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MENASource

Jun 23, 2014

Top News: Kerry Meets with Sisi on Sunday and US Aid is Released; Jazeera Journalists Sentenced to Jail on Monday

By EgyptSource

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Cairo on Sunday to hold talks with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The United States has released about $575 million of the suspended funds to Egypt over the past ten days, Reuters reported an unnamed State Department official as saying. Meahwhile, three Al Jazeera journalists were sentenced to […]

US Patriot missile battery in Turkey, February 4, 2013

NATOSource

Jun 23, 2014

NATO Allies Mull Ending Patriot Mission in Turkey

By World Bulletin

NATO allies have started preliminary consultations on concluding the Patriot missile mission in Turkey at the end of 2014, German media reported on Sunday.

Germany Missile Defense

MENASource

Jun 23, 2014

EconSource: Libya approves overdue budget

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries. 

Lithuania's energy weapon: The Baltic state will lease the Independence, a "floating storage and re-gasification unit" built by South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries, and owned by Norway's Hoegh LNG. It will anchor in the port of Klaipeda and process gas from arriving LNG carriers. (www.hoeghlng.com)

New Atlanticist

Jun 23, 2014

Standing Up to Gazprom: What Ukraine Can Learn from Lithuania

By Agnia Grigas

As Russia Wields its Gas Weapon Against Ukraine, it Has Cut its Price to Lithuania. How Did That Happen? Russia and its state gas company, Gazprom, cut their gas supply to Ukraine last week amid a dispute that includes Gazprom’s demand that Ukrainians pay $485 per thousand meters of gas – an 81-percent price increase. […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

MENASource

Jun 21, 2014

Domestic Violence: A Cultural Ailment

By Sarah El-Rashidi

Domestic violence is a widespread phenomenon in Egypt which, despite its prevalence, is largely misconstrued. 60 percent of Egyptian women conceded to being victims of domestic violence according to a 2012 Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights (ECWR) report, and a lack of women’s rights was arguably one of the driving factors behind high female participation […]

North Africa
Argentine flagship vessel ARA Libertad, which was seized by Ghanaian authorities in October 2012 amid a dispute over defaulted government bonds. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian

AfricaSource

Jun 20, 2014

Two Years after Ghana Judge, US Supreme Court Rules against Argentina

By Kelsey Lilley

Earlier this week, Argentine stocks plummeted after the US Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from the Argentine government in an epic court battle with angry investors. The case pitted Argentina against US-based investors, both big and small, who lost fortunes during the South American country’s 2001-2002 economic implosion when it defaulted on its […]

Latin America

SouthAsiaSource

Jun 20, 2014

This Week in South Asia: June 14 – 20

By Aman Ghose and Fayyaz Yaseen

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. PakistanAs the Pakistani military officially decides to go after the Taliban in North Waziristan, initiating airstrikes without considering the hitherto held ‘good’ and ‘bad’ Taliban divide, the nation’s political parties unanimously agreed to stand […]

Afghanistan India

MENASource

Jun 20, 2014

Syria: Farmers, Teachers, Pharmacists, and Dentists

By Frederic C. Hof

In his June 19 press remarks about the situation in Iraq, President Barack Obama was asked whether the expansion of Syria’s war into Iraq courtesy of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) had changed his mind about the urgency of providing meaningful military assistance to Syrian nationalists ready and willing to fight jihadists […]

Syria

MENASource

Jun 20, 2014

Top News: US to Send Up to 300 Military Advisers to Iraq

By MENASource

President Barack Obama said Thursday that he would deploy up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help its struggling security forces fend off a wave of Sunni militants. Stating that the militants pose a threat not just to Iraq but also to the United States.

MENASource

Jun 20, 2014

Top News: Court Sentences Brotherhood Leaders Badie, Hegazy, and Beltagy to Death

By EgyptSource

An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a number of top Muslim Brotherhood leaders to death Thursday.

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