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Australia and Indonesia move forward with free trade deal

Negotiators will meet in Canberra today for the next round of talks on the Indonesia-Australia…

Monday, July 31

A DEAL ON PAPER Talks continue for Indonesia-Australia trade pact Negotiators will meet in Canberra…

Senegal votes in legislative elections

The West African country of Senegal holds delayed legislative elections today. They were originally scheduled…

US vice president to tour Eastern Europe amid Russia tensions

Today Vice President Mike Pence embarks on a four-day trip to visit partners in Estonia,…

Pivotal vote on rewriting constitution to be held Sunday in Venezuela

Venezuelans vote today to elect a National Constituent Assembly, which will have the power to…

Sunday, July 30

NEW CHARTER, OLD PROBLEMS Venezuelans to elect body to rewrite constitution amid tensions Venezuelans vote…

Southeast Asian states meet to stop Islamist threat

Today, ministers from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, Australia and New Zealand meet in Manado,…

Democracy on hold as Gabon postpones assembly elections

Elections for Gabon’s National Assembly were supposed to be held today but were postponed until…

Transnistria celebrates 25 years of Russian peacekeeping

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitriy Rogozin will be visiting the Moldovan breakaway province of Transnistria…

Saturday, July 29

STOPPING A NEW ISLAMIC STATE Southeast Asian states meet to counter growing Islamist threat Today,…