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World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 26, 2017
Takata Bankruptcy
Japanese car parts maker Takata has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US and Japan. It is facing billions of dollars in liabilities over its defective airbags, which have been linked to at least…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 23, 2017
Brexit – not a divorce
Exactly a year after the landmark Brexit vote, negotiations continue between the British government led by British PM Theresa May and officials from the European Union. A politically weakened May has…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 23, 2017
Terror from within
A deadly car bombing in Pakistan has killed at least 11 and wounded 18. The explosion took place in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan and it occurred close to the police chief’s office.…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 23, 2017
Top-secret information revealed
On 22 June 2017, a former US diplomatic officer was arrested and charged with giving top-secret documents to a Chinese agent. He was caught with $16,500 in cash in his carry-on luggage, transmitting…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 22, 2017
Prince of youth
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has promoted his son, Mohammed bin Salman, as the Crown Prince. Through a royal decree he removed the former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the 57-year-old nephew of the…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 22, 2017
The end of ISIS?
For centuries it stood as one of the most famous monuments in a city where many battles and wars fought and it stood as a witness to the will of the people. And yet, on June 21, 2017, it was reported…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 22, 2017
Captagon – the gamechanger in Europe?
For a period in 2014 the world was horrified and transfixed by the activities of an ISIL terrorist dubbed as ‘Jihadi John’. During this time videos of him surfaced that showed him beheading multiple…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 21, 2017
Terror thwarted
A man entered the central train station in Brussels, Belgium and detonated a bomb setting off a small explosion. But a little bit of luck, as well as the quick response from the law enforcement,…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 21, 2017
Saudi-Iranian skirmishes
Saudi Arabia has made an explosive claim that it has captured three of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members from a boat that was seized last week. However, the situation has resulted into…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 20, 2017
Refugees - a country’s population
The UN Refugee Agency reveals that there are 65.6 million refugees towards the end of 2016, an increase of 30,000 from 65.3 million in 2015. On June 20th, as the world observes ‘World Refugee Day,’ a…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 20, 2017
The lost world
On 19th June 2017, the government of Central African Republic (CAR) signed a peace agreement in Rome with 13 of the 14 armed groups that exist in the region to end the ongoing violent conflict. The…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 20, 2017
Barclays charged with fraud
UK’s Serious Fraud Office has charged Barclays along with four of its former executives with fraud over its actions during the 2008 financial crisis. This would be the first time a criminal charge…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 19, 2017
Macron wins big in French elections
In what is likely to give the French President Emmanuel Macron unprecedented mandate for his policies, his party La République en Marche, has swept the parliamentary elections. The party along with…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 16, 2017
US to discontinue aid to Pakistan?
The United States government has announced that it will be reviewing its financial support to Pakistan. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the financial aid provided to Pakistan will be…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 15, 2017
US Fed hikes interest rates again
In a move that was widely expected, the Federal Reserve hiked the key interest rates by 0.25% for the second time this year thereby reflecting the central bank's confidence in the US economy. After a…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 15, 2017
Hundred dead' bodies seen in Marawi
On 15 June 2017, a politician from Philippines said residents fleeing besieged Marawi City have seen at least 100 dead bodies, scattered around the encounter area. Zia Alonto, a local politician who…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 15, 2017
Trump under investigation for obstruction of justice
Reports have emerged that the President of United States, Donald Trump, is being investigated for obstruction of justice by special counsel investigating the Russia’s involvement in the US…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 14, 2017
Steve Scalise shot in Virginia
On 14 June 2017, US House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot in the hip and multiple Congressional aides were hit by a gunman with a rifle, who opened fire at a GOP baseball practice in Virginia.…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 14, 2017
Liberated at a greater price…
Otto Warmbier, the American student who had been detained by North Korea and then released on humanitarian grounds, has died. According to his family, he passed away on 19th June, 2017 at 2:20 pm (18…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 14, 2017
Trump bequeaths more power to Pentagon
United States President Donald Trump has given the Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis, the authority to set the troop levels in Afghanistan. This move will allow the US Pentagon to send in thousands of…