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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…

Without any indication of the ending of the Russia-Ukraine war, which has been going on for one year since the beginning of Russia’s Special Operation in Ukraine, it is going to be more complex and more devastating with a higher possibility of nuclear attacks by Russia. Definitely, the possibility of Russia’s nuclear attacks has increased several times, though the possibility of talks-based solution has also increased several times driven by the intention of the parties — directly and indirectly involved in the war — including Russia, the United States and Ukraine. But the renewed threats of nuclear attacks by Russia…

Terrorist attacks at the Karachi police station killed two police officials, two rangers and a civilian and injured more than ten yesterday. According to several sources including the BBC, a group of five or six people entered the police station and carried out the attack with hand grenades. Police officials regained control of the station after hours and killed three attackers. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan —also rendered the Pakistan Taliban which is most active in the mountainous areas near the border with Afghanistan — claimed its responsibility for the attack. Though the situation at the police station is calm now, frequent terrorist…

Conflicts have, you may know, increased in recent months in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, marked by nationwide wars and international wars. According to several sources including the BBC, conflicts have escalated between the Congolese army and the March 23 Movement (commonly known as the M23) — an armed group formed in 2012 and primarily made up of Tutsi rebels—in recent months. Hundreds of civilians in the eastern region have been killed by the M23 rebel group, which has committed summary executions and the forced recruitment of civilians in eastern Congo, in the recent conflicts…

Devastating earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria on Monday leading to the death of around eight thousand and the damage of hundreds of buildings. According to several sources including the BBC, huge earthquakes — two of the strongest earthquakes to hit the region in a century — hit in southern Turkey and northern Syria. At the epicenter, near the Turkey-Syria border, the first one struck at 7.8 magnitudes and the second one hit at the magnitude of 7.5 on the Richter scale. Rescue operations, participated by Turkish rescuers and rescuers from several countries, are going on but the death toll may…

To Whom It May Concern, As is known, protest demonstrations have been going on against the president of Tunisia for months. According to available sources including the BBC, thousands of Tunisians have repeatedly demonstrated recently in the capital Tunis against President Kais Saied, who came to power in 2019, as Tunisia faces a deepening political and economic crisis. The National Salvation Front, a coalition of opposition political parties, and other Tunisians including the Free Destourian Party have carried out protest rallies. The protesters who once supported Kais Saied in his coming to the power have grown increasingly frustrated with the…