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MENASource

Mar 17, 2015

Top News: Egypt Charges Muslim Brotherhood, Ultras Over Soccer Violence Deaths

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s public prosecutor said on Tuesday members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and Zamalek supporters, the Ultras White Knights, were charged with killing and inciting violence in connection with the deaths of twenty-two soccer fans who clashed with security forces last month. 

MENASource

Mar 17, 2015

EconSource: Kuwait considering imposing corporate tax

By EconSource

Kuwait has sought help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to introduce corporate taxes in a bid to diversify revenue in the face of falling oil prices. Kuwait currently imposes no taxes on local companies, Kuwaiti citizens, and expatriates but it requires foreign firms to pay 15 percent tax on their profits. The IMF has […]

MENASource

Mar 17, 2015

What Was Pledged at Egypt’s Investment Conference?

By EgyptSource

Prior to Egypt’s Economic Development Conference, Investment Minister Ashraf Salman had said Egypt expects to sign agreements worth up to $20 billion at the summit. With the conference coming to a close on Sunday, Salman revealed the final figures coming out of the summit. According to Salman, Egypt signed deals worth a total $38.2 billion, […]

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Mar 16, 2015

Strange Bedfellows: Saudi Arabia, Israel Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal for Different Reasons

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Saudis worry about regional power, Israelis about an ‘existential threat,’ say analysts Saudi Arabia and Israel find themselves in the same camp as opponents of a nuclear deal with Iran, but the Sunni kingdom and Jewish state have very different reasons for their opposition. Israelis are concerned mainly with a nuclear-armed Iran, while the Saudis […]

Iran

AfricaSource

Mar 16, 2015

Democratic Congo’s Democracy Deficit

By J. Peter Pham

The incumbent regime ruling the rather ironically-named Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to narrow the political space in the country as it approaches elections which are supposed to be held next year, going so far this past weekend as to arrest a US diplomat who was detained along with other participants at a […]

Russia cruiser Peter the Great, June 28, 2003

NATOSource

Mar 16, 2015

Russia Launches Massive Arctic Military Drills

By AP and Reuters

From AP:  The Russian military on Monday launched sweeping military maneuvers in the Arctic and other areas, a show of force ordered by President Vladimir Putin amid spiraling tensions with the West over Ukraine.

Europe & Eurasia Russia

MENASource

Mar 16, 2015

Top News: Yemeni Opposition’s United Front Against Houthis

By MENASource

Opponents of Yemen’s Houthi militia announced the formation of a national alliance on Saturday to restore the authority of the state, in a major shakeup of Yemen’s political landscape.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dec. 18, 2014

NATOSource

Mar 16, 2015

Putin Willing to Put Russian Nuclear Forces on Alert in Support of Attack on Ukraine

By Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post

Russian President Vladimir Putin personally directed his nation’s capture of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, he said in a documentary aired Sunday, in which he offered details of his deep involvement in last year’s quick and effective takeover.

Nuclear Nonproliferation Security & Defense

MENASource

Mar 16, 2015

Top News: Over $70 Billion Pledged at Economic Conference Says Prime Minister

By EgyptSource

Contributions worth $72.5 billion were pledged over the course of Egypt’s Economic Development Conference, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said in his closing speech on Sunday. The contributions were divided between investments, aid, and loans, $33 billion of which had been signed and were ready to be implemented. 

MENASource

Mar 16, 2015

Negotiate With Assad?

By Frederic C. Hof

Over the weekend in Egypt, CBS News asked Secretary of State John Kerry in an interview if he would be willing to negotiate with Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. “Well,” said Kerry, “we have to negotiate in the end. We’ve always been willing to negotiate in the context of the Geneva I process.” In fact, the “Geneva […]

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