CCTV footage from July 20 showed the moment a leopard entered a liquor store and attacked a vendor in Rajasthan, northwest India. Earlier, the animal had already attacked a cleaning worker inside. Later, the leopard hid near the counter so both employees managed to escape. Others helped close the tent, trapping the leopard inside. After
Nicaragua’s government-controlled National Assembly is debating whether to ban opposition parties from running in elections and will vote on the matter in the first week of August. The measure comes a few days after President Daniel Ortega said that “there will be no more elections for them.” [the opposition] to try to take over the
Djouma Bah, who was a social sciences student, was reportedly caught using his phone during Guinea’s national baccalaureate on July 15, when he was arrested with other students, also suspected of exam fraud. Two days later, he was found guilty of cheating and sentenced to six months in prison, five of which were suspended. He
Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ended a hunger strike after 26 days of fasting in support of youth-led protesters demanding education reforms. In a post on Wangchuk, 59, went on strike to support the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), whose members are also demanding the resignation of India’s education minister. The activist previously said he had lost
So what effect is all this having on the region as a whole? First, it is important to note that two countries previously devastated by ruinous civil wars – Iraq and Syria – are now largely peaceful and stable, at least compared to where they were. The Gaza war is technically a ceasefire, although Gazans
In a statement sent to reporters on Thursday, Fedorov said his team had a “specific plan to end the war” when he was appointed defense minister in January. The key elements are protection of the sky, stabilization of the front and also attacks on the Russian economy, he said. “For six months we have consistently
