After the UK unilaterally delayed part of the Brexit deal implementation relating to Northern Ireland, Brussels has threatened it of legal proceedings ‘pretty soon’. No 10’s announcement on Wednesday had come out as a “very negative surprise”, said Maros Sefcovic, Vice President European Commission.  The announcement made by UK cabinet office minister, David Frost, noted...

The British security agency, MI5 has quietly but effectively stepped up protection offered to Russians residing in the UK after the alleged poisoning of Russians Sergei and Yulia Skripal in 2018 in Salisbury. MI5 specifically remarked that Russia is keen in the whereabouts of certain Britishers, thus requiring added security measures.  The revelation was made...

Sebastian Kurz throws the bomb: Austria and Denmark “no longer intend to rely on the EU and will develop second-generation vaccines against coronavirus mutations together with Israel and will jointly search for treatments”. Vienna and Copenhagen point the finger at the slowness of EMA, the European Medicines Agency, which in the absence of the fast...

European Union is facing backlash over lagged vaccination pace among its member states against Coronavirus infection. The European Commission has imposed strict export controls over vaccines produced within bloc borders after vaccine rollout faced a massive hurdle with insufficient vaccine availability and supply. The United Kingdom, on the other hand, has been able to approve,...

Europe struggles to get out of the tunnel of the coronavirus pandemic. Thanks to the delay in the delivery of vaccines, the lack of confidence in the population, and the spread of new variants, the number of hospitalizations in the old continent is growing. According to the European Center for Diseases (ECDC) latest data, in...

Russian political activist and a staunch Vladimir Putin critic, Alexi Navalny, is believed to be transferred to an undisclosed detention centre from the Moscow prison, where he was kept earlier. Navalny is currently serving sentence of a little over 2-1/2 years due to  alleged parole violations related 2014 funds embezzlement case, which the Russian dissenting...

Russia is looking at Iran as a strategic point. Its relevance has never been as important as it is today when its geopolitical position can define how the energy business dynamics change in the coming years. Addressing a gathering at the Valdai Club, Russia’s dictatorial leader Vladimir Putin minced no words as he announced that...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called coal the most polluting fossil fuel and called upon putting an end to all the planned coal projects globally to end the ‘deadly addiction’. Guterres pointed out that the single most important step in this direction would be to phase out coal from the power sector, and this would...

Europe is continually threatened by countless state and non-state actors who interfere within the Union’s decision-making processes through media and disinformation campaigns. For this reason, the Commission and the EU Parliament have established the introduction of a special committee, the EP Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including...

The Durant Line is the new bone of contention between neighbors Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was a mutual settlement between the nations in order to create a sense of peace between two Pashtun tribal lands. Since its inception, Pakistan has had trouble with its neighbor Afghanistan.  Off late, Pakistan has been trying to build a...

Mass vaccination campaigns reinforce the hope that the exit from the pandemic nightmare is not far off. Vaccines are becoming a weapon of the geopolitical dispute, to the point that some observers have spoken of a health cold war. The scenario is complex and the strategies of the various countries are by no means homogeneous....

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the entire global economy to its knees. Following the COVID-19 emergency, the key to the recovery seems to be that of sustainability and improving the healthiness of the spaces in which we live. The ability of countries to assume a front-runner role on these issues will be an important safeguard...

Biden called off second strike in Syria last week to prevent killing of civilians in target area US President Joe Biden called off a second airstrike against the Iran-backed militias in Syria at the last minute on February 26 due to the presence of a woman and children at the targeted spot, as per media...

Hundreds of Lebanese took to the streets to protest the government as the local currency hit a record low In an unprecedented development, protests broke out across several parts of Lebanon on Tuesday, after the local currency (Lebanese Pound) hit an all-time low. Amid the ongoing political crisis, the local currency hit a record low...

A shocking revelation by a United Nations inquiry has cast a shadow on the legitimacy of the interim Prime Minister of Libya, Abdul Hamid Dheibah. The inquiry has found that Dheibah was elected after his supporters had offered bribes as high as $200,000 to cash in votes in Libya.  The money in bribes was allegedly...

The sly attack by Iran over American representatives in Iraq has left Syrian population vulnerable, once again. Under the instructions of the newly appointed President Joe Biden ordered retaliatory strikes against the Iranian militias that set off attacks in Erbil recently. However, the attack was not as big as the retaliation has been ordered by...

The Italian Carabinieri is joining hands with the united nations to investigate the mysterious death of the Italian ambassador, his driver and his bodyguard. The Italian Ambassador to Congo was shot dead along with his Italian bodyguard recently, while his two-car convoy was on its way to one of the World Food Programme centres.  Luca...

There seems to be no indication that the Biden administration is going to change its stance on the Western Sahara recognition decision that was taken earlier on. In the last few weeks, twenty-seven US senators have written a letter to the President asking him to reverse what damage seems to be have done in the...

Taiwan is now turning towards the latter to form Trans-Pacific Partnership. Tokyo and Taipei had a bitter-sweet relationship in the past with one faction of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party siding with Taiwan, while the other backing China. But the increasing security concerns and Beijing’s aggressive expansion in the region pushed Japan to explore its...

Defence ministries of South Korea and China open new hotlines to enhance military ties  China and South Korea on Tuesday agreed on expanding their military communications by setting up two more hotlines in order to strengthen bilateral ties and prevent potential miscalculations. The defence ministries of the two neighbouring countries signed a revised memorandum of...

China is boosting efforts to increase global influence campaign amid rising international criticism Amid increasing international criticism and discontent over various issues such as Hong Kong, the origin of the COVID-19 virus, and the treatment of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, China is scrambling for efforts to enhance its influence campaign across the world. This development...

Japan allows Coast Guard to strike first against Chinese vessels to counter intrusion in its waters In the wake of Chinese law on maritime policy, Japan is scrambling to strengthen its Coast Guard. The Japanese Government on Friday permitted its coast guard to fire at foreign vessels trying to enter the territory around the Senkaku...

The Seoul-based rights group, Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR) published a report exposing the North Korean regime’s exploitation of political prisoners, including children, who were forced into coal production to help boost its exports. Observers said that the funds earned from exports would eventually be used in fuelling the country’s nuclear and...

China has declared that only ‘patriots’ will be allowed to hold key posts in Hong Kong’s government China is planning to bring significant changes in the administrative and electoral system of Hong Kong to ensure only “patriots” are appointed to key positions in the territory’s government. In a press conference on Tuesday, Erick Tsang Kwok-wai,...