Author: Nehal Sharma

Turkey’s Presidential spokesman believes that the world cannot turn their backs on Russia as, the foremost priority must be to stop the war. Turkey, a NATO member issued a statement on Sunday that the world must negotiate with Russia instead of isolating it. However, Turkey holds good relations with both Ukraine and Russia, and Turkey’s President condemned the outrageous act of Russia. But, it did not approve of turning its back on any of the side. Being a NATO member, Turkey will also be obliged to follow NATO’s decisions. But, right now the country has decided not to choose any…

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan addressed a massive rally in Islamabad ahead of the no-confidence motion likely to be tabled shortly by the opposition. Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan addressed a huge rally in Islamabad. The rally comes ahead of the no-confidence motion that the opposition will place against Imran Khan in the National Assembly. Earlier there were rumours that Imran khan might quit from his position. However, Mr. Prime Minister alleged the foreign culprits of dislodging his government. The ruling party of Pakistan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf is blaming that the opposition and the foreign perpetrators are conspiring against…

Former Maldivian President, Abdullah Yameen, is back from prison, and set to fight the next Maldives Presidential elections on the “India Out” campaign. President Abdullah Yameen, a former Maldivian leader who was imprisoned on corruption charges, will run for office in the next presidential election in the country. Yameen will contest elections on the primary agenda of the battle against “Indian Influence”. Yameen has stated that if his party returns to power, he will revoke all the deals between India and the Maldives. He also claims that India has developed a military base in the archipelago off the coast of…

Sri Lanka is having a tough time facing the worst economic crisis as the country’s economy drops to lower measures. It hasn’t faced a crisis like this in the last 70 years. Sri Lanka is suffering one of the worst economic downfalls in several years. The last time Sri Lanka faced such inflation was when it became independent in 1948. The prices of all essential commodities are soaring. People are fleeing the country to take refuge in India.  In the past few weeks, the prices of commodities like milk, food grains, rice, and vegetables have gone through the roof. Furthermore,…

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has barred girls above grade 6 from attending schools, breaking a commitment made to the United Nations.  The Taliban-run Education Ministry of Afghanistan announced earlier this week that they have decided to open schooling for all students. It seems clear that in Afghanistan, girls will also be able to enjoy their right to education.  However, yesterday morning, the Taliban withdrew its decision to send girls above 6th grade to school. Just hours after the Taliban decided to reopen schooling for young girls, they crushed their hope of acquiring the right to education. While disappointing to…

US President Joe Biden publicly labelled Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” for his barbarous attack on Ukraine’s major cities. Joe Biden, President of the United States, speaking at a public event titled “President Putin is a War criminal.” However, experts suggest that prosecuting Putin and other Russian leaders would make matters worse and would take a long time. The International Criminal Court has started investigating the possible war crimes of Russia in Ukraine. What is a War crime? The United Nations defines war crimes as humanitarian breaches during an international or domestic conflict with civilians or the opposite…

The Russia-Ukraine war is going to complete a month soon. Let’s take a look on the major developments from Day 26. The major developments that took place yesterday, till March 21 are listed below. Mariupol won’t Surrender: Russia has given an ultimatum to the Ukrainian government to surrender the besieged city of Mariupol. In exchange for Mariupol, Russia offers safe passage to all the civilians. However, President Zelensky has refused to surrender Mariupol. The Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine has said that “there can be no talks over surrendering or laying down arms. And we have already informed the Russians…

An organisation formed to assure security to its member nations through political and military aid against the expansion of Soviet Union. Slovakia, which is a NATO member and also borders Ukraine, is deploying Patriot Air Defence from the NATO countries. German and Dutch forces will operate the deployment in the coming days. Initially, the deployment will be in central Slovakia to strengthen NATO in the east. The Russian invasion of Ukraine provoked NATO to reinforce its defence system near Ukraine. On March 13, Russia attacked the Yavoriv Military Training Base, which is about 24 km away from Poland, a NATO…

India at the United Nations Security Council urged all the nations to abide by the implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, especially when Ukraine and Russia enter their 24th Day of War. Indian Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti addressed the UN Security Council briefing on Ukraine crisis. During the conference, Indian ambassador stated the immediate need for all the countries to abide by the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). It is very important for the countries at war to understand the consequences of the use of Biological and Chemical Weapons. Moreover, any matter relating…

The United Nations has decided to initiate a new one-year mandate for the UN political mission, which is considered ‘crucial’ to establish peace in the region. However, the UN did not use the word ‘Taliban’. The United Nations Security Council has voted in the favor of establishing formal ties with the Taliban led government in Afghanistan on Thursday. The UN believes that the initiative was very necessary in order to establish peace in Afghanistan. The Taliban government on the other hand has not received widespread recognition in the internationally yet. The UNSC has approved for a mandate of a year,…