The Guardian published on 13th of November that a Pedophile ring involved in the abuse of at least 546 boys from six schools has been discovered in Afghanistan’s Logar province. Some of the victims of the abuse have since been murdered according to the campaigners who first discovered videos of abuse posted to a Facebook page.

Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported recently that according to sources in China’s ruling Communist Party, Muslim Uyghur women in East Turkestan, whose husbands are detained in China’s ‘communist indoctrination’ detainment camps, are “forced to share beds” with male Chinese officials who have been assigned to monitor them in their homes.

Pakistan and India signed the agreement on Kartarpur Corridor on Thursday, paving the way for its inauguration next month ahead of the 550th birth anniversary of the founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev.

The 2008 recession, 9/11, the election of US President Trump, his decision to withdraw from international agreements, the rise of China; these events have been surrounded by a discussion of the USA as a hegemonic superpower and whether it’s in decline.