Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has submitted his resignation to the country’s parliament after intense anti-government demonstrations and a call for change from the country’s top Shia leader ...

On November 27, 2019, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera sent a bill to the Chilean legislature that would allow the military to be deployed on the streets to guard infrastructure as protests continue. Demonstrations have surged in Chile, as they have in various other Latin American countries, over social and economic inequality, and a lack of government-provided social services ...

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) published its annual report on November 26, 2019, detailing a bleak outlook for the global climate. The UN’s uncharacteristically blunt language and startling statistics indicate the urgency required to address climate change ...

Colombian President, Ivan Duque, has promised to engage in dialogue with protesters after days of protests throughout the South American country. The protests have taken place in the capital city of Bogota and other cities throughout the country.

On November 22, 2019, South Korea announced that it will “conditionally” suspend the termination of a military information-sharing pact with Japan. The announcement came just six hours prior to the expiration of the three-year-old General Security of Military Information Agreement ...

The US House of Representatives passed two bills supporting Hong Kong protesters and warning China of human rights abuses. The bills were nearly unanimously passed and have been sent to President Trump to be signed into law ...

South Korea and US negotiations ended abruptly as disagreements surged over cost splitting for maintaining US troops on the Korean Peninsula. The Trump administration is reportedly demanding $5 billion from Seoul - a 400% increase since last year - to cover the cost of about 28,500 troops based in South Korea ...

In November 2019, the U.S. announced a reversal of its opinion regarding Israeli settlements in the West Bank...

Former Defense Chief, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, won Sri Lanka’s presidential elections on November 17, 2019. The new president has pledged to prioritize national security, as the country continues to reel from the Easter Sunday bombings by ISIS militants this past year, which was directed at churches and luxury hotels, and killed hundreds of people ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced it will stop funding fossil fuel projects after 2021 to become the world’s first “climate bank”. Directors of the EIB are taking a significant step towards addressing the issue of climate change through a new energy lending policy, contributing to delivering on the Paris Climate Agreement ...