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Guinea coup leader Mamady Doumbouya sworn in as interim president (Al Jazeera)

Doumbouya led the overthrow of President Alpha Conde on September 5 Guinea has sworn in Colonel Mamady Doumbouya as interim president, who promised to...

Tunisia’s Ghannouchi says parliament in session, defying Saied (Al Jazeera)

Tunisian security forces guard the entrance of the country's parliament, on October 10, 2021 Tunisia’s parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi has declared the assembly in...

UN agency says it needs $800m a year to assist Palestinians (Al Jazeera)

Palestinian children play at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said it...

Will civilian-military partnership in Sudan fall apart? (Al Jazeera)

A split is widening between Sudan’s military and civilian leaders. An attempted coup last month has worsened tension between the two sides. The coup attempt was...

Iraqis march in Baghdad to mark protests anniversary (Al Jazeera)

Iraqi protesters marked the second anniversary of anti-government protests in Baghdad Hundreds of Iraqis have taken to the streets in Baghdad to mark two...

UN urges Lebanon to implement reforms as extreme poverty grows (Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera)

The United Nations has sounded the alarm on Lebanon’s spiralling economic meltdown, calling on the country’s leadership to urgently implement reforms as extreme poverty deepens...

PLA holds record-breaking drill near Taiwan island on National Day, ‘routine but significant’ (Liu Xuanzun, Liu Xin, Global Times)

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly dispatched a record-breaking number of 38 warplanes, mostly fighters and bombers, near the island of Taiwan for...

Biden’s underwhelming engagement with Southeast Asia (See Seng Tan, East Asia Forum)

President Joe Biden’s failure to personally contact any Southeast Asian leader since taking office in January 2021 has not won the United States any...

Gauging the Mexican view of US-China rivalry (Timothy S Rich, Ian Milden, Madelynn Einhorn, Olivia Blackmon, East Asia Forum)

As US public opinion of China drops to historic lows, China has an opportunity to enhance relations and shape public perceptions through America’s neighbour Mexico....

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