Global Geopolitical Series: Key updates from across the world

Here are some key events to keep a tab on,

• Russia-U.S. - Syria: Syrian president Bashar al Assad denied recent claims that Russia is dictating Syrian army.    
   
• Korean Peninsula: Both U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un have arrived in Singapore for their historic summit that would begin on Tuesday.
   
• Palestine - Israel: Palestinian effort to make a legal case against Israel over the recent violence in Gaza strip where scores of Palestinian protesters were allegedly killed by Israeli defense force failed at the International criminal court.   
   
• Turkey-Israel-United States: As the U.S. and Turkey reached an agreement, YPG or better known as Kurdish fighters to evacuate Manbij in Syria.
   
• Italy election: Italy’s new populist government announced that Italy has no plans to leave the European Union or the Eurozone.
   
• Trade war: The G-7 meeting ended last week in complete disarray and in an ugly manner where the U.S. President publicly accused the Prime Minister of Canada of dishonesty and lies.