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Shortly after the burial services of Lebanon’s assassinated intelligence chief, violence erupted in Beirut after protesters tried to storm the offices the government’s headquarters. They went to there and called for Prime Minister Najib to hand over his resignation but were pulled back by the Internal Security Force personnel. The recent events in Lebanon have […]
On Sunday October 7th, The Philippine government has announced a preliminary peace agreement with the country’s largest Muslim group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). This deal aims at ending a 40-year conflict that has killed an estimated 120,000 people. But it could also open the way to boost domestic and foreign investments in the […]
There was no breakthrough in the East China Sea island dispute between China and Japan on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Foreign ministers Koichiro Gemba and Yang Jiechi were reported to have had a “severe” exchange. This is bad news for business in the region as the row with China […]
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has asked UN to grant Palestinians the status of “non-member observer state”, stressing that a “Palestinian state must be realized” One year after his bid for full membership of the United Nations failed because of a lack of support in the Security Council, Mr. Abbas returned to the UN General Assembly. […]
The uprising in Syria has led the European Union (EU) to employ an instrument it rarely uses in the Mediterranean: sanctions. Since May 2011, the EU has deployed its sanctions toolbox in support of the anti-regime uprising in Syria. The objective of the EU is to increase pressure on the Assad regime to end repression, […]
The summer has been hot in Hong Kong this year, and not only because temperature reached 32 degrees amid intense humidity. 100 000 people, mainly Hong Kong students, have been taking to the streets, and demonstrating in front of the government headquarters to oppose a new education curriculum, called the “moral and national education”. […]
International donors have pledged $6.4 billion to Yemen to support the country’s socioeconomic development plan, political transition and efforts to rebuild after it was rocked by political unrest and Al-Qaeda attacks. At the end of their meeting in Riyadh, which brought together more than 280 participants from 27 countries, 36 regional development & international finance […]
Tensions between the governments in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan are jeopardizing the country’s effort to stand again on its feet. Iraq is now the second largest oil producing country within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) but it is also loosing $200 each second because of the frequent blockage of […]