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To fight poverty, we need more climate action (Joe Cerrell, Khalifa Al-Kuwari, Al Jazeera)

With COP26 ongoing, much of the global climate discussion focuses on efforts to reduce and curb greenhouse gas emissions by turning to cleaner and...

Libya’s ruling council suspends foreign minister Najla Mangoush (Al Jazeera)

Libya’s ruling presidential council has suspended Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush for “administrative violations” and barred her from travelling. A spokeswoman for the council said the...

Iraq PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi survives ‘assassination attempt’ (Al Jazeera)

Iraq’s military says Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt after a drone laden with explosives targeted his residence in the capital, Baghdad. Al-Kadhimi...

What’s next for Iraq after October’s election? (Al Jazeera)

Iraq’s prime minister has opened an investigation into violent protests against last month’s election. At least four people were killed on Friday after security forces...

Sudan activists announce strikes, reject power-sharing with army (Al Jazeera)

Sudan’s protest movement has announced two days of nationwide strikes, rejecting internationally backed initiatives to return to a power-sharing arrangement with the military following...

Countering transnational crime demands greater global cooperation (Tuan N Pham, East Asia Forum)

Transnational organised crime (TOC) is becoming an increasingly global problem that will require international and interagency coordination, network analysis and information sharing. Drug trafficking accounts for...

Iran’s Middle East influence may actually be declining (Saeid Jafari, Atlantic Council)

The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is going through tough times. Growing global dissatisfaction with Tehran’s approach to its nuclear program...

China’s stunning military buildup (Atlantic Council)

The arms race is on. The US Defense Department’s annual report on the Chinese military, released Wednesday, revealed a chilling reality: The People’s Liberation Army (PLA)...

What will the infrastructure bill actually do? (Atlantic Council)

They took the long road. The US House of Representatives on Friday night passed a bipartisan bill to upgrade the nation’s roads, bridges, airports, public transit,...

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