Month: April 2016

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud gave Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a very warm welcome last weekend in a public tilt of Saudi policy toward New Delhi and away from its traditional ally Pakistan. Economic interests are part ...

On March 13, nearly 1,000 people of the Oromo ethnic community took part in a big ceremony celebrating the second anniversary of the Oromia Media Network (OMN), which opposes the ruling regime in Ethiopia. The ceremony was the first event ...

  Bernie Sanders, a current Democratic candidate has been holding his own during the recent race. However, with Hillary Clinton’s recent success in New York, and having over 700 more delegates than Sanders own 1,191 (as of April 25th, 2016) ...

Barack Obama’s recent trip to Cuba and Argentina are the crowning achievement on his administration’s efforts to consolidate peaceful ties with and among Latin American countries.  He entered the White House by sowing egalitarian hopes across the world. Now, President ...

Summary The interests of South Korea have once again fallen victim to the interests of larger powers: the United States and China. Washington is currently circulating a draft of a U.N. Security Council resolution against North Korea for its recent nuclear ...

Given their fragmented, decentralized structure, Venezuela’s colectivos would have a difficult time openly confronting security forces in the coming year. These groups will try to maintain their independence in the neighborhoods they control in spite of government efforts to disarm them. ...

After nine years in office, popular Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has announced that he is done with public service. In a Feb. 27 interview, he declared that he will leave his post in April at the end of his current term, ...

More than two months after general elections, the Spanish parliament will begin what will likely be the first of several attempts to form a government March 2. No party has enough seats to govern alone and coalitions are proving difficult ...

‘The Donald’ has upped the ante of business in the political realm and most recently the current election. Donald J. Trump, the Republican hopeful has amassed his fortune in business and is currently (as of April 11, 2016) leading the ...

The European Union will likely soon decommission the 500-euro note in an effort to deter criminal activity. Cash. The elimination of the euro’s highest denomination is the latest step in a longer-term move toward a cashless society, prompted by factors ...