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Greece/Eastern Mediterranean – Greece in the eastern Mediterranean: Turning engagement into influence (Vassilis Ntousas, ECFR)

Greece is entangled in the remarkably swift geopolitical changes in the eastern Mediterranean. Athens has responded to the region’s explosive mix of competing maritime...

USA/Myanmar – US sanctions 22, including Myanmar ministers, for military coup (Al Jazeera)

The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on 22 individuals including four Myanmar government ministers in response to the February military coup and attacks...

China – In its 100 years, who has China’s Communist Party purged? (Al Jazeera)

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 100-year history is not just one of revolution and rejuvenation, but also ruthlessness. From Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution to Deng...

El Salvador – El Salvador seizes opposition party assets in corruption probe (Al Jazeera)

The attorney general’s office in El Salvador has seized some assets of the conservative opposition party in what it said was an attempt to...

Mexico – Mexico water supply buckles on worsening drought, crops at risk (Al Jazeera)

A long-term drought that has hit two-thirds of Mexico is likely to worsen in coming weeks with forecasts of high temperatures and warnings of...

Ethiopia – Ethiopia denies blocking aid to Tigray, WFP resumes operations (Al Jazeera)

The Ethiopian government has denied blocking humanitarian aid to its northern Tigray region and said it was doing all it could to rebuild infrastructure...

OPEC+ – OPEC+ to resume talks on Monday after UAE roadblock (Al Jazeera)

OPEC+ will resume talks on Monday after failing to reach a deal on oil output policy for a second day running on Friday because...

Israel – Can United Arab List change Israeli politics from within? (Thomas O Falk, Al Jazeera)

In view of the political drama surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu’s departure, a novum in Israeli politics almost faded into the background: For the first time in...

Kuwait – Kuwait’s life-after-oil fund rises to record $700B (Fiona MacDonald, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Kuwait is making strides in an effort to invest its way out of dependency on oil money. The Future Generations Fund, a national savings pot...

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