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TUNISIA – Tunisia extends five-year-old state of emergency by six months (Al Jazeera)

The Tunisian presidency has announced a six-month extension of the country’s state of emergency, in place since a 2015 attack on a presidential guard...

UGANDA – Uganda calls off search for bodies in Lake Albert boat capsize (Al Jazeera)

The Ugandan police say a search for bodies has been called off after a boat capsized earlier this week on Lake Albert – which...

LEBANON/SYRIAN REFUGEE CAMP – Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon set ablaze after fight (Al Jazeera)

A Syrian refugee camp in northern Lebanon was set on fire Saturday night following a fight between members of the camp and a local...

GAZA STRIP – COVID in besieged Gaza: ‘A blockade inside a blockade’ (Maram Humaid, Al Jazeera)

Eight years ago, the United Nations warned that the Gaza Strip would not be a “liveable place” by 2020, urging Israel to lift its...

MIDDLE EAST/2020 – Regression, hope and change: The Middle East in 2020 (Thomas O Falk, Al Jazeera)

The year 2020 has left its mark on much of the Middle East. While some developments have shined a glimmer of hope on ostensibly...

GULF COUNTRIES/IRAN – Why oil makes Gulf countries vulnerable to Iran (Nikolay Kozhanov, Al Jazeera)

The brazen attack that led to the death of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has undoubtedly angered Tehran. The Iranian authorities blamed Israel for the...

LEBANON/SYRIAN REFUGEE CAMP – Syrian refugee camp in Northern Lebanon set on fire following fight with local family (Al Arabiya)

A Syrian refugee camp in northern Lebanon was set on fire Saturday night following a fight between members of the camp and a local...

USA/CHINA – US-China relations: climate change crisis can unite squabbling great powers (Brian P. Klein, SCMP)

Unless the United States and China find a way to work together to address the most pressing issue of our time, a disaster...

CHINA/INDIA – Why China’s new hydropower project could have security implications for India (Kuldip Singh, SCMP)

Beijing’s planned dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo river (the Brahmaputra in India) could be another sore point between the neighbours, who are locked...

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