Discussions are continuing on Iraq’s controversial elections law, described by opponents as laying the foundations for dictatorship, reports Nermeen Al-Mufti in Baghdad
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The UK’s self-imposed deadline for the conclusion of talks to leave the European Union has turned into a double-edged sword
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Khartoum and key rebel groups have an inked historic agreement ending 17 years of civil war. But will the agreement hold amid accelerating economic decline
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Could talks between Israel and Lebanon on disputed maritime borders lead to a broader rapprochement between the two sides
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Nagorno-Karabakh Human Rights Ombudsman Artak Beklaryan started a campaign, under the hashtag 'DontBeBlind', calling on the international community to focus attention on war crimes committed by Azerbaijan
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Illicit financial flows drain Africa’s capital and revenues, much needed to bridge the large financing gap to achieve the 2030 SDGs
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Unless he is able to transform rhetoric about reform into meaningful change, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi will not be able to unblock his country’s future
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New Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah will likely continue on the path set out by his brother, the late emir, especially in foreign policy
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The Berlin Process aims to channel local actors towards an effective and lasting political solution to the Libyan crisis. Whether it can, amid competing international interests, remains to be seen
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French President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to promote greater Muslim integration in France can only solve part of the problem, with the other part lying in combating European hostility towards Muslims
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The combination of war and Covid-19 is devastating to Libyans, already weary from nearly a decade of instability
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Cairo is working with Libyan stakeholders to ensure Berlin Conference promises materialise
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Sheikh Sabah was foreign minister for 40 years after 1963. He was the last surviving figure of Kuwait’s popular ruling elite that was associated with modernisation of the small oil-rich Gulf emirate in the 1970s
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The European Union has been putting its house in order as a possible second Trump presidency looms after the presidential elections in the US in November, writes Manal Lotfy
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A renewed flare-up of hostilities has put Azerbaijan and Armenia at loggerheads, with some pointing fingers at Ankara as the main driver of the conflict, writes Nora Koloyan-Keuhnelian
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The US, its allies and the Taliban may finally reach a deal in Afghanistan, but what would that mean for the rest of the region, asks Salah Nasrawi
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Hopes are high that a prisoner-exchange agreement between the warring factions in Yemen could lead to a political solution ending the conflict in the country
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Newly appointed Lebanese prime minister Mustafa Adib has resigned after failing to form a government
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Republicans in the US are scrambling for Supreme Court dominance in the wake of the death of justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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The constellation of Turkish-backed militias and jihadist organisations in northeast Syria is changing, with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group stepping up attacks on rival groups
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