Saira is an analyst in the Current Developments team, where she focuses her research on the Middle East and North Africa region.
US and Taliban representatives meet in Qatar today for the seventh round of peace talks. The gathering follows the previous
READ MOREQatari Emir Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad Al-Thani will visit Pakistan today. During the visit, Qatar will pen an agreement to
READ MOREArgentina’s presidential hopefuls have until today to announce their candidacy ahead of the October 27 election. Argentinian President Mauricio Macri
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Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego province holds local elections today ahead of the country’s national vote in October. While both the
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Energy ministers from G20 nations meet in Kuruizawa, Japan, today to discuss environmental issues, with a particular focus on transitioning
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold discussions with Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Opposition
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Two leading politicians from Taiwan’s leading Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), William Lai and President Tsai Ing-wen, will today outline their
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Protests demanding Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation commence in Tirana today. The demonstrations come ahead of June 30’s municipal
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China will begin levying additional tariffs on $60 billion worth of US imports today. Beijing is imposing up to 25%
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Belgium will hold federal and regional elections today. Divided into three regions, Belgium’s Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels each have their
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Siaga 1 – Indonesia’s highest security alert – in Jakarta will end today. Jakarta was placed on alert following former
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Saudi, Russian and other energy leaders meet in Jeddah today to discuss the oil market. This meeting comes ahead of
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Australians vote in a federal election today that’s expected to see the centre-left Labor Party regain government after six years.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow today. This meeting follows the
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Election results will be released in South Africa today, with the ruling African National Congress expected to clinch victory despite
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Muslims across the world begin fasting today as Ramadan commences. However, Muslims in the Xinjiang region of China face prosecution
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As many as 10,000 pro-Scottish independence activists will gather for an ‘All Under One Banner’ march in Glasgow today to
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Benin holds legislative elections today. The West African country is suffering political upheaval following the exclusion of five opposition parties
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Representatives of Interim Venezuelan President Juan Guaido will meet with Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo in Bogota, Colombia today.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran today.
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