On Monday, the United States President Joe Biden announced that he will address the nation on the current situation in Afghanistan. The Taliban has seized power from the Ashraf Ghani-led government in the wake of the American troops leaving the nation after two long decades. The announcement came after Biden faced criticism in the US and abroad for his decision to withdraw the troops. Senator Mark Warner, the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence found the images as “Devastating” which were being broadcast out of Afghanistan before the statement was released by the pr
Malaysian Prime Minister Mr. Muhyiddin Yassin is expected to resign after months of political turmoil that resulted in his losing his majority. The confirmed resignation will end the tumultuous 17 months in office. This resignation will also hamper the efforts of Malaysia to reboot a pandemic-stricken economy and curb a resurgence in COVID-19 cases as there is no successor yet. It is yet not clear who will form the next government as no one has a clear majority in parliament. Holding elections during the pandemic can be dangerous as the infection and fatality rates per million people are t
The Taliban entered Kabul, the Capital of Afghanistan, and are on a verge of declaring the nation as the “Islamic Emirate Of Afghanistan”. According to Press Association reports citing a Taliban official have taken control of the country and the declaration is to be expected to be made from the Presidential palace in Kabul. Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has earlier fled to Tajikistan but his current location is unconfirmed according to a news agency. After Ghani left, the Taliban took over the presidential palace in Kabul. The government is yet to confirm the palace takeover. The
Japan marked the 76th anniversary of its World War II surrender with a somber ceremony in which Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. He pledged for the tragedy of war to never be repeated. He also avoided apologizing for his country’s aggression. He said the sacrifice of those who died in the war has built the peace of the country which they enjoy today and the nation will never forget that. In his first speech at the event since becoming prime minister, he said they will commit to their pledge to never repeat the tragedy of the war. He preferred not to offer an apology to the Asian victims of
A nationwide military victory in Afghanistan forced President Ashraf Ghani to flee from the country. Taliban have carried out a lightning sweep of the country and captured all its provincial capital in just 10 days. Earlier the President of Afghanistan Mr. Ashraf Ghani fled to Tajikistan but his current location is still unknown. He posted his first statement on Facebook after fleeing to declare that the Taliban have won with the judgment of their swords and guns and now are responsible for the honor, property, and self-preservation of their countrymen. He added that he left to prevent a �
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called a snap election for September 20, two years ahead of the scheduled election. He triggered the election as he seeks to capitalize on Canada being one of the most fully vaccinated countries in the world. The announcement came after Trudeau visited the governor-general who holds a mostly ceremonial position that represents Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. He seeks to win a majority of seats in Parliament which his liberal Party fell short of two years ago. They had to rely on the opposition to pass legislation. The elections ar
The government of Afghanistan has executed a three-phase plan to defeat the Taliban. After the fighting intensified in the last few days, the Taliban terror group captured the nine provincial capitals in the nation after which the uprising forces have announced their full support to the president and government. The interior minister of Afghanistan Mr. Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal took charge of the country’s 1,30,000- strong police force. He said they are working in three phases in which the first is to aim at stopping the government forces from the defeats. In the second phase, they plan to
On Thursday, Ebrahim Raisi was inaugurated as Iran’s president signaling the start of a new harder-line era of Imran. It can herald major shifts in the Islamic Republic’s policies at home and abroad. After the moderate administration of eight long years of Hassan Rouhani, Iran now turned Raisi into an Ultra-conservative judiciary chief. His views are completely in line with the rational thinking of the country’s powerful clergy and the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. His inauguration came at a very pivotal time when Iran is currently in indirect negotiations with the United St
On Thursday, Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid inaugurated the country’s diplomatic representation in Morocco. It was a symbol of normalization of the relations between the two nations. The deal comes less than a year after the two nations established formal ties under the U.S. broke “Abraham Accords”. The two-day visit by Lapid was the first to the country by the Israeli minister since 2003. He opened the Israeli liaison office in Rabat and shared the picture of him formally opening it from his Twitter account. Lapid met the Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita where both the co
Migrant Karla Leivar along with her five years old daughter found herself on a chartered US government flight shortly after she crossed the border in south Texas. She learned mid-air about her being headed to the provincial capital of Villahermosa In southern Mexico. She was put on the bus by the authorities to head to Mexico’s southern border where she sat on the patio of a migrant shelter in a remote Guatemalan border town. Her quick exile was a part of a highly unusual partnership between the government of the United State and Mexico. The Biden administration hopes it will deter migra