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ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia’s war is threatening domestic and regional stability (Mehari Taddele Maru, Al Jazeera)

On Sunday, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the end of his government’s military offensive on Tigray after Tigrayan forces withdrew from the regional capital, Mekelle. Debretsion...

MOZAMBIQUE – Jihadists kill at least 25 in northern Mozambique ambush (Al Arabiya)

This handout picture taken on November 6, 2020 in Pemba, northern Mozambique, by IOM (International Organization for Migration) shows internally displaced people being assisted...

IRAN – Iran plans to upgrade uranium enrichment plant (Al Arabiya)

A handout picture released by Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation on December 23, 2019 shows the nuclear water reactor of Arak, south of capital Tehran,...

BELARUS – Deteriorating situation in Belarus prompts criticism from UN rights chief (Al Arabiya)

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko chairs a meeting at a Strategic Management Centre of the Defense Ministry in Minsk, Belarus August 15, 2020. (Reuters) The United...

SAUDI ARABIA – Four reasons why Saudi Arabia’s soft power eclipses all others (Hasan Ismaik, Al Arabiya)

Aerial view of skyline of Mecca holy city in Saudi Arabia. (Shutterstock) What is Saudi Arabia’s source of power? Oil, some say. That’s wrong, I...

USA – Final NDAA Calls for the Establishment of a National Cyber Director (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

ANDREA IZZOTTI/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Language calling for a national cyber director within the Executive Office of the President is included in a final 2021 National Defense Authorization...

USA – Acting TTS Director to Return to FDIC (Mila Jasper, Nextgov)

RENA SCHILD/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Bob DeLuca’s temporary detail directing Technology Transformation Services at the General Services Administration has come to an end, and GSA confirmed David Shive...

USA – Experts Call for Government to Designate Commercial Space Sector as Critical Infrastructure (Frank Konkel, Nextgov)

VADIM SADOVSKI/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Space experts Wednesday urged the federal government to classify certain space satellites, sensors and their command and control systems as critical infrastructure systems. The...

USA – CISA, FBI Warn that U.S. Think Tanks Are in Hackers’ Crosshairs (Heather Kuldell, Nextgov)

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI urged U.S. think tanks—particularly those focused on national security and international affairs—to take steps to...

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