Ali is an analyst on the for Current Developments Team, contributing regularly to the Daily Brief. He focuses on political and development issues in the Middle East and North Africa.
South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will today present the medium-term budget policy statement to parliament. Africa’s second-largest economy has
READ MORERussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet with his Kyrgyz counterpart, Ruslan Kazakbayev, today in Moscow. Following weeks of political
READ MOREFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will today visit Tunisia in hopes of reaffirming cooperation on issues of mutual interest,
READ MOREThe European Central Bank is today set to release the EU’s trade balance figures and interest rates, which are likely
READ MOREUS Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will meet senior Bangladeshi government officials in Dhaka today to reaffirm bilateral strategic
READ MOREToday marks the deadline given by the Belarusian government for the reduction of Polish and Lithuanian diplomatic personnel in the
READ MOREThe National Bank of Poland is set to release its interest rate decision today. Rates are likely to remain at
READ MOREUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Croatian leaders today to discuss defence cooperation, a budding investment relationship
READ MOREThe new joint Italy-UAE development initiative, InnovItalyUAE, begins today with an aim to strengthen collaboration in areas of cybersecurity, space
READ MOREFormer prime minister Isaac Zida will today be named the nominee of the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) party ahead of
READ MOREEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will today present a long-awaited reform plan to handle the bloc’s migration crisis.
READ MOREPeruvian President Martin Vizcarra is set to face impeachment proceedings today on charges of misuse of funds and influence-peddling. Vizcarra
READ MOREThe Central Bank of Brazil is set to release its interest rates today after slashing them in August by 25
READ MOREEU finance ministers will meet in Berlin today to further discuss the implementation of the bloc’s mutual economic recovery package
READ MORERussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is expected to conclude his visit to Nicosia today, at the same time that Moscow
READ MOREZimbabwean opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume was set to make his fourth appearance in court today after being granted bail earlier
READ MOREThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) will today release a report detailing its projection for the health of the US economy
READ MORERussia’s Baltic Fleet is set to hold large-scale naval drills today in waters off the Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia’s enclave between
READ MORETurkey is set to conclude its current hydrocarbon exploration mission in the Eastern Mediterranean amid mounting regional tensions, namely with
READ MOREWith a pandemic-stricken US steadily approaching its November elections, the all-online Democratic National Convention (DNC) begins today. Democratic presidential nominee
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