Saira is an analyst in the Current Developments team, where she focuses her research on the Middle East and North Africa region.
Photo: Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images One million Chileans will commemorate International Women’s Day today by marching in Santiago. They are demanding
READ MOREUK and EU officials will begin the first round of negotiations towards reaching a trade agreement today. This round will
READ MORETajikistan holds elections for 63 parliamentary seats today. President Emomali Rahmon’s governing party, the Democratic People’s Party of Tajikistan, will
READ MORESlovakia will today hold parliamentary elections. The vote comes as amid the trial concerning the murders of journalist Jan Kuciak
READ MOREThe United Nations’ 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council convenes today in Geneva. Running for 25 days, this will
READ MOREToday, Turkey’s opposition party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), will hold its fourth Ordinary Congress in Ankara. Specifically set up
READ MOREToday, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and his rival, Vice-President Riek Machar, will form a coalition government. A power-sharing deal
READ MOREA three-day security conference meets today in Munich in an effort to implement agreements on Libya made at the Berlin
READ MOREA three-day Munich Security Conference will be held from today to implement agreements regarding the conflict in Libya made at
READ MOREFrench President Emmanuel Macron will hold talks with German politicians from across the political landscape today. The meetings come following
READ MOREIndonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will detail his plan for implementing the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Trade Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) at
READ MOREParliamentary elections will be held in Azerbaijan today. Called ten months early, these elections follow the Azerbaijani parliament’s vote to
READ MOREThe EU will propose a draft mandate for its trade relations with the UK today. After the UK’s departure from
READ MOREToday, Egyptians will protest at Tahrir Square in Cairo to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the Arab Spring. With the
READ MOREAnti-establishment protests continue today in Beirut. Frustrated by the state of the economy and the system of government, tens of
READ MOREGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow today to discuss rising tensions in the Middle
READ MOREForeign ministers from Greece, Cyprus, Egypt and France will hold a two-day summit in Cairo today, which will focus on
READ MOREParliamentary elections are being held in today Uzbekistan. Of the five parties permitted to run, none belong to the opposition
READ MOREOver the next 48 hours, Sudanese, Egyptian and Ethiopian irrigation ministers will discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam at trilateral
READ MOREToday, the US will stop waiving sanctions on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility. Despite the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear
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