Bangladeshi authorities arrested a suspect (Dhaka Tribune) in the Wednesday killing of Mohib Ullah, a teacher and community leader. Local and international…
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Read More »The UN Security Council is holding an emergency meeting today (AFP) to discuss Ethiopia’s announcement that it will expel seven top UN officials…
Read More »In testimony to the Senate, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark A. Milley and General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. said…
Read More »A U.S. judge ruled that former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo must return to Peru (BBC) to be tried for corruption. He was…
Read More »Before the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today, a Turkish official said Erdogan would…
Read More »An independent investigation found that the World Health Organization (WHO) employed twenty-one of the eighty-three aid workers who allegedly committed sexual…
Read More »The UN-facilitated initiative (AP) comes after five previous meetings of the Syrian government, the opposition, and civil society representatives failed to produce…
Read More »Myanmar’s currency has lost more than 60 percent of its value (Reuters) since the beginning of September, and the World Bank predicts…
Read More »Thirty-five percent of infrastructure projects financed through China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) struggle with corruption (Reuters), labor violations, environmental pollution,…
Read More »Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister favored by leaders in Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), won a tight election (Kyodo) to…
Read More »The Federal Reserve is expected to signal (WSJ) how soon it could slow the bond-purchasing program meant to cushion the pandemic shock.
Read More »As part of a World Health Organization program, two research centers in Argentina and Brazil will develop and manufacture mRNA…
Read More »London is weighing the possibility (FT) of joining the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) after Washington signaled that a bilateral trade deal, which British…
Read More »The country solicited a new credit arrangement (Bloomberg) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to replace one that recently expired. Last week,…
Read More »After pressure from progressive Democrats, the funding was removed (ABC) from a bill to prevent a government shutdown, which the U.S. House…
Read More »The request raises tensions (Reuters) with an envoy in New York City who represents the Afghan government that the Taliban ousted last…
Read More »The plan could include adding twenty to thirty staff members in Washington and at embassies around the world to monitor…
Read More »U.S. President Joe Biden will meet (NYT) with foreign leaders and representatives of drug companies in a virtual summit today that aims…
Read More »The shift will mark an end to pandemic travel bans (Politico) by the United States that have caused tensions with international allies.…
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