Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/28/blasts-on-two-vehicles-in-northern-afghanistan-kills-at-least-9 Two explosions killed nine people and injured thirteen in northern Afghanistan today. The targets of the blasts were Shia Muslims who were targeted by ISIS to cause discord. This is just one attack of a series that has occurred recently. Dozens of people have been killed at various mosque bombings recently with the victims being Shias… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-heat-wave-disrupts-industrial-activity-power-demand-soars-2022-04-28/ India is in the midst of its worst electricity shortage in over six years at the same time as a brutal heat wave is sweeping South Asia. March was India’s hottest on record, causing their Prime Minister to warn of increasing danger of fires. Temperatures in the capital, New Delhi, have been above 104 Fahrenheit for… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/26/crisis-hit-sri-lanka-to-sell-long-term-golden-visas-report The island nation of Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since its independence, according to the government in Colombo. Due to the stagnation from the pandemic in 2020, on a country that heavily relies on tourism as a primary driver of revenue and money flow within the country, has seen their currency drop to a point of… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/27/could-pakistan-airstrike-affect-afghanistan-relationship Tensions are rising on both sides on the Pakistani-Afghani border due to the change in leadership with the new Taliban government in Kabul last summer. The Pakistanis are accusing the Taliban of supporting and safekeeping various terrorist groups of Pakistan, allowing them to house within Afghani lines while operating in Pakistan. The most notable is the TTP or Pakistani… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/27/pakistan-separatist-group-warns-china-of-more-deadly-attacks On tuesday in the south of Pakistan, certain rebels attacked a Chinese university killing three Chinese teachers. These were Balochistani Liberation rebels, from the southern region of Pakistan, Balochistan. Not only has Balochistan already been mindful of their own sovereignty aspirations, however it being a hub of natural resources and mining, has opened it up to Chinese development prompted… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/india/uks-johnson-offer-india-help-build-its-own-fighter-jets-2022-04-21/ Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, visited the Indian capital of New Delhi on Friday to talk with the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, about strengthening security ties between the two countries. India buys more than half of its military hardware from Russia. There is no bad blood over India’s lack of condemnation of Russia’s Ukraine… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-iran-nuclear-united-nations-87a66054c42dc272904d3d730559ec96 Iran has confirmed it relocated a centrifuge facility to its underground Natanz nuclear site, days after the U.N. atomic watchdog said it installed surveillance cameras to monitor the new workshop at Tehran’s request. The late Saturday report by the official IRNA news agency comes as diplomatic efforts to restore Iran’s tattered nuclear deal appear stalled. The news agency quoted… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-africa-libya-north-dde2d521b6f0465c08b34be9918cab0d Libya’s national oil company said on Sunday, it was forced to shut down an oil field amid a political impasse that threatened to drag the North African nation back into armed conflict. The state-run National Oil Corp. stated a group of people entered al-Feel field in the country’s south on Saturday, effectively stopping production. It didn’t specify who the… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-religion-united-nations-yemen-civil-wars-9938494cf9cfce13cb5f7ba486706e71 Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to rid their ranks of child soldiers, who have fought by the thousands during the country’s seven years of civil war, the United Nations said Monday. The Houthis signed what the U.N. described as an “action plan” to end and prevent recruiting or using children in armed conflict, killing or maiming children and attacking… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-089b0e358b1d1e06aed6337eb18b5023 On April 1st, Taliban officials states that two bombs placed at a playing field in Afghanistan’s western Herat province killed five people and wounded 25 others. Earlier in the day, five children died in southern Helmand province after finding an unexploded shell that went off. According to the Taliban-appointed Herat provincial spokesman, Mahmood Rasoly, the two bombs went off… Read more »
