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(Bahrain) Escalation in the use of the death penalty

Al Jazeera writes: The use of the death penalty in Bahrain has dramatically escalated over the past decade, specifically since the 2011 Arab Spring uprising,...

(Haiti/USA) Haiti and American pressure

Al Jazeera writes: The United States’s top diplomat has urged Haitian political leaders to work towards holding elections later this year, a demand top civil...

(Haiti) Inside Haiti

Al Jazeera writes: Haitian police have arrested one of the suspected masterminds behind the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. Authorities said they detained a Haitian man,...

(Nepal) Inside Nepal

Al Jazeera writes: Nepal’s Supreme Court has reinstated its parliament, which was dissolved by caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in May, and ordered...

(Ethiopia) Inside Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

Al Jazeera writes: Forces from Ethiopia’s northern restive Tigray region said on Monday that they were pushing south and had recaptured a town from government...

(South Africa) Inside South Africa

Al Jazeera writes: The South African military said it was deploying soldiers in two provinces, including its economic hub of Johannesburg, to help police cope...

(Palestine) Israel law and Palestinian families

Al Jazeera writes: Thousands of Palestinians living in limbo and fear have been given a glimmer of hope in regard to living legally with...

(Iran/Azerbaijan) New Raisi Administration. What’s next for Iran-Azerbaijan relations ?

Omid Shokri writes for The Jamestown Foundation: Despite a rapprochement of sorts in 2019 (see EDM, March 20, 2019), Iran’s relations with the Republic of...

(Russia/Belarus) Russia, Belarus and sanctions

Rauf Mammadov writes for The Jamestown Foundation: On June 24, Russia’s state-owned oil transit system operator Transneft announced that hydrocarbon producers Rosneft and Surgutneftgaz...

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