Due to the growing threat of terrorism the authorities of China, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan have decided to create a "quadripartite mechanism" for intelligence data sharing. In the Chinese city of Urumqi member of the Central Military Commission of China Fang Fenghui has met with representatives of the military leadership of the three neighboring countries. "China wants to create an anti-terrorism alliance with Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan," - quoted by local media. Chinese authorities intend to strengthen cooperation with neighboring countries to combat the "growing internal military threat."
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A chance to revive a wrecked peace process with Kurdish rebels has been missed as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan taps nationalist sentiment to consolidate his support after a failed military coup, the head of the pro-Kurdish opposition has said. Decrees during a state of emergency, including purges of tens of thousands of suspected coup plotters, may threaten the wider opposition, Selahattin Demirtas, co-chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), also said in an interview.
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As the world is set to watch the ongoing presidential campaign in the United Sates, Nicaragua is going through its own not less controversial pre-elections turmoil. Daniel Ortega is running for his second reelection. Since first coming to power the 'ex-guerilla turned politician’ has changed the Nicaraguan consitutional law, so that the president can be relected infinitely. In the current presidential campiagn, however, Ortega has made a particualrly bold move, nominating his wife, Rosario Murillo, to be the future vice-president of the country.
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Authorities in Burundi has just announced their negative decision about future deployment of UN officers on their territory. This proposition was made by United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Last month the UNSC has unanimously agreed to end over 220 UN police to monitor the security and human rights situation in the east African country. The decision was accepted via international resolution 2303. Governments announcement was published on official Burundi’s profile on Twitter. ‘‘Burundi: The Government rejects the provision of resolution 2303 in connection with the sending of a force on its territory,’‘ the tweet read.
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On Monday, an Ecuadorean collective called “Rafael Always With You” said it has collected more than 930 000 signatures of the 1 million it needs to collect in 40 days for the country’s National Electoral Council (CNE) to allow a referendum on whether to let President Rafael Correa stand in next year's election.
Once it reaches 1 million, he collective will submit the petition to the electoral authority for validation. If it’s approved, the Ecuadorian top court will have to rule on whether a referendum on the issue of Correa running for president would be constitutional or not.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump escalated his war with his own party’s leadership Tuesday by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul D. Ryan or Sen. John McCain from Arizona two of the GOP’s highest-ranking elected officials, in their primary campaigns. As challenges in their states' primary they face contests ahead of the Nov. 8 general election. Both Ryan and McCain had criticized Trump's feud with the family of Army Captain Humayun Khan, who died in the line of duty in Iraq in 2004 and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for bravery after his death.
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On August 3, will take place municipal elections in South Africa. Millions of South Africans will vote to renew the mandates of mayors and municipal councils in 278 cities. The election will be a test for the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) and the President Jacob Zuma, while the ANC is facing major challenges. The main opposition is represented by the Democratic Alliance (DA). The situation in South Africa is already marked by civil disobedience and Citizen Insurrections. Furthermore, the election will be still marked by racial issues, some people bringing racial charges against the ANC, 3 years after Mandela’s death. Finally, disputes could rise after the results of the elections, as it was the case for the national elections in 2014, in a difficult economic context.
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The US military said they recorded a simultaneous launch of two North Korean medium-range ballistic missiles. One rocket exploded just after launch and flight of the second "tracked over North Korea in the Sea of Japan." Launches do not pose a threat to North America. Earlier it was reported that the start was made from Hwanghae-do province in the direction of the Sea of Japan. Ballistic missile range of 1,000 kilometers, allegedly flew into Japan's exclusive economic zone and fell into the sea 250 kilometers to the west of the peninsula Oga, Akita Prefecture.
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Since the begging of the Syrian civil war, both sides of the conflict are accusing each other for using the chemical weapons. In the recent event, on August 1st, a spokesman for Syria Civil Defense told Reuters that two barrels of the bomb dropped on the city of Saraqeb, which they are suspected to be choleric gas bombs. The group, which describes itself as a neutral band of search and rescue volunteers, posted a video on YouTube purportedly showing a number of men struggling to breathe after being given an oxygen mask by people in civil defense uniforms. They also claimed that up to 33 people are injured by the gas attack and most of them are woman and children.
Read More After a series of controversial remarks that Donald Trump has already made on the future relationship with Russia under his presidency, since the mailing scandal that broke up in the midst of the Democratic convention, the Republican Party candidate for Presidency went even further, suggesting that he could go as far as accepting Russia’s annexation of Crimea.Trump’s fateful comment was made on a TV program This Week. He was criticizing Obama’s administration, blaming the current President of the United States for creating the mess in that part of the world.
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