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  • Turkey to launch first I-class indigenous frigate ‘Istanbul’

    • Daily Brief
    • January 23, 2021

    The Turkish Navy will launch TCG Istanbul, its first indigenously designed and produced frigate, today.  The I-class vessel is the

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  • US to label Yemen’s Houthis as terrorist organisation

    • Daily Brief
    • January 19, 2021

      The US State Department will today label Yemen’s Houthi Ansarallah movement as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). US Secretary

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  • Qatar and Egypt to resume flights for the first time in three years

    • Daily Brief
    • January 18, 2021

    Commercial flights between Cairo and Doha will resume today for the first time since 2017. Service was suspended in June

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  • Germany’s Christian Democratic Party to elect new leader

    • Daily Brief
    • January 16, 2021

    Germany’s centre-right ruling party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), will today elect a new leader as part of its 33rd

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  • Brazilian Central Bank to maintain rates amid creeping inflation

    • Daily Brief
    • January 12, 2021

    The Central Bank of Brazil will today release its December inflation rate. At its last meeting on December 9, Brazil’s

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  • Russia to introduce export taxes on agricultural products

    • Daily Brief
    • January 9, 2021

    The Russian government will impose a tax on the export of key agricultural products from today. The tax will target

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  • Morocco and Israel to discuss normalised relations

    • Daily Brief
    • December 22, 2020

    A joint US-Israeli delegation is expected to arrive in Morocco today to discuss the recently established normalisation agreement between Israel

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  • Belarusian opposition leader to visit Spain

    • Daily Brief
    • December 21, 2020

    Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya will begin a three-day visit to Spain today. Over the course of her visit, Tikhanovskaya

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  • Russian Deputy PM to travel to Saudi Arabia for oil talks

    • Daily Brief
    • December 19, 2020

    Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak will today travel to Saudi Arabia to engage in oil talks with Saudi Energy

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  • Kuwaiti parliament to open a new session

    • Daily Brief
    • December 15, 2020

    Kuwait’s National Assembly will open for the first time since general elections were held on December 5. The election saw

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  • Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov likely to visit Bosnia

    • Daily Brief
    • December 14, 2020

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will today begin a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Originally scheduled to travel to

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  • UN and UK to co-host a global climate summit

    • Daily Brief
    • December 12, 2020

    The UK, the UN and France will host a virtual summit on fighting climate change today. UK Prime Minister Boris

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  • Egyptian President al-Sisi to conclude meeting with President Macron

    • Daily Brief
    • December 8, 2020

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will today conclude his three-day official visit to France. The visit has sparked criticism from

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  • Israeli Parliament committee to decide on dissolution and new elections

    • Daily Brief
    • December 7, 2020

    Lawmakers of the Knesset House Committee will meet today to discuss a bill to dissolve parliament, an event that would

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  • Armenian opposition to hold protests over recent ceasefire with Azerbaijan

    • Daily Brief
    • December 5, 2020

    Armenian opposition parties will hold protests in the capital Yerevan today. These protests mark a continuation of the demonstrations that

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  • Videoconference of EU-ASEAN foreign ministers to take place

    • Daily Brief
    • December 1, 2020

    Foreign ministers from the EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will today participate in a videoconference hosted

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  • 180th Meeting of the OPEC Conference to be held.

    • Daily Brief
    • November 30, 2020

    The 180th meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Conference will be held today in Vienna, with

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  • France begins first phase of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions

    • Daily Brief
    • November 28, 2020

    France will today begin easing COVID-19 restrictions nationwide following the country’s second lockdown. The move follows President Emmanuel Macron’s Tuesday

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  • US and Kuwaiti foreign officials to meet in Washington DC

    • Daily Brief
    • November 24, 2020

    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Ahmed Nasser al-Mohamed al-Sabah will meet today in Washington, DC.

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  • The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum to discuss future constitutional settlement

    • Daily Brief
    • November 23, 2020

    The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) will host an online meeting today to discuss selection criteria for a post-reform Presidency

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