Asia

USA / China: Biden optimistic after four-hour meeting with Xi

16 Nov 2023
On 15 November, after concluding a four-hour meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Joe Biden expressed optimism about improving US-China relations. Key agreements were reached on reducing fentanyl production and restoring military communication.…

Pakistan: agreement with IMF on continuing bailout

16 Nov 2023
On 15 November, Pakistan reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the release of a $700 million tranche, part of a larger $3 billion bailout package agreed in July. This…

Myanmar: intense attacks from opposition forces

16 Nov 2023
Myanmar's military has acknowledged facing intense attacks from anti-coup forces, who claim to have seized several towns and military outposts in various states. The military is responding with drone bomb attacks and has…

Latest news from Gaza

09 Nov 2023
Israel will begin to implement four-hour ’humanitarian pauses’ in northern Gaza each day to allow people to flee, the White House has said. A spokesman called the move a step in the right…

Iran: tensions over jail sentence for French national

09 Nov 2023
France said on 8 November that one of its citizens being held in Iran has been sentenced to five years in prison on a baseless conviction, and called for his immediate release and…

Armenia / Moldova: initiative for youth with disabilities

02 Nov 2023
Eurasia Foundation (EF) has announced the launch of a two-year Justice for Underserved Youth with Disabilities (JUDY) initiative, which promotes the full social, economic, and political integration of youth with disabilities in Armenia…

Israel / Gaza: fierce fighting as some civilians allowed to leave

02 Nov 2023
On 2 November Israeli soldiers advanced on war-torn Gaza City, meeting fierce resistance from Hamas militants, as hundreds of foreign nationals waited to cross the border into Egypt. Battles were reported to be…

Saudi Arabia: football, human rights, nuclear programme

02 Nov 2023
News that Saudi Arabia is on course to host the 2034 football World Cup is grim. The country might not win the cup, but its capacity for state murder is world class: 112…

Israel / Gaza: Al Ahli hospital’s Christian ethic

19 Oct 2023
Founded by CMS, Al Ahli hospital was run by the Baptist Church until 1982 when it became part of the Episcopal diocese of Jerusalem, offering care to all, regardless of ethnicity, religion, or…

Egypt: hopes of reopening border crossing to Gaza

19 Oct 2023
Machinery to repair roads has been sent through the Rafah border crossing from Egypt into the Gaza Strip in preparation for the delivery of some of the aid stockpiled in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula,…
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