International Current Affairs
Notwithstanding cautions from experts, his own Republican Party members and opposition Democratic Party regarding possible ignition of a regressive global trade war, President Donald Trump ordered steep new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the U.S. on March 08. He in his usual bullish style vowed to fight back against an “assault on our […]
Angela Merkel agreed a deal on February 07, 2017 to form a new coalition government in Germany, more than four months after suffering damaging losses in elections. Mrs Merkel reached an agreement with her former coalition partners, the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), after the longest period without an elected government in postwar Germany. She expressed […]
On February 05, Iranian authorities arrested 29 people as part of a crack down on protests against the compulsory hijab (headscarves mandatory for women). The movement, which has been named “the Girls of Revolution Street”, started after a woman took off her headscarf in central Tehran. This movement is a new addition of vicious month […]
President Donald Trump recognised the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on November 06, an historic decision that overturns decades of US policy and risks triggering a fresh spasm of violence in the Middle East. He claimed, “I have determined that it is time to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.” The […]
Donald Trump came to China on his first visit as President of America. He was on a trip of five Asian countries which included China, America’s biggest regional rival, and often the object of the president’s non-stop tirades. China is a rising Asian power which Trump has often described as a threat to America while […]
On September 27, several media outlets published a nine-page document in which the “Big Six” group of White House and congressional Republican negotiators laid out their plans for a bill to overhaul the federal tax code. No bill has been released as of October 10, when President Trump told reporters that the plan would be adjusted over […]
The United States will withdraw from UNESCO at the end of next year, the US State Department said on October 12, to stop accumulating unpaid dues and make a stand on what it said is anti-Israel bias at the U.N.’s educational, science and cultural organization. In notifying UNESCO of the decision Thursday morning, the State […]
The Catalan independence referendum of 2017 was an independence referendum called by the Generalitat de Catalunya and approved by the Parliament of Catalonia, but declared illegal on 6 September 2017 and suspended by the Constitutional Court of Spain because it breached the Spanish Constitution of 1978. It was held on 1 October 2017 in the […]
The 2017 German Elections elicited far more global interest compared to previous elections. The emergence of Germany as a robust economy and as an important pillar of the European Union is a significant reason for the growing interest in understanding the recent elections there. The German elections were held against the backdrop of geopolitical shifts […]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn labelled the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill a ministerial ‘power grab’ and ordered his MPs to vote against the Government. The Brexit repeal bill failed to pass. Prime Minister Theresa May managed to avoid defeat in the Commons clash and hailed results as a historic Parliamentary victory that would allow exit negotiations […]