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Nile Dam Dispute – Is UN last diplomatic stop in Nile dam dispute ? (Al Monitor)

Egypt has so far played the Nile Dam dispute with Ethiopia straight by the diplomatic book, seeking a solution via mediated negotiation, working with...

USA – Climate Benefits the US Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Leaves Out (Jillian Neuberger, Katrina McLaughlin, Joel Jaeger, Carrie Dellesky, Lori Bird, Katie Lebling and...

On June 24, 2021, President Biden and a group of bipartisan senators announced a $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (with $579 billion in new...

Mali – France to resume military operations in Mali (Middle East Eye)

France announced on Friday that it will resume joint military operations in Mali after suspending them early last month following the West African country's...

Libya – Libya talks on elections miss deadline amid ‘heated debate’ (Middle East Eye)

Delegates at the UN-sponsored talks aimed at paving the way for elections in Libya in late December have failed to find common ground after...

Syria – Assad forces kill nine in Idlib, including seven children (Middle East Eye)

Seven children were among nine civilians killed by pro-government artillery fire on Saturday in Syria's last major rebel stronghold of Idlib in the country's...

Palestine – Anti-Palestinian Authority protesters march in Ramallah over Nizar Banat death (Middle East Eye)

Palestinians once again took to the streets in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday to denounce the death of activist Nizar...

Israel/Palestine – Israeli fire kills Palestinian in West Bank unrest (Middle East Eye)

A 20-year-old Palestinian man was killed by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank Saturday, Palestinian authorities said, following clashes between residents of a West...

Libya – Hopes for reconstruction boom clash with reality on the ground (Francesca Ebel, Middle East Eye)

Business leaders have begun making plans to carve up responsibility for the reconstruction of Libya, a mammoth task likely to cost around half a...

Japan – Protecting Japan’s foreign workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic (Yusaku Yoshikawa, East Asia Forum)

In January 2021, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reported that the number of foreign workers had hit a record high of 1.7 million. Meanwhile, the COVID-19...

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