Pakistani paramilitary forces have taken over the offices of the MQM (Muttahida Qaumi Movement) party in Karachi. Consequently five of the party leaders have been arrested. The turbulences followed a violent crush of the MQM workers on the ARY News television office, allegedly called for by MQM chief Altaf Hussain. Hussain accused the media of not covering a six-day hunger strike. According to the Pakistani sources Hussain is guilty of expressing anti-Pakistani slogans. 

On Monday August 22, the president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, arrived Poland on a two-day visit. The focus of the visit was on economy cooperation between two countries and discussion of East Europeanforeign policy. President Andrzej Duda described the visit as “extremely important and significant” and reminded the audience that is the first such visit since 2002. However, in 2007 Polish president visited Kazakhstan. Nazarbayev called Poland a “natural partner”, emphasized the importance of bilateral relations and declared that Kazakhstan will abolish visa requirement for Polish citizens as part of the abolition of visas for OECD countries. Moreover, the President of Kazakhstan said that “Poland will be the first UE countries reached by Kazakh exports”.

North Korea has yet again threatened with a nuclear attack on Washington and Seoul. It is happening as the US and South Korea began the annual military drills today, known as the Ulchi Freedom Guardian manouveres. South Korea’s unification minister has expressed his regret when hearing of the nuclear threat, and reassured that it is not in the intention of South Korea or the US to stage an attack on the North. This information seems to come at a fateful time, when the US is planning to place a high-tech defense missile system in South Korea and following the defection of North Korean diplomat Thae Yong Ho. The president of South Korea has concluded that there are ‘serious cracks’ among the North Korean ruling elite and the authorities could be likely to carry out some action to divert the public attention from problems within the party.

As divisions in Europe are hardening under the pressure of the large flow of refugees since WWII, experts are making the case to set the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP), thus that it is quick to adapt and make the bloc resilient to rapid geopolitical changes.“We live in an age of instability. It is beginning to sink in people’s mind. We need to develop crisis-management strategies as crisis has become part of the norm,” said Demetrios Papademetriou, co-founder of the Migration Policy Institute, and President of MPI Europe.

Donald Trump's campaign chairman Paul Manafort has resigned from his position on the campaign. It's the second high-profile departure from the top of Trump's campaign structure after campaign manager Corey Lewandowski left the operation earlier this summer. This decision has been provoked because of the pressure of Republican leaders to make the campaign more balanced after several missteps. That caused Hillary Clintons’ lead in national polls. "I am very appreciative for his great work in helping to get us where we are today and in particular his work guiding us through the delegate and convention process. Paul is a true professional and I wish him the greatest success." – said Mr. Trump in a statement.