State and Politics
New dynamic: Kamala Harris vs. Trump in presidential election
A recent shooting incident at a Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, indicates that the time has come to raise a strong voice against political violence in the United States. It is still unclear what the political beliefs of the shooter at Trump's rally were. The Secret Service has confirmed that Trump is safe, but at least one person attending the rally and the suspected attacker have been killed. This incident suggests that the frequency of untoward incidents is likely to increase during the election year. This is particularly concerning as election-related officials continue to fear ongoing threats and violence.
Israel army recovers bodies of 5 killed on October 7 from Gaza
Israeli forces retrieved the remains of five Israelis, killed during Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel, whose bodies had been taken to the Gaza Strip, the military said Thursday
Brief defeat of Iran's hardliners
Reformist leader Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian has been elected as the President of Iran. He defeated hardliner Saeed Jalili by 28,000 votes in the second round of voting, becoming Iran's new president with 16.3 million votes, while Jalili received 13.5 million votes. This election took place two and a half years into the government’s term following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a plane crash.
Reasons for rise of far-right forces in France
Before and after the parliamentary elections, President Macron faced unprecedented questions about his leadership from both conservative loyalists and centrist rebels. Candidates worried about their chances in the election openly distanced themselves from him. Meanwhile, influential leaders in the government, like Prime Minister Attal, distanced themselves from Macron's decision to call for early elections. The leftist coalition, New Popular Front (NFP), won the most seats in the French national parliamentary election, successfully blocking a landslide victory by the far-right National Rally (RN). The coalition includes the Socialists, Greens, Communists, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon's France Unbowed party, which were previously deeply divided. Uniting these groups into a coalition was not easy, making their victory a groundbreaking event.
Assassination attempt on former US President Trump: Was it an act of a lone wolf?
It is a huge development not only for USA, but also for the rest of the world that former President and Republican candidate for the upcoming election in November, Donald Trump was targeted by a 20-year-old man with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle while he was addressing a gathering in Pennsylvania. The 78-year-old former President was hit in the ear while the shooter was killed by law enforcers. At the scene two attendees were badly injured and one was killed.
A Second Trump Presidency – A Pandora’s Box for the Global Order
According to a poll, 40% of Americans think foreign policy should be a primary issue in this election, which shows that number has nearly doubled since last year. How the U.S. impacts global affairs should be a priority for the U.S. Presidential election. However, the world has no say in who should lead the U.S., while the U.S. leader continues to dictate how the world should be governed; this paradox has continued to bewilder, frustrate, and even intrigue foreign affairs experts. In the ongoing discourse on how the next U.S. election will turn out, there is a complex debate on what a second Trump presidency would look like. Arguably, in his first term, Trump rewrote the global diplomacy rulebook. He had also transformed the domestic political landscape, which saw the attacks on the capitol, an incident that was not expected to occur in the U.S. However, this piece will focus on how a second Trump Presidency would impact international affairs.
Pezeshkian's Presidency: Balancing reform and resistance
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian has been elected as Iran's 14th president, winning by a wide margin over conservative candidate Saeed Jalili, who was favored by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Pezeshkian hails from West Azerbaijan Province and was born in 1954 in Mahabad city. His father is Iranian-Azeri, and his mother is Iranian-Kurdish. Pezeshkian earned a bachelor's degree in general medicine and, as a young medical student, joined the revolutionaries against the Pahlavi regime. During the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, he served as a combat doctor. In 2001, Pezeshkian became Iran's Minister of Health, and since 2008, he has been a Member of Parliament representing East Azerbaijan.
Where are Abed Ali's customers?
Abed Ali, the former driver of the PSC chairman, has admitted that he has amassed a vast fortune by selling exam questions. Is there no connection between those who got government jobs through Abed Ali's leaked questions and Abed Ali himself? Of course, there is. No one severs ties with such a crucial contact because every year there are exams, and Abed Ali's customers look for questions for their siblings, friends, and relatives. This way, government job seats get filled with those who acquired Abed Ali's questions, sidelining the deserving candidates and boosting the unqualified ones.
How rational is BNP's opposition to India?
Since the formation of the Awami League government after 2008, the BNP has held press conferences every time the Prime Minister of Bangladesh has visited India, criticizing the visits. The BNP has consistently opposed the agreements and treaties made during these visits, presenting negative comments. Dear readers, do you think that all the memorandums of understanding and agreements with India since 2009 are unreasonable and anti-national? According to the BNP, they certainly seem to be. Is it possible that the BNP has reached a point where opposing the Awami League government means opposing India as well?
Bangladesh's contribution to establishing a peaceful world
Bangladesh became the UN's 136th member on September 17, 1974, and ever since, it has been a contributing member of the UN. Bangladesh is a role model in achieving many of the UN goals. The UN may not achieve sustainable peace in the world yet, but in the social, economic, and health sectors, its achievements are significant. Because of the UN and its approach of targeting goals in the area of social, health, economic, and education sectors, for example, it helped in reducing poverty and hunger across nations, increased enrollment in primary schools significantly, infant and maternal death rates has reduced substantially, people below the poverty and hunger level has gone down in many countries, the longevity and comforts of life and living has improved all across nations.
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