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Keep up to date with the most significant events on the world chessboard.
🇪🇺🇷🇺 The Council of the European Union has extended the economic sanctions for an additional 6 months, until July 31, 2024.
January 29, 2024 at 10:10 PM
🇵🇰🇮🇷 Pakistan has carried out strikes in eastern Iran against « terrorist » positions of Pakistani origin. This action follows the bombing of supposed terrorist positions by Iran led by Iran in Pakistan.
January 18, 2024 at 8:20 AM
🇬🇹 Bernardo Arévalo has officially been sworn in as the President of Guatemala.
January 15, 2024 at 8:13 AM
🇩🇰 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark abdicates. His son Frederik X becomes King of the Scandinavian country.
January 14, 2024 at 5:34 PM
A map of the Middle East to better understand what's going on there.
January 11, 2024 at 11:53 PM
🇪🇨 Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Azín signs an executive decree declaring an internal armed conflict and designating several organizations as terrorists, ordering military operations against them.
January 10, 2024 at 1:46 AM
🇫🇷 Gabriel Attal, 34, is appointed prime minister by French President Emmanuel Macron.
January 9, 2024 at 11:47 AM
🇫🇷 Élisabeth Borne, Prime Minister of the French Republic, has submitted her resignation to the French President, Emmanuel Macron.
January 8, 2024 at 5:33 PM
🇧🇴🇿🇦 Bolivia supports South Africa, which has filed a lawsuit against the State of Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), regarding Israel's "violations of its obligations under the Genocide Convention" against Palestinians in Gaza.
January 8, 2024 at 3:48 PM
🇹🇩🇮🇱🇵🇸 The government of the Republic of Chad denies Israeli reports of talks between Israel and Chad to send Gazans to Chadian soil.
January 6, 2024 at 1:25 AM
🇫🇷🇮🇱🇵🇸 France condemns the remarks of the Israeli Minister of Finance, Mr. Bezalel Smotrich, and the Minister of National Security, Mr. Itamar Ben Gvir, calling for the "emigration" of the Gazan population as well as the re-establishment of settlements in Gaza and its land occupation.
January 4, 2024 at 12:26 AM
🇬🇧🇷🇺🇺🇦 Recent Russian long-range strikes against Ukraine were primarily aimed at defense industry targets, in contrast to last year's attacks that prioritized energy infrastructure, the British Ministry of Defense said in its latest intelligence report on Jan. 3.
January 3, 2024 at 12:46 PM
🇲🇾🇮🇱🇵🇸 Malaysia joins South Africa's lawsuit before the International Court of Justice against Israel for "genocide"in Gaza.
January 2, 2024 at 7:23 PM
🇰🇷 The leader of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, Lee Jae-myung, was attacked during his trip to the city of Busan, Yonhap news agency reported.

The outlet said an assailant injured Lee Jae-myung in the neck with a 20-30 cm long object while the politician was talking to journalists.
January 2, 2024 at 7:55 AM
🇪🇹 Ethiopia recognises Somaliland's borders in exchange for a 20 km zone with access to the Gulf of Aden. The Ethiopian navy will have access to water and military infrastructure will also be developed. Somaliland is considered an integral part of Somalia.
January 2, 2024 at 7:10 AM
🇰🇼 Kuwait's ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has died, state television reported Saturday. Kuwait TV broke into programming with Quranic verses just before making the announcement.
December 16, 2023 at 10:08 AM
🇹🇷🇮🇱 Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Israel.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said Turkey's ambassador to Israel had been recalled to his home country "for consultations." #Israel #Palestine
November 5, 2023 at 2:12 AM