Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
Armenians ‘lose motherland’ in blow to Russia’s influence abroad
Last week, Vardan Tadevosyan was still the health minister of a small if unrecognised republic in the south Caucasus mountains, managing dozens of government employees and running one of the busiest medical facilities in the region. But in a span of 24 hours, the government of Nagorno-Karabakh ceased to exist. Soon, Tadevosyan’s staff began to…
Read MoreWhy India’s warnings about Sikh separatism don’t get much traction in the West
The current India-Canada crisis has exposed a sharp disconnect between India and the West on the issue of Sikh separatism. Ever since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged possible Indian involvement in the June assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia, New Delhi has doubled down on a long-standing grievance:…
Read MoreA QAnon ‘queen’ and the Canada town that wants her gone
She claims to be the Queen of Canada, and now she’s holding court in an abandoned school. Romana Didulo, a QAnon-inspired conspiracy theorist, leads a group of supporters who have spent the last few years traveling around Canada in motorhomes and other vehicles. Recently, the group moved into Richmound, a village of around 150 people…
Read MoreGang violence in Haiti escalating and spreading, UN says
Gang violence in Haiti is escalating and spreading from the capital Port-au-Prince through the center of the country to its two other major cities, Gonaives and Cap-Hatien, with a significant increase in killings, kidnappings and rapes in the past few months, the U.N. chief said in a report circulated Wednesday. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in…
Read MoreGeneration Jihad Ep. 100 — Squad Pops Off on Mali
Where in the world might the next state collapse into failure? Hosts Bill and Caleb ultimately narrowed it down to two options: Somalia or Mali. Shabaab in Somalia has aptly been dubbed “The Taliban of Africa,” given how well-organized, well-armed and effective it is there as a jihadist group. But Mali is actually the weaker…
Read MoreNEWS‘It’s such a common thing now’: School shootings reached record levels in 2022
When a student opened fire at her Detroit high school in November 2021, killing four students and injuring seven others, Rebekah Schuler let go of the idea of ever feeling truly safe in school again. “We’re being forced to normalize learning amid a constant fear of guns ringing inside or outside of our classrooms,” said…
Read MoreThird Bahraini soldier dies after Houthi drone attack close to Saudi border
DUBAI, Sept 27 (Reuters) – A third Bahraini serviceman died on Wednesday following a Houthi drone attack on Monday against forces of the Saudi-led coalition in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, Bahrain’s state news agency said. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement has battled the Saudi-led coalition since 2015 in a conflict that has killed…
Read MoreMonterrey gangs: Bodies dumped in Mexico’s business capital
The mutilated remains of up to a dozen people were found strewn across the northern Mexican city of Monterrey on Tuesday. Messages left with the remains suggest the victims were killed as part of a purge within a gang. Monterrey is the industrial and business capital of Mexico and the seat of many large companies.…
Read MorePolice say they thwarted ‘potential active shooter’ outside church in Virginia
A Virginia man was arrested at a church after allegedly being found inside with a loaded semi-automatic pistol with an additional magazine, a folding knife and a folding “credit card”-style knife, according to police. Fairfax County police arrested 35-year-old Rui Jiang after becoming tipped off by a Maryland woman who called Anne Arundel Police to…
Read MoreIraq vows it ‘will not be lenient’ with Elizabeth Tsurkov’s kidnappers
Iraq has said it will show no leniency to the kidnappers of an Israeli-Russian researcher who has been missing for more than six months, as international pressure mounts on Baghdad to move forward with the investigation. Elizabeth Tsurkov, a PhD student at Princeton University in the US, who was conducting research in Baghdad when she…
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