Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/12/israel-and-bhutan-establish-diplomatic-relations Israel and Bhutan have just announced that they will be mending ties. The idea is to improve relations but also increase cooperation between the two countries. This comes after Bhutan attempts to strengthen country moral instead of GDP, as they have maintained a carbon-negative economy and having a $250 visit fee for any tourists daily. Bhutan´s… Read more »
In just this last month, Turkey has offered to run the airport in Kabul known as the Hamad Karzai Airport, and is the main point of entry and exit in Afghanistan. Since Afghanistan is a landlocked country, this is huge for determining who will be able to leave and who are not able to. This offer came just right after… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/india-russia-joint-venture-hopes-5-bln-supersonic-missile-exports-by-2025-2022-10-18/ A Duel-State company by the name of BrahMos Aerospace, that makes nuclear capable supersonic missiles, has set its goal to sell 5 billion dollars worth of weapons to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam, by 2025. In the past India has made fighter planes and jets for Russia, and the two are taking their partnership farther with the production of the… Read more »
Article : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/8/indian-workers-rescued-from-digital-job-scams-in-southeast-asia In early October, nearly one hundred and thirty Indians were rescued from tech companies in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar. The workers were lured into these countries on the belief that they were being offered high up, and prosperous jobs in the information technology sector. They were, most of the time, illegally brought into the countries. Once they… Read more »
Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/23/tensions-as-bangladesh-accuses-myanmar-of-firing-in-its-territory Mortar fire from Myanmar on the Rohingya refugees are becoming a constant source of tension between Myanmar and Bangladesh. It has been known for a while that the Rohingyan people are a stateless people, who have no country that will formally accept them. After having been forced out of Myanmar through the now internationally known genocide of the… Read more »
Article : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/28/taliban-signs-preliminary-deal-with-russia-to-buy-gas-wheat Just recently, the Taliban and Russia have signed a preliminary agreement to help the Taliban in their efforts to maintain food, and fuel supplies during their two-year ongoing drought. The deal consisted of two million tonnes of wheat, half a million tonnes of cooking gas, and a million tonnes of diesel and petrol. Although this deal is… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/10/11/india-to-weigh-russias-offer-on-sakhalin-1-oil-project India’s petroleum minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, said that Russia and India have had healthy discussions on the topic of the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project. The Sakhalin-1 Oil and Gas Project was originally an oil production agreement between the Sakhalin government and Russia that was managed by Exxon. However after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Exxon withdrew from the agreement… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/11/bangladesh-opposition-says-over-4000-charged-in-govt-crackdown In Bangladesh, over 4,000 opposition party members were charged with charges related to violence. These charges were heavily scrutinized by a spokesperson of the national Bangladesh opposition party, Sairul Kabir Khan, who claimed that the charges were faked in order to crush opposition. Bangladesh has been ruled by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been prime minister since 2009…. Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/pakistan-summons-us-ambassador-over-bidens-nuclear-remark-2022-10-15/ On Saturday, October 15th, Pakistan´s foreign minister stated that he had requested a U.S ambassadors after Biden made remarks about Pakistan´s nuclear program. Biden said in a speech that Pakistan was one of the most dangerous countries in the world because of its nuclear arsenal. This was a major surprise to Pakistan because they claimed they… Read more »
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-protests-uk-and-norwegian-ambassadors-summoned-over-interference/a-63232654 Iran’s foreign ministry Summoned ambassadors from the UK and Norway On Sunday for what the ministry considered to be “interference” Iran has recently been rocked by violent protests of the killing of an Iranian while in custody or Iran’s Morality police, a police force that enforces discriminatory dress code against the women of Iran. Britain’s ambassador was summoned by… Read more »
