"What in the World?" - Week of January 22-28, 2017

One of the first actions of the Trump Administration on inauguration day was to release a statement that detailed this action in response to the North Korean threat.

A new round of Syria peace talks opened this week with hopes to shore up the ceasefire and develop a path for future talks. The United States and important rebel groups are not direct participants. The talks are being held in this city:

The fearsome Sinaloa drug cartel leader who gained notoriety after escaping twice from a Mexican prison was extradited to the United States last week. Joaquin Guzman is best known by his nickname:

American aircraft attacked an Al Qaeda training camp on Thursday and killed more than 100 militants according to the Pentagon a day after strikes killed more than 80 ISIS militants in Libya. The strike against Al Qaeda occurred in:

The Chinese Community Party’s official “People’s Daily” reflected the country’s official response to the inauguration of Donald Trump when it talked about THIS in a front-page commentary.

Myanmar’s Foreign Ministry, led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, rejected pressure by Malaysia to address the crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim group. Myanmar said it was regrettable that Kuala Lumpur called a meeting of a 57 country Muslim transnational organization to take up the case. That group is known as:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is lifting East Jerusalem settlement restrictions following municipal government moves to build hundreds of new homes in the area according to Reuters. The move comes in the wake of this international action on Israeli settlements:

This country is reviewing laws that would enable its Emperor to step down by the end of 2018.

This world leader responded to the inauguration of Donald Trump by urging him to be guided by ethical values and he said, “"We will see how he acts, what he does, and then I will have an opinion. But being afraid or rejoicing beforehand because of something that might happen is, in my view, quite unwise. It would be like prophets predicting calamities.”

The European Union representative to the Iran nuclear deal talks said that the agreement is “working for all” marking the anniversary of the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The agreement was signed by all of these countries except: