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Hong Kong witnessed one of the more prominent changes in years of free governance when China successfully passed Hong Kong security law on June 30, 2020 which will now give new powers to China over Hong Kong.  It all happened in a way that Hong Kong never had any security law because of its unpopularnature so China intervened and took it upon itself to ensure the ‘security’ of the autonomous country, a move highly criticised by officials and the Hong Kong nationals. There were series of protests demanding China not to interfere in Hong Kong’s affairs but China went on to intrude and despite backlases, managed to pass the law, which made people doubt their freedom. "It is clear that the law will have a severe impact on freedom of expression, if not personal security, on the people of Hong Kong. Effectively, they are imposing the People's Republic of China's criminal system onto the Hong Kong common law system, leaving them with complete discretion to decide who should fall ...

Iran and Iraq have been the most unstable countries as far as the military is concerned and time and again these countries have challenged each other in the game of power. In the recent show of events, 14 members of Katai’b Hezbollah, backed by Iran, have been arrested by the Iraqui military force. Katai’b Hezbollah is one of the strongest Shia armed factionedwithin the Hashed al-Shaabi,backed and established by Iran. In the overnight raid, Iraqui forces managed to get the betterof a fully armed militia group in their first raid against groups accused of anti-US rocket attacks, Iraqi officials said early Friday. This daring operation is also a reflection of Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa-al-Khadimi’s efforts to curtail down all the activities involving these terror and militia groups. Government sourcestold DPA news agency the operation “aims at enforcing security, tracking armed groups that fuel violence and occasionally strike at official buildings.” “Based on intelligence information...

People have always wondered European Union’s stance on the political drift between the front runners but they are still left somewhere in the middle. But there is a subtle wave of thought that European officials seem to believe that the EU should now take a more aggressive stance and defend itself more sharply than it used to, especially when it comes to competing against political models.  If you take technology for an example, Japan, America, China and South Korea easily lie ahead of European nations. If they try to take an independent approach in this very sector, it might turn out to be disastrous simply because there is a Fragmented European market. Europe does not have a tech giant to fight the battle. There is another reason for it which is a flexible approach. Be it Asian countries or America, whoever is leading the tech world knows that the industry is very flexible and words matter more than the law. Europe, unfortunately, does not understand this. Their laws do not invit...

     Nothing has been stable in Syria for as long as we remember. When the world is fighting a battle against coronavirus, this middle-eastern country has more to think and worry about. Syrian nationals have not lived in peace for the longest time now. After Bashar-al-Assad succeeded his father, there was a row of protests and incidents which were enough to show how Syria as a country is headed towards a full crisis. In 2011, when Arab Spring was an emerging phenomenon, Syrians also started to be part of it and demanded to choose their leaders. But unlike other countries, a series of protests did not work in the favour of the nation. Extreme measures were taken as resorts to silence the population demanding for the president’s resignation. There was a time when the US was in support of this resignation. The superpower wanted Assad to step down. And there is a time now when the United States has decided to get away with the idea of the regime leader stepping down and wan...

     Worldwide lockdown in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic resulted in a significant decrease in the carbon footprints due to the shutdown of economic activities. However, after weeks of closure, world governments are working on reviving their business operations to compensate for the losses. In a bid to accelerate economic growth, governments and business groups are renewing their efforts to cut 'green tape' or environmental regulations. Notably, environmental protection and regulation have been facing the axe when they pose risks or delays in industrial development. Now when the global economic growth has faced severe repercussions due to the Coronavirus outbreak, it is certain that the green tape will be seeing through major cuts in the post-pandemic campaign of countries across the world. In India, officials at the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change have been giving thumbs up to controversial developmental projects such as new coal mine in an...

     Coronavirus lockdown has left an unprecedented impact on our daily lives. In order to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus, world governments imposed 'stay-at-home' orders asking citizens to remain indoors for their safety. Amid pandemic fears, people are unable to travel across borders or simply enjoy a bike stroll around the park. Beaches and parks are shut to curb the movement of citizens during the lockdown. However, experts have suggested that staying indoors has had a critical impact on the physical and mental health of the majority of people. While people are trying to keep themselves occupied in various ways such as learning a new skill or spending on time on the internet, it has raised certain concerns over their health.   Amid the drastic changes, mental health experts have asserted that the unfavourable shift from the real world to the virtual world has led to an increase in our urge to return to the outdoors. Grappling with mental health issu...

As China proposed to impose new national security laws on Hong Kong, the threat to country’s freedom of subversion is in imminent danger. Hong Kong is famously known as the ‘city of protest’, where people come down on streets protesting for their rights and holding government accountable. This was however put to rest in 2003 when an anti-sedition law known as Article 23 was passed. Since then no government has dared to lift and go against Beijing.   After last year’s pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, Beijing’s patience ran out this week.   National People’s Congress (NPC) in China proposed to pass a regulation for national security and anti-sedition law on behalf of the city. This was done bypassing the Hong Kong’s legislature through a constitutional backdoor, which is rarely used.   This is done in attempt to take the full control of Hong Kong by Communist Party in China post the last year’s protests in the territory.   According to the draft r...