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A US military update announced that Kurdish forces fighting in Kobane had received weapons, ammunition and medical supplies from the US and Kurdish authorities. Three C-130 cargo aircraft had delivered “multiple” successful airdrops of supplies in the battlezone. However, political analysts fear that this move may enrage Turkey. Turkey’s standoff against Kurds continues as they

Russia’s involvement in the political instability of Ukraine by annexing Crimea and inflaming the situation by arming the pro-Russian rebels in Donetsk puts it in a dire political situation as leaders of different countries push for further financial sanctions against Russia by the European Union. British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and

Nigerian ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo plans to broker the safety of 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by terrorist group Boko Haram after having met people close to the group. Obasanjo had met with relatives of senior Islamist fighters in Obasanjo’s farm in the Southern Ogun state.     According to an anonymous source by a local Nigerian newspaper,

Russia recently boycotted an informal Security Council meeting with Crimea’s Tatar minority and called the meeting as “inappropriate” and a distraction from the Ukraine Crisis, which Russia is deeply involved in. Other countries, including China and Rwanda, did not attend the security council meeting as well. Lithuania’s UN deputy ambassador Rita Kazragien said that the

In recent months, tensions between Isreal and Palestine have been quite high despite recent breakthroughs like the release of prisoners by Isreal. However, after three years without peace-talks, Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in have been held in Jerusalem. The meeting, as confirmed by both sides, had ended late on Wednesday after several hours. One Israeli official

President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela said on Friday that he is willing to provide Edward Snowden humanitarian asylum because the former NSA contractor did “what he though was right for the entire world and revealing the invasive activities of the empire”. Russia urged Edward Snowden to answer to Venezuela’s offer as his window of asylum

The war between the two neighboring countries, the North and South Korea has been putting so much tension in the United Nations and the United States. The North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has declared a state of war last Saturday and followed by the statement that they will strengthen their nuclear weapons amidst the declaration

A prison that was under the control of the United States for a long time was already turned over to Afghanistan. This was the last prison under the mandate of the U.S. The formerly known Bagram Jail was already changed to Afghan National Detention Facility at Parwan. A Handover Ceremony occurred; this was also in

After North Korea pursued its nuclear test last February, the United States was prompted to give stricter sanctions on its foreign exchange bank. The said sanction was made after gaining a vote from the United Nations. The tension between the two countries was also brought about by the partnership of the U.S. and South Korea