Saira is an analyst in the Current Developments team, where she focuses her research on the Middle East and North Africa region.
Today, tens of thousands of protesters will demonstrate against Matteo Salvini, the leader of the right-wing Northern League. Demonstrations began
READ MOREToday, the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) will hold a pro-democracy demonstration in Hong Kong. The CHRF has received permission
READ MOREToday, universities in Tehran will commemorate Iran’s annual Student Day. After Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced on November 15 that
READ MOREIraq’s parliament will hold an emergency session today. Following two months of anti-establishment protests, Prime Minister Abdel Abdul Mahdi announced
READ MOREA rally calling for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s resignation will take place today in Tel Aviv. Last week, Israeli Attorney-General
READ MOREUruguay holds a run-off presidential election today between leftist President Daniel Martinez and centre-right candidate Luis Lacalle Pou. The run-off
READ MOREPapua New Guinea’s Bougainville Province—an autonomous region encompassing some of the country’s easternmost islands—will begin a two-week referendum on its
READ MOREState-owned oil company Saudi Aramco will announce the price of its initial public offering (IPO) today on Riyadh’s Tadawul stock
READ MOREAnti-government protests are expected to intensify once more in Lebanon today, days after an opposition politician was shot by a
READ MOREToday, the Israeli lease of Jordan’s Al-Baqura and Al-Ghamr territories ends. Arranged under a bilateral peace deal, the lease gave
READ MORERegulators from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will inspect Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility today. In defiance of the 2015
READ MOREToday, Saudi Arabia will announce a public offering by Saudi Aramco on the Kingdom’s Tadawul market. It is expected that
READ MOREAzerbaijan’s opposition alliance, the National Council for Democratic Forces, will hold a demonstration in the capital Baku today. The alliance
READ MOREElections for Oman’s Consultative Council will be held today. As political parties are not allowed in Oman, 767 independents will
READ MOREIndonesian President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo will be sworn in today. After gaining 55.5% of the vote on April 17, Jokowi’s
READ MOREThe firebrand Iraqi cleric and politician Muqtada al-Sadr has called for Shia worshippers to mark today’s Arbaeen pilgrimage with continued
READ MOREA run-off presidential election will be held in Tunisia today. Following the failure of any candidate to gain enough votes
READ MOREThe Arab League will hold an emergency meeting in Cairo today to discuss Turkey’s controversial offensive in northern Syria. On
READ MOREParliamentary elections in Tunisia take place today. With 15,572 candidates on the ballot—including 687 parties for 217 seats—it will be
READ MOREElections for the UAE’s Federal National Council will be held today. While half of the Council’s 40 members are appointed
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