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  • Spanish senators to vote on revoking Catalonia’s autonomy on Friday

    Spanish senators to vote on revoking Catalonia’s autonomy on Friday

    • Daily Brief
    • October 27, 2017

    The Spanish senate is today expected to approve the application of Article 155 and suspend Catalan autonomy. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont, turned

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  • 54 years on, documents on JFK assassination to be released

    54 years on, documents on JFK assassination to be released

    • Daily Brief
    • October 26, 2017

    Today, President Donald Trump is expected to allow the release of a final batch of documents relating to the 1963

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  • Debate rages over war powers amid fallout of botched Niger raid

    Debate rages over war powers amid fallout of botched Niger raid

    • Daily Brief
    • October 26, 2017

    Today, senators of the US Armed Services Committee will receive a confidential briefing on the deaths of four US soldiers

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  • In Saudi Arabia, Rex Tillerson looks to claw back US influence in Iraq

    In Saudi Arabia, Rex Tillerson looks to claw back US influence in Iraq

    • Daily Brief
    • October 21, 2017

    US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will join Saudi King Salman and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Riyadh today

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  • Turkey to renew emergency rule for fifth time as clampdown on Gulen movement continues

    Turkey to renew emergency rule for fifth time as clampdown on Gulen movement continues

    • Daily Brief
    • October 19, 2017

    In place since July 2016, Turkey’s state of emergency was due to expire today, but has been extended for an

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  • Tax reform on the line as US Senate votes on budget resolution

    Tax reform on the line as US Senate votes on budget resolution

    • Daily Brief
    • October 19, 2017

    Today, US senators are expected to vote on a 2018 budget resolution that will pave the way for an overhaul

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  • Demonstrators in southern Yemen to mark Liberation Day with calls for independence

    Demonstrators in southern Yemen to mark Liberation Day with calls for independence

    • Daily Brief
    • October 14, 2017

    Today, thousands of Yemenis will descend on the port city of Aden to celebrate the 1963 revolts against British rule

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  • Donald Trump to outline new Iran strategy, withhold certification for nuclear deal

    Donald Trump to outline new Iran strategy, withhold certification for nuclear deal

    • Daily Brief
    • October 12, 2017

    UPDATE: President Trump was expected to unveil his new Iran strategy today, focussing on a revision of the 2015 nuclear

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  • US lifts Sudan sanctions after two decades heralding new era of cooperation

    US lifts Sudan sanctions after two decades heralding new era of cooperation

    • Daily Brief
    • October 12, 2017

    A decision to revoke two decades of US economic sanctions on Sudan will come into effect today. Originally due in July,

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  • Despite Trump’s America First, data shows trade deficit widening

    Despite Trump’s America First, data shows trade deficit widening

    • Daily Brief
    • October 5, 2017

    Data released by the Commerce Department today is expected to show a slight narrowing of the US trade deficit through

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  • King Salman to lead Saudi delegation to Moscow

    King Salman to lead Saudi delegation to Moscow

    • Daily Brief
    • October 5, 2017

    When he arrives in Moscow today, King Salman will become the first reigning Saudi monarch to visit Russia. Being the

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  • Ousted Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif to be formally charged with corruption

    Ousted Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif to be formally charged with corruption

    • Daily Brief
    • October 2, 2017

    Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, will today be formally indicted on charges of corruption. The case began in April

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  • Republicans miss a golden opportunity to repeal Obamacare

    Republicans miss a golden opportunity to repeal Obamacare

    • Daily Brief
    • September 30, 2017

    Republican disunity has again set back efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Special budget provisions used to speed through

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

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

    • Daily Brief
    • September 28, 2017

    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is addressing the Security Council today on violence in Myanmar after seven of the 15-member council

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

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

    • Daily Brief
    • September 28, 2017

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosts Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Ankara today, as the two heads of state seek closer

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  • New Zealand’s election goes down to the wire, minority parties hold the balance

    New Zealand’s election goes down to the wire, minority parties hold the balance

    • Daily Brief
    • September 23, 2017

    After what has been the most the competitive general election campaign in years, the polls will open for New Zealanders

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  • Pacific and Indian Ocean island nations meet in China to discuss development

    Pacific and Indian Ocean island nations meet in China to discuss development

    • Daily Brief
    • September 21, 2017

    As part of its One Belt One Road initiative, China will host a summit of 13 island nations today, with

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  • Landmark Canada-EU free trade agreement comes into effect

    Landmark Canada-EU free trade agreement comes into effect

    • Daily Brief
    • September 21, 2017

    Today’s provisional implementation of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  (CETA) is the culmination of seven years of negotiation between the EU

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  • Test for Pakistan’s ruling party amid Lahore by-election

    Test for Pakistan’s ruling party amid Lahore by-election

    • Daily Brief
    • September 16, 2017

    With general elections in Pakistan just under a year away, all eyes are on the district of Lahore; today’s by-election

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  • Qatari opposition figure holds controversial London conference

    Qatari opposition figure holds controversial London conference

    • Daily Brief
    • September 14, 2017

    Today, critics of the Qatari government will attend a conference- organised by Qatari exile Khalid al-Hail- in London. The conference

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