” in Colombia with several groups including National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels and dissidents of the disarmed former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group and the Gulf Clan. The sudden…

Armed conflicts in Ethiopia, though reduced significantly in recent months, have been going on for several years. The two-year armed conflict between the government of Ethiopia and its allies and the regional Tigray authority — according to available sources including the BBC — has led to the death of around six million and the displacement of around five million Ethiopians. Summary executions, widespread sexual violence, the pillage of property and a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign by the federal government against Tigray are also frequently claimed by human rights organizations. Even though there is a surprisingly made peace agreement between the…

One of the deadliest earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria at 7.8 magnitudes led to the death of more than fifty-three thousand and affected around twenty million Syrians and Turkish people directly. Rescuers from across the world struggled to rescue the victims of the earthquake from rubble and aid workers have been struggling to deal with a massive humanitarian crisis in Syria and Turkey. Definitely, Turkey is more affected with more deaths and damages than Syria by the earthquake but, according to several online sources, the victims of Syria, a state under worldwide economic sanctions driven by its violent repression…

Hundreds of school girls in Iran are suspected to be poisoned with gas, leading to an outcry among many within and outside Iran. According to several sources including the BBC, more than 1000 school students, mostly girls, have been poisoned by toxic gas in Iran since November when the earliest poisoning occurred in the city of Qom and many sufferred various problems including respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue, though no school students have died of the gas poison yet. The gas poisoning has occurred in dozens of high schools in several cities —across four different provinces of Iran —…

Peace talks between Israel and Palestine were held in Jordan on Sunday, raising the hope of reduced violence, which surged in recent months and led to several dozen deaths. According to several sources including the BBC, the rare peace talks were held —with the presence of the US, Jordanian and Egyptian officials — in the Red Sea port of Aqaba leading to a joint statement of taking immediate steps to end violence, affirming their commitment to all previous agreements and working towards a just and lasting peace by the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority. Also, Israel agreed to halt…