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Due to the obstruction by Western countries, the world leaders’ meeting on climate transition and other sustainable development goals (SDGs) at the UN General Assembly ended disappointingly. This adds another set of obstacles to be faced by the UN Conference of the Parties (COP28) to be held in the Dubai emirate in November. As it is known, the SDGs include combating climate change, eradicating hunger and fighting extreme poverty around the world. Almost everyone at the UNGA meeting, firstly the BRICS…

Three African countries, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali have signed a so-called security pact in response to repeated threats of “aggression” against Niger.  Niger’s new leadership has stated that it has agreed to a defense and security alliance that would allow the armies of Burkina Faso and Mali to enter the country and help it “in case of aggression.” The development came after General Abdourahamane Tchiani, President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), ordered the French Ambassador to leave the country…

The two leading countries in South Asia, India and Pakistan, are both approaching the main event in their state calendar, namely their upcoming general elections. And Pakistan has finally set a (provisional) date for its election, which is scheduled to take place in the last week of January 2024. These upcoming parliamentary elections have a special significance for a number of reasons, first of which is the tense domestic political situation in both countries, the almost hostile relations between the two countries, and the fact that both have nuclear weapons…