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KASHMIR – What do the local elections mean for Kashmiris? (Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera)

Kashmiris on Saturday voted in the first local elections since the tumultuous abrogation of the Muslim-majority region’s limited autonomy last August, marking the resumption...

ETHIOPIA – Thousands killed in Ethiopia’s conflict, Tigray side asserts (Al Arabiya)

Militia members from Ethiopia's Amhara region ride on their truck as they head to face the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), in Sanja, Amhara...

INDIA – Indian government considers rolling back agriculture reforms after mass protests (Al Arabiya)

Farmers sit in a tractor at a site of a protest against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near Delhi, India, November...

IRAN – Iran continues to fund militias in region, terror operations in Europe: Saudi FM (Al Arabiya)

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan during his panel discussion at the MED2020 Dialogue. Iran continues to fund terrorist militias in the region...

TURKEY/GREECE/CYPRUS – Greek FM: Turkey’s moves to ease tensions ‘unconvincing’ (Al Arabiya)

This handout photograph released by the Turkish Defence Ministry on August 12, 2020, shows Turkish seismic research vessel 'Oruc Reis' heading in the west...

USA/MIDDLE EAST – Biden Administration should act fast to bolster people-to-people exchanges with the Middle East (Richard LeBaron and Dan Sreebny, Atlantic Council)

In the fall of 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST), co-chaired by former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and...

JAPAN – Japan’s nuclear reactor fleet: The geopolitical and climate implications of accelerated decommissioning (Phyllis Yoshida, Atlantic Council)

As Japan approaches the ten-year anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, nuclear energy accounts for approximately 7.5 percent of Japan’s electricity generation, whereas...

JORDAN/ISRAEL/PALESTINE – Jordan, Israel in rare meeting on Palestinian issue (Al Jazeera)

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has held a rare meeting with his Israeli counterpart to press for the restart of stalled negotiations between the...

KUWAIT/SAUDI ARABIA/QATAR – Kuwait says progress made in resolving Saudi-led boycott of Qatar (Al Jazeera)

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser al-Sabah says there have been “constructive and fruitful discussions” on efforts to achieve reconciliation in the Gulf crisis. The...

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