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China's Changing Regional Security Priorities

In China, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the nation's first counterterrorism law, laying the legal groundwork to conduct overseas security and counterterrorism operations. Read more…

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Iraq: U.S. State Department Approves Missile Sale To Iraq

The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of 5,000 Hellfire missiles worth $800 million to Iraq, Reuters reported Jan. Read more…

Yemen: Government Declares U.N. Human Rights Representative Persona Non Grata

Yemen's government has declared the representative for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights in Yemen persona non grata in response to what it called unfair statements by the representative, Reuters reported Jan. 7. Read more…

Egypt: No Injuries Reported In Giza Hotel Violence

No casualties were reported after demonstrators and Egyptian security forces clashed outside of the Barcelo Cairo Pyramids hotel, The Cairo Post reported Jan. 7. Read more…

Tunisia: Prime Minister Replaces Cabinet Ministers

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid replaced 12 Cabinet ministers Jan. 6 amid an economic downturn and ongoing jihadist violence, Reuters reported. Read more…

Libya: Massive Truck Bomb Kills At Least 50

At least 50 people are dead and more than 100 are wounded after a suicide bomber detonated a massive truck bomb at a police training center in the western Libyan town of Zliten, Libya Herald reported Jan. 7. Read more…

Yemen: Saudi Arabia To Investigate Embassy Attack

Saudi Arabia will investigate Iran's claims that Saudi-led coalition jets targeted the Iranian embassy in Sanaa, Al Arabiya reported Jan. 7. Read more…

Koreas: Seoul To Resume Propaganda Broadcasts Into North

South Korea will resume broadcasting propaganda into North Korea in response to the Jan. 6 North Korean nuclear test, a presidential spokesman said Jan. 7, Yonhap reported. Read more…

France: Police Thwart Alleged Attack On Paris Station

French police shot and killed a knife-wielding man allegedly wearing an explosives vest who tried to attack a police station in northern Paris on Jan. 7, the anniversary of the Charlie Hedbo attacks, AFP, Reuters and DPA reported. Read more…

Yemen: Iran Accuses Saudi Arabia Of Bombing Embassy

Iran accused Saudi Arabia of bombing its embassy in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on Jan. 7, AFP reported, citing Iranian state media. Read more…

Venezuela: Maduro Appoints New Cabinet, Vice President

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appointed a new Cabinet, including Aristobulo Isturiz as his new vice president, late on Jan. 6, El Universal reported. Read more…

China: Foreign Exchange Reserves Post Record Decline In December

Chinese foreign exchange reserves fell $107.9 billion in December to $3.33 trillion, the steepest monthly decline on record, according to Chinese central bank data released Jan. 7, Bloomberg and Reuters reported. Read more…

South China Sea: China Lands Two More Planes On Disputed Reef

China on Jan. 7 landed two more test flights on Fiery Cross Reef, an artificial island it built in disputed waters in the South China Sea, Xinhua reported. Read more…

North Korea: Seoul Restricting Entry Into Joint Industrial Park, Mulling Other Measures

South Korea will partially limit the entry of its citizens into the Kaesong Industrial Complex, a joint park in North Korea, following the North’s Jan. 6 nuclear test, the South Korean Unification Ministry announced Jan. 7, Yonhap reported. Read more…

South Korea: Seoul In Talks To Deploy U.S. Strategic Assets On Peninsula

South Korea is in talks with the United States to deploy U.S. strategic assets on the Korean peninsula, an unnamed South Korean military official said Jan. 7, Reuters reported. Read more…

China: Markets Suspended Again

Trading on mainland Chinese markets was suspended the morning of Jan. 7 after shares plunged more than 7 percent for the second time this week, Bloomberg reported. Read more…

Yemen: Saudi-Led Coalition Airstrike Reported Near Iran's Sanaa Embassy

Unconfirmed reports indicate that a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit near the Iranian Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen on Jan. 6, according to social media traffic monitored by Stratfor. Read more…

North Korea: Data Casts Doubt On Nuclear Test Claims, U.S. Says

The U.S. government said Jan. 6 that initial data from its monitoring stations did not support North Korea's claim that it tested a miniaturized hydrogen nuclear device earlier the same day, The New York Times reported. Read more…

Ivory Coast: Government Resigns

Ivory Coast's government and prime minister resigned on Wednesday at what would have been the first cabinet meeting of the year, AFP reported Jan. 6. Read more…

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Annual Forecast 2016Free

With old geopolitical realities resurfacing across Eurasia and commodity prices stuck in a slump, 2016 is shaping up to be an unsettling year for much of the world. Read more…