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Russia’s Duma set to approve 2018 Budget as economic conditions improve

Today Russia’s parliament will consider the 2018 budget, which is expected to reduce the country’s deficit by…

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Hong Kong lawmaker Cheng Chung-tai to be sentenced in flag desecration case

Hong Kong lawmaker Cheng Chung-tai will today discover whether he is found guilty of desecrating the…

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Friday, September 29

NO WAY OUT Deadline approaches for Iraq’s Kurds to hand over control of airports After…

Rex Tillerson meets his Chinese counterpart
Thursday, September 28

A MINNOW AMONG GIANTS Tillerson in China as risk of bilateral tension rises over North…

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Plight of Rohingya in Myanmar to be taken before the UN Security Council

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is addressing the Security Council today on violence in Myanmar after…

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Vladimir Putin travels to Turkey to meet President Erdogan as Syrian endgame nears

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosts Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Ankara today, as the two…

Rex Tillerson meets his Chinese counterpart
Tillerson in China as risk of bilateral tension rises over North Korea

As America’s top diplomat arrives in Beijing, one issue looms larger than any other: North…

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Beyond Armageddon: US policy options on North Korea

The war of words between Kim Jong-un and President Trump does not have to end in nuclear conflict.

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Brazil auctions off oil and gas exploration rights

Brazil will hold its 14th round of bidding for many of the country’s oil and…

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani meets Indian PM Narendra Modi
Indian-Afghan trade show gets underway in New Delhi

Today marks the beginning of a three day India-Afghanistan trade show in New Delhi, where…