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Egypt’s leader meets with Libyan officials to push for vote

Egypt’s president met Tuesday with Libya’s parliament speaker and a powerful military commander as Cairo pushes for the withdrawal of foreign forces and the holding of elections as scheduled in December. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi received Speaker Aguila Saleh and Gen. Khalifa Hifter, commander of the self-styled Libyan Arab Armed …

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Juhtkiri | Elektrit tasuta ei saa

Elektri börsihind lööb rekordeid, äärelinna pereema arvutab, et täna kooki ei küpseta ‒ ahi on majapidamise üks suurimaid elektritarbijaid. Teises majapidamises on teismelisel keelatud arvutit kasutada, sest see võtab palju elektrit. Teismeline arvutab välja, et rekordilise börsihinnaga 160,36 eurot / MWh maksab tema arvuti kasutatav elekter 50 senti kuus, kui …

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East Libya forces say 2 helicopters crashed, killing 2

Forces loyal to a powerful Libyan commander said two military planes crashed on Sunday over a village in eastern Libya, killing at least two officers. The self-styled Libyan Arab Armed Forces, led by Gen. Khalifa Hifter, said the helicopters collided in the air over the village of Msus, 130 kilometers …

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Misunderstanding Yemen

U.S. efforts to uproot al-Qaeda’s Yemeni franchise often overlooked the country’s mercurial politics. As part of our series The Legacy of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”, Peter Salisbury explains that the sectarianism the group espoused is still rife on all sides of Yemen’s war. In early 2014, I found …

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Russia’s Economic Pivot to Asia in a Shifting Regional Environment

This Emerging Insights paper analyses Moscow’s ambitions for its ‘pivot to the East’, assesses its progress and evaluates the impact of the Indo-Pacific concept on Russian strategy. Russia’s ‘turn to the East’ (povorot na vostok) has been underway for around a decade. Before 2014, the ‘Pivot’ was principally concerned with …

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Russia and the Taliban: Prospective Partners?

Russia’s cautious accommodation of the Taliban shows it will likely combine diplomacy with deterrence in the coming months. Since Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul on 15 August, Russia has cautiously accommodated the Taliban’s seizure of power. Diplomats, such as Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov and President Vladimir Putin’s …

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