Turkish government has rejected the US condolences over the recent bomb explosion. Six were killed and more than 80 injured after an explosion in the busy central region of Istanbul on Sunday. The police immediately covered the area of the explosion. The terrorist attack shocked the busy Taksim Square area.
The heads of the two largest global powers, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on Monday in Indonesia as the G20 Meeting takes place in Bali
China is developing its nuclear weapons at a faster rate than the US, according to the recent statement by The Commander of US Strategic Command. The development is dangerous amid an intense security competition between China and the US over Taiwan. Charles Richard called it a “near-term problem,” as China continues to threaten regional security.
The US Economy recorded growth in Q3 of 2022, even though consumer and business spending took a hit from the double threat of continued inflation and higher interest rates
Moscow has threatened Western countries that if they don’t stop supporting Ukraine, it’ll target its satellites. Moscow has been threatening with different means since its invasion of Ukraine, but this development is strange as Moscow may attempt to destroy Western satellites in space.
Democrats withdrew a letter to Biden, which sought to convince the president to negotiate directly with Russia in order to de-escalate the conflict.
A Russian court has decided to reject Brittney Griner’s appeal on her 9-year prison sentence on drug charges. Stating that the previous court’s decision was correct.
The United States Space Force agency is looking for a new vendor (or groups of vendors) to create new missile warning satellites. This contract is worth $4.7 billion in total.
Thousands of people including Iranians and Kurds have come out in support of the peaceful protests in Iran. The protests in Iran have been going for the past 37 days triggered by the death of a 22 year old Kurdish woman, in Iranian Police’s custody. The protestors took to streets in Berlin, Los Angeles, Washington, Stockholm, UK and Tokyo, in solidarity with the Iranian people.
On Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly rejected Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territory supported by an overwhelming majority. Russia officially occupied four key regions of Ukrainian territory in a referendum late September. The move to occupy more than 15% of the territory met with anger from the West and the United Nations.
North Korea has constantly been threatening South Korea and Japan with its missile launches. This is the seventh missile launch in just 2 weeks setting alarms in the neighbouring countries. The US, Japan and South Korea have responded with joint military drills after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan this week.
2 Russian soldiers have arrived in Alaska by boat amid Russian aggression in Ukraine. Russian forces have been facing hundreds of casualties in its war in Ukraine and many have protested not to join Putin’s partial mobilization last month. The 2 Russian soldiers have arrived in the US by avoiding their military service in Ukraine.
