Daily Monitor

October 22, 2020

Israel, UAE sign four agreements including visa-exemption deal

UAE and Israel have signed four agreements on visa exemption, aviation, economic cooperation and protection of investments. […]
October 23, 2020

On war anniversary, Xi says China’s interests won’t be undermined

eventy years after Chinese troops entered the Korean War to fight against U.S. troops, President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China will never allow its sovereignty, security and development interests to be undermined. […]
October 23, 2020

Exclusive: ‘Dumb mistake’ exposed Iranian hand behind fake Proud Boys U.S. election emails – sources

Government analysts and private sector investigators were able to rapidly attribute to Iranian hackers a wave of thousands of threatening emails aimed at U.S. voters because of mistakes made in a video attached to some of the messages, according to four people familiar with the matter. […]
October 23, 2020

Lebanon crisis: Saad Hariri returns as PM a year after protests

Lebanon’s political parties have chosen Saad Hariri to be prime minister, a year after he stepped down in the face of mass anti-government protests. […]
November 9, 2020

EU parliament, governments reach deal on EU 2021-2027 budget

Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU governments agreed the details of the 2021-2027 EU budget on Tuesday, in a crucial step for the activation of the bloc’s 1.8 trillion euro (£1.6 trillion) recovery package to make the economy greener and more digital. […]
November 9, 2020

Deal or no deal on Brexit, Boris Johnson’s only care is that no one blames him

On EU negotiations he’s already ditched the good options. His priority now is simply to deflect attention from his failings […]
November 9, 2020

Facing Military Debacle, Armenia Accepts a Deal in Nagorno-Karabakh War

In an agreement brokered by Russia, Azerbaijan won many of the concessions it has sought for decades in negotiations over the Nagorno-Karabakh separatist region. […]
November 10, 2020

Tokayev urges SCO to support establishment of Int’l Agency for Biological Safety

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called on the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to support the establishment of the International Agency for Biological Safety, Kazinform reports. […]
November 10, 2020

US election result: What Biden’s victory means for rest of world

After days of uncertainty, Joe Biden has won the US presidential election, BBC projections show. […]
November 10, 2020

Biden calls European leaders

As we reported earlier, Biden called UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier today, and the two spoke on the phone for about 20-25 minutes.[…]