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GCC SUMMIT – Gulf officials discuss ‘cooperation’ ahead of GCC summit (Al Jazeera)

Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries held a virtual meeting discussing “cooperation” ahead of a regional summit next month amid efforts to...

UK/TURKEY – UK says it will sign free trade deal with Turkey this week (Al Jazeera)

The United Kingdom and Turkey are set to sign a deal on Tuesday to extend their trading arrangements, making it the first since British...

CHINA/USA/HONG KONG – China rejects US call to release Hong Kong fugitives (Al Arabiya)

China urged the United States to stop using the Hong Kong issue to interfere with its domestic affairs on Monday, after the US embassy...

INDIA/KASHMIR – Indian police charge army officer, civilian for killing three laborers in Kashmir (Al Arabiya)

Indian police in Kashmir filed charges against an army officer and a civilian for allegedly killing three laborers and planting weapons to pass them...

RUSSIA/BARENTS SEA – 17 people missing after Russian fishing boat sinks in Barents Sea (Al Arabiya)

Seventeen people were missing Monday and two were rescued after a Russian fishing boat sank in the Barents Sea, apparently due to icing, the...

SUDAN/SOUTH DARFUR – Sudan deploys ‘large numbers’ of troops to South Darfur after violence erupts (Al Arabiya)

Sudan will deploy “large numbers” of troops to South Darfur state after the killing of 15 people in tribal violence recently, the state news...

USA/IRAN – Biden needs to build on Trump success to aid Iranian people (Mariam Memarsadeghi, Al Arabiya)

Five years after the Iran deal, many of the policy minds from the Obama era are headed back into government as US President elect...

USA/COVID RELIEF BILL – Trump signs COVID relief bill amid pressure, but adds conditions (Al Jazeera)

US President Donald Trump, on holiday in Florida, has finally signed a $2.3 trillion financial package that is crucial to millions of jobless Americans,...

PAKISTAN – Several soldiers killed by gunmen in southwestern Pakistan (Al Jazeera)

At least seven soldiers were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in southwestern Pakistan, the military said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/27/several-soldiers-killed-by-gunmen-in-south-western-pakistan

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