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Lebanon’s Mikati Expresses Hope of IMF Accord in Weeks

A delegation from the International Monetary Fund will start talks in Lebanon on March 29, Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Saturday, expressing hope of a deal in the coming weeks. "Next Tuesday they will start their mission in Lebanon," he told reporters on the sidelines of the Doha Forum…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blinken Visits Mideast, North Africa to Tackle Ukrainian War, Iran, Peace Deals

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel next week to the Middle East and North Africa where he will discuss a range of regional and global priorities, including Ukraine, Iran, the Abraham Accords and normalization agreements with Israel, preserving the prospects for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen 's Houthis after Jiddah attack

Officials say a Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have unleashed a barrage of airstrikes on the capital and a strategic Red Sea city

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Commentary: Faring poorly in Ukraine, Putin has little to lose by committing war crimes

Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine last month and the deliberate targeting of civilians by Russia’s military forces flagrantly violate both the laws of war that regulate a state’s right to engage in war and the use of armed force as well as the rules that regulate the conduct of…

Los Angeles Times

Weekly Must-Read: The Rise of the China-Focused Private Equity Giant Hillhouse

From its founding with money from Yale, the company has grown to manage tens of billions of dollars of assets

Caixin Global

Juxtaposition: Opulent resort hosts climate summit in Dubai

The United Arab Emirates is hosting a United Nations-backed climate summit next week

The Independent UK

Hafta letters: Abhinandan on millennials, western reaction to Russia-Ukraine, The Kashmir Files

Abhinandan, for god’s sake, millennials are 26 to 40+ years old. At this point, we know what Encyclopedia Britannica is and we had them when we were young. Shift your jokes to Gen Z/Zoomers.

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Rockets hit western Ukraine as Biden visits Poland, decries Putin

Rockets struck the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, signalling a potential new front in Moscow's invasion as U.S. President Joe Biden decried Russian President Vladimir Putin's grip on power and sought to steel Europe for a long fight ahead.

Reuters

China, Russia cool to US aim for more N. Korea sanctions

North Korea's test of a big new intercontinental ballistic missile is prompting the United States to press for stiffer U.N. sanctions

The Independent UK

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 26 March 2022

Everyday in China some 12,500 domestic flights arrive safely at their destinations. On Monday, China Eastern flight MU5735 did not. It took off from Kunming in the early afternoon but never made it to Guangzhou.

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‘Antiracist Baby’ book was slammed by Ted Cruz. Now it tops Amazon bestsellers list

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US calls on UN to strengthen North Korea sanctions after missile test

The U.S. called on the United Nations to “update and strengthen” sanctions on North Korea following the country’s launch of its first intercontinental ballistic missile since November 2017.

Tribune News Service

U.S. pushes to 'update, strengthen' U.N. sanctions on North Korea

The United States will push the U.N. Security Council to "update and strengthen" international sanctions on North Korea over its "increasingly dangerous provocations," the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Friday.

Reuters

Latest Ukraine updates: Five wounded in Russian attack on Lviv

Ukraine war news from March 26: Regional governor Maksym Kozytsky says two missile attacks wounded at least five people.

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Veterans’ affairs minister threatened to quit over budget; Australia reports 30 Covid deaths – as it happened

Andrew Gee calls backlog of veteran’s compensation payments ‘a national disgrace’; WA teenager among 30 Covid deaths across the country. This blog is now closed

The Hindu

India’s complex position on Islamophobia

India’s assertion criticising the OIC Resolution on Islamophobia was valid, but could have made a reference to Indian Muslims

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Cancels Talks with Taliban over U-Turn on Girls’ Education

The United States abruptly canceled meetings with the Taliban in Doha that were set to address key economic issues, officials said on Friday, after Afghanistan's rulers reversed a decision to allow all girls to return to high school classes. The cancellation of talks was the first concrete sign that recent…

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Saudi Aramco’s Jeddah oil depot hit by Houthi attack

Saudi Arabia announces ‘military operation’ in Yemen following series of drone and rocket attacks on the kingdom.

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Tigray rebels observe government truce, paving way for urgent aid

Tigrayan rebels fighting in northern Ethiopia have agreed to respect a ceasefire proposed by the government, marking a turning point in the nearly 17-month war that has killed thousands of people and displaced many more.

The Times of India

106 projects under 'Smart City' in Delhi, 86 completed: Economic survey 2021-22

NEW DELHI: A total of 106 projects have been envisaged under the Smart City Mission in the national capital and of these, 86 have been completed while six are at the DPR stage, according to the Economic Survey of Delhi 2021-22.

Reuters

Exclusive: US cancels talks with Taliban over U-turn on girls' education

The United States abruptly cancelled meetings with the Taliban in Doha that were set to address key economic issues, officials said on Friday, after Afghanistan's Islamist rulers reversed a decision to allow all girls to return to high school classes.

Daily Mirror

Prominent Russians that have mysteriously died - including odd deaths of ambassadors

Deaths of Russian diplomats is more common than you might think- in fact, it might be regarded as one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, if you examine the statistics

Reuters

'We are lost': Yemenis face eighth year of struggle as war grinds on

Khaled Rmeishi, 16, has spent half his life watching Yemen, and his hopes for the future, collapse under a war that has pushed millions in the long-impoverished Arabian peninsula country deeper into poverty and hunger.

Reuters

U.S. calls India's position over Ukraine 'unsatisfactory' but unsurprising

A senior White House official said on Friday India's position at the United Nations over the crisis in Ukraine has been "unsatisfactory" but was also unsurprising given its historical relationship with Russia.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine war: Is Central Asia loosening ties with Russia?

After Uzbekistan’s unexpected pro-Ukraine statement, analysts say traditional regional dynamics could be shifting.

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