As the future of the United States-led pact hangs in the balance, Beijing will use the opportunity to put forth its own vision of economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. Read more…
Speaking on the CBC's Power and Politics program, Stratfor VP of Global Analysis Reva Goujon looks at the coalition forces surrounding Mosul and why retaking the northern Iraqi city is important.
Speaking with the BBC World Service, Stratfor Senior Analyst Sim Tack discusses the Islamic State resistance around Mosul and what coalition forces may expect once they move into the city.
Tajikistan's parliament approved amendments Oct. 19 to increase the powers of the State Committee on National Security, the country's security service, Asia-Plus reported. Read more…
A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot and killed two U.S. advisers and wounded three others near a base in Kabul on Oct. 19 before he was killed himself, a statement from the U.S. military command in Kabul said, Reuters reported. Read more…
Venezuela's regional elections, originally scheduled for December 2016, will now be held in 2017, National Electoral Council President Tibisay Lucena said Oct. 19, Panorama reported. Read more…
Turkish police killed a suspected Islamic State member in Ankara who was believed to be planning a suicide attack, Ankara Governor Ercan Topaca said, AP reported Oct. 19. Read more…
The leaders of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France will gather in Berlin on Oct. 19, where they will discuss the stalled peace process to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine, AP reported. Read more…
Dozens of pro-Beijing lawmakers walked out of Hong Kong’s legislature on Oct. 19 to block two pro-independence activists from being sworn in, depriving the body of a quorum, Reuters reported. Read more…
Turkish EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik said in an Oct. 18 interview that the European Union should grant visa-free travel for Turkish citizens by the end of 2016 and cease demands for reform to Turkey’s terrorism laws or Ankara will stop taking back migrants from Europe, Reuters reported. Read more…
Police have arrested a man wielding a knife who had taken 15 hostages at a Carrefour supermarket in the Belgian city of Forest in the Brussels-Capital Region, police confirmed, RTBF reported Oct. 18. Read more…
Venezuela's Supreme Court ruled Oct. 17 that in order for a referendum to recall President Nicolas Maduro to proceed, opposition campaigners must collect signatures from 20 percent of registered voters in each state, El Nacional reported Oct. 18. Read more…
South Sudan's former vice president, Riek Machar, has vowed to return to the country just months after he fled following clashes between factions loyal to him and President Salva Kiir Mayardit, BBC reported Oct. 18. Read more…
Colombia's center-left Liberal Party announced Oct. 18 that it may ally with the ruling National Unity coalition in 2018 presidential elections, La Silla Vacia reported. Read more…
Representatives from the Taliban and the Afghan government met with an unnamed U.S. diplomat for secret talks in Qatar in September and October, The Guardian reported. Read more…
EU trade ministers failed on Oct. 18 to reach an agreement on a highly publicized free trade agreement with Canada, Deutsche Welle and AP reported. Read more…
France is set to host on Oct. 20 an international meeting on the future of the Iraqi city of Mosul, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Oct. 18, AFP reported. Read more…
