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MENASource

Jan 7, 2015

Top News: Sisi First Egyptian President to Attend Coptic Christmas Mass

By EgyptSource

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made a quick appearance at Cairo’s Abbasseya Cathedral on Tuesday evening, making him the first Egyptian president to attend Christmas Eve mass.

MENASource

Jan 7, 2015

Top News: Car Bomb Kills Thirty-Five Outside Yemen Police College

By MENASource

A car bomb exploded outside a Yemeni police college in Sanaa on Wednesday, killing at least thirty-five people and wounding at least sixty-eight others, less than a week after a devastating suicide bombing south of the capital.

MENASource

Jan 7, 2015

Jailing Democracy Activists Increases Anger Ahead of Parliamentary Elections

By Khaled Dawoud

A two-year prison term issued by a Cairo Appeals Court on December 28 against twenty-three activists is likely to have a negative impact among youth on the upcoming parliament elections. Convicted with organizing an illegal protest in front of the Ittihadeya Presidential Palace in Heliopolis six months ago, the activists were sentenced on the basis […]

North Africa
Russian Akula class submarine, June 3, 2008

NATOSource

Jan 6, 2015

US Concerned About Russian Submarines with Nuclear Armed Cruise Missiles Near Washington

By Guardian and Foreign Policy

From Julian Borger, Guardian:  A widening rift between Moscow and Washington over cruise missiles and increasingly daring patrols by nuclear-capable Russian submarines threatens to end an era of arms control

Nuclear Nonproliferation Russia

New Atlanticist

Jan 6, 2015

Mexico’s President Visits Washington; He and US Hope He Can Regain Initiative at Home

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Peña Nieto, Hit By Scandal, Aims to Show Mexicans the Benefits of his Economic Reforms Before Mid-Year Election Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto visits the United States in the midst of the toughest moment of his presidency. He will hope to use his meeting with President Barack Obama today to advance his domestic agenda, according […]

Mexico

MENASource

Jan 6, 2015

EconSource: Egypt’s foreign reserves fall to $15.33 billion

By EconSource

According to the Egyptian Central Bank, Egypt’s foreign currency reserves fell to $15.33 billion at the end of December from $15.88 billion the previous month. Foreign reserves fell sharply after the 2011 uprising but had risen again with the inflow of billions of dollars of aid from the Gulf countries. In November, Egypt repaid to […]

UkraineAlert

Jan 6, 2015

As Kyiv Tackles Corruption and Reform, a New Threat: Warlords

By New Atlanticist

Kyiv’s Government Is Failing to Act Against Some Volunteer Defense Units Now Acting Like Outlaws, Adrian Karatnycky Writes As Ukraine’s new parliament and cabinet are tackling corruption and the country’s fiscal crisis with the energy of an unprecedented new crop of civic activists, pro-democracy activists and skilled technocrats, a new threat is arising: outlaw-style threats […]

Ukraine
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Dec. 2, 2014

NATOSource

Jan 6, 2015

NATO’s Priority in 2015: Setting Up Reaction Force in Europe

By John-Thor Dahlburg, AP

Leaving combat operations in Afghanistan behind, NATO is shifting its focus to Europe in 2015 and the creation of its new ultra-rapid-reaction force, designed as a deterrent to Russia.

NATO Russia

MENASource

Jan 6, 2015

Top News: Obama Invites New Tunisian President to Washington

By MENASource

President Barack Obama called newly elected Tunisian President Béji Caïd Essebsi to congratulate him and invite him to visit Washington, DC and the White House.

MENASource

Jan 6, 2015

Top News: Two Policemen Killed in Minya Church Attack

By EgyptSource

Unknown assailants killed two policemen on Tuesday during an attack on a church in the Upper Egyptian province of Minya. 

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