Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter to mark 75th wedding anniversary.

Former president Jimmy Carter, the longest living president, has accomplished a lot in his 96 years, but his longest-running accomplishment is his marriage to former first lady Rosalynn Carter. The couple will celebrate their 75th anniversary on July 7, marking nearly eight…

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Egypt Inaugurates Its Largest Naval Base to Maintain Maritime Security.

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated the ‘July 3 Naval Base’ located in Gargoub area in Egypt’s northwest coast. The July 3 Naval Base is regarded as Egypt’s largest naval base and stretches over 10 million square meters, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Accor…

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Gulzarilal Nanda, former Prime Minister's birth anniversary - 04 July.

Gulzarilal Nanda, (born July 4, 1898, Sialkot, Punjab, British India [now in Pakistan]—died January 15, 1998, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India), Indian politician who twice served briefly as interim prime minister, in 1964 following the death of Jawaharlal Nehru and in 1966 upon t…

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U.S. hands Bagram Airfield to Afghans after nearly 20 years

After nearly 20 years, the U.S. military left Bagram Airfield, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America. The airfield was handed over to the Afghan National Security and Defense Force in its…

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Donald Rumsfeld dies at age 88.

Donald Rumsfeld – Republican power broker, controversial defense secretary and architect of the Iraq War – died Tuesday 29 June 2021, days before his 89th birthday. The cause of Rumsfeld's death was multiple myeloma, according to his spokesman, Keith Urbahn. President Geo…

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An Indian warship conducted Military Drill with South Korean Ship In East China Sea.

An Indian Navy warship carried out a military drill with a South Korean vessel in the East China Sea on 28 June 2021. This partnership exercise was aimed at enhancing interoperability and facilitating the exchange of best practices between the two navies. Indian Navy's in…

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Former South African President Jacob Zuma sentenced to 15 months.

South Africa's highest court found former President Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 months in prison on Tuesday 29 June 2021, a landmark move in the country's long-running corruption saga. The Constitutional Court of South Africa ordere…

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Turkey and Azerbaijan started Joint Military Drills.

The armed forces of Turkey and Azerbaijan have began joint military drills called “Mustafa Kemal Ataturk – 2021,” in Baku on Monday 28 June 2021, deploying tanks, helicopters and drones in an effort to improve the two countries’ combat interoperability. The main purpose of t…

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Ukraine, US launch Black Sea drills

Ukraine and the United States have launched a military exercise involving more than 30 countries in the Black Sea and southern Ukraine, despite Russian calls to cancel the drills. The "Sea Breeze 2021" manoeuvres that began on Monday (28) and will last for two week…

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EU lifts sanctions on Burundi.

Burundi's presidency announced the European Union had lifted its sanctions after meeting with the EU ambassador to the country. This move, which comes one year after President Evariste Ndayishimiye's coming to power, will mean the Central African country will no long…

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Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino dies.

Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has died after a prolonged illness, according to several news reports and later confirmed by his family. Aquino, 61, served as the country’s 15th president from 2010 to 2016 and was succeeded in office by the incumbent, Rodrigo …

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Chile to begin drafting new constitution.

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has said the assembly to draft a new constitution will hold its first session on July 4, as they are moves towards replacing its current conservative, dictatorship-era charter. The re-writing of the constitution is the result of a broad pol…

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Swedish Prime Minister Lofven loses historic no-confidence vote.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has lost a no-confidence vote, giving the Social Democrat leader a week to resign and hand the speaker the job of finding a new government or call a snap election. Lofven, 63, has served as premier since 2014 and is the first Swedish prim…

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Armenia's Acting PM Nikol Pashinyan wins post-war poll.

The party of Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has won snap elections, the country's electoral commission says. Preliminary results from all 2,008 polling stations give the Civil Contract party 54%, it says. The opposition Armenia alliance led by ex-Pres…

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Ebrahim Raisi, wins Iran's Presidential Election.

Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judiciary chief with a brutal human rights record, will be the next president of Iran following his win in an uncompetitive election that most of the country sat out. Raisi, who has long opposed engagement with the West and is a close ally of Suprem…

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US President Joe Biden signed Juneteenth bill into law and established a federal holiday.

President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law, officially making June 19 a federal holiday and giving national recognition to a day commemorating emancipation. Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery and commemorates June 19, 1865, when Un…

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Zambia first president Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda passes away.

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, has died aged 97. Kaunda was admitted to a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka, on Monday suffering from pneumonia. His aides said he did not ha…

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UK and Australia agreed on historic free trade agreement.

A new free trade agreement with the UK will deliver more Australian jobs and business opportunities for exporters, bringing both countries closer together in a changing strategic environment. Prime Ministers Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson have agreed on the broad outlines …

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Cabinet approves setting up of ‘Small Claims Court’.

The Cabinet of Ministers this week approved the establishment of a ‘Small Claims Court’ with the jurisdiction to hear cases below a specific monetary threshold.  The goal is to ease the caseload of the District Court which would then be able to hear disputes of a higher valu…

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NATO says attack in space could trigger mutual defense clause.

NATO leaders on Monday 14 June 2021 expanded the use of their all for one, one for all, mutual defense clause to include a collective response to attacks in space. Article 5 of NATO’s founding treaty states that an attack on any one of the 30 allies will be considered an att…

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