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Paul Manafort testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee

Today former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding…

Wednesday, July 26

CARDINAL IN THE DOCK Vatican in damage control as George Pell has his ‘day in…

Rival Libyan faction leaders discuss unity in Paris

The leaders of two would-be Libyan governments are set to meet in Paris today. General…

Greek foreign minister visits Cyprus amid stalling unification talks

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias arrives in Cyprus today after reunification talks between the Greek south and…

HCA reports profits amid Republican failure to “repeal and replace”

One of America’s largest for-profit hospital operators, HCA Healthcare, releases its quarterly earnings today. Nasdaq…

Tuesday, July 25

HAFTAR ASCENDANT Rival Libyan factional leaders meet in Paris The leaders of two would-be Libyan…

French troops board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft en route to Mali, France. The crew, out of Dover Air Force Base, Del., transported more than 80,000 pounds of equipment and over 40 French soldiers in the Air Force's first flight in support of the French military operation / Sahel G5
Sahel strife: military responses without peacebuilding?

A proposed joint local force will fail to curb terrorism in northern Africa despite EU support.

Normandy Four to teleconference on Ukraine

The leaders of the Normandy Four countries—Russia, Germany, France, and Ukraine—will speak on the phone…

Russia and China to hold joint naval exercises in the Baltic Sea

The ‘coastal stage’ of the Sino-Russian Maritime Cooperation exercise in the Baltic Sea concludes today; it will…

OPEC members and non-OPEC partners gather to review production cap

Ministers from six oil-producing nations will gather in St Petersburg today to grapple with stubbornly…