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BOSNIA – Bosnia’s divided Mostar town holds first local vote in 12 years (Al Jazeera)

Citizens in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ethnically divided town of Mostar are voting for their city councillors for the first time in 12 years, after...

USA/MEXICO/ASYLUM SEEKERS – Keeping up appearances: Asylum seekers on the US-Mexico border (Lexie Harrison-Cripps, Al Jazeera)

Since the introduction of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) – also known as “Remain in Mexico” policies – in 2019, asylum seekers hoping to...

NEPAL – Nepal president dissolves Parliament, elections set for next year (Al Jazeera)

Nepal’s president has dissolved Parliament at the request of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s cabinet and announced that general elections would be held in...

GERMANY/FINLAND/SYRIA – Germany, Finland repatriate women and children from Syria camps (Al Jazeera)

Germany and Finland say they have repatriated 23 of their nationals, women and children from Syria, some of whom were under criminal investigation for...

UAE/PAKISTAN – UAE assured visa ban ‘temporary’ to check COVID, says Pakistan (Al Jazeera)

Pakistan says it has been assured by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that the abrupt visa ban imposed last month is “temporary in nature”...

USA/RUSSIA/CYBER – US President-elect Biden’s options for Russian hacking: sanctions, cyber retaliation (Al Arabiya)

President-elect Joe Biden’s team will consider several options to punish Russia for its suspected role in the unprecedented hacking of US government agencies and...

TURKEY – Turkey conducts exercises in Eastern Mediterranean amid tensions with neighbors (Al Arabiya)

Turkey has carried out naval exercises in the eastern Mediterranean, the defence ministry said Sunday, against a backdrop of tensions with its neighbours over...

RUSSIA – Putin hails Russia’s spies, visits intelligence headquarters (Al Arabiya)

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday hailed the country’s “courageous” spies as he visited the headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service to mark its...

RUSSIA/SAUDI ARABIA – Russia’s Deputy PM: Saudi Aramco could expand role in Russian energy (Al Arabiya)

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak on Sunday said that work was continuing to expand Saudi Aramco’s role in Russian energy projects. “Energy continues to...

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