The Argentinian government is facing stark opposition for its plan to nationalize the company Vicentin SAIC, one of the world’s largest exporters of soy meal and oil. This move comes as Argentina struggles to restructure its more than $65 billion in sovereign debt...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is noticeably accelerating across the African continent. According to the WHO, it took 98 days for the continent to reach 100,000 cases and just 18 days to reach 200,000. As of mid-June ...

Amid an ongoing dispute between North and South Korea over anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaigns, a North Korea official has threatened interference in the 2020 US presidential election if the United States continues to insert itself in the internal affairs of North Korea...

On June 9, 2020, Greece and Italy signed an agreement demarcating their maritime boundaries, amid tension in the Mediterranean region over rights to natural resources. The agreement demarcates the exclusive economic zone between Greece and Italy in the Ionian Sea...

Russia and the United States have agreed to hold nuclear arms negotiations this month and have invited China to participate in the discussions. As of June 2020, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, also referred to as New START, is the last ...

As part of a debt relief program from the Group of 20 nations (G-20), the Chinese government has agreed to postpone debt repayments for low-income countries. The announcement came on ...

Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has retaken control of Tarhuna, a major western stronghold from rebel commander Khalifa Haftar and his Libyan National Army (LNA), just one day after retaking Tripoli ...

On June 3, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a state of emergency after 20,000 tons of diesel fuel spilled into a riven within the Arctic Circle. The spill occurred on May 29 when a fuel reservoir collapsed at a power plant near the Siberian city of Norilsk...

Washington has announced an end to sanctions waivers that have allowed Russian, Chinese, and European firms to cooperate with Iran’s civil nuclear program. Terminating the sanctions waivers effectively ends the last remnants of ...

In early May 2020, a confrontation broke out between Indian and Chinese troops involving fistfights and stone-throwing along the de facto border between the two countries. The risk of open conflict has since escalated significantly.