Reports have revealed that retired General Raheel Sharif, just 45 days after having retired as Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, has accepted the command of the 43-nation alliance of Muslim countries which has been put together by Saudi Arabia. Sensing the negative reaction of the Muslims to this acceptance, Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on 6 January 2017 confirmed the acceptance claiming that the government had been taken into confidence.

On 17 January 2015, Congo's parliament passed an electoral law requiring a census before the next elections. (Elections had been planned for 2016). On 19 January, protests led by students at the University of Kinshasa broke out. The protest began following the announcement of a proposed law that would allow Kabila to remain in power until a national census can be conducted. The clashes between police and protesters claimed at…

 The reality of democratic governments is that they are manipulated and controlled by powerful interests within, or even outside, the country. In the case of America, the political system is firmly in the hands of the Capitalist class, which has strong direct connections with America’s political and administrative institutions.

As, the unexpected to many, results of the US presidential elections emerged on the 9th of November 2016, a barrage of opinions ensued across the world from politicians, intellectuals etc. The division within US, more so in the general masses as compared to the elite, has never been so evident.