I’m trying something different this week by providing the global headlines that may shape the future across the international landscape. If you find something interesting, copy and paste the text into a Google search to learn more.

Saturday, January 9, 2016

  • Afghanistan: Four nations consider restarting Taliban peace process
  • Yemen: Peace talks likely delayed
  • Mexico: Sinaloa cartel leader capture, extradition planned
  • Turkmenistan: Establishing a national energy company

Friday, January 8, 2016

  • Egypt: Militant group attacks pipeline
  • North Korea: Continued nuke tests planned, seeking war treaty
  • South China Sea: Chinese military flights to disputed claims for reef

Thursday, January 7, 2016

  • Egypt: Giza hotel violence
  • Iraq: U.S. Department of State approves missile sale to Iraq
  • Yemen: U.N. Human Rights Representative pushed out
  • Libya: Truck bomb kills 50+
  • Yemen: KSA (Saudi Arabia) to investigate embassy attack
  • France: Police stop attack on Paris station
  • Yemen: Iran accuses KSA of bombing embassy
  • China: Foreign exchange reserves hit a record decline
  • South China Sea: China lands planes on disputed reef, claims ownership
  • China: Equity markets suspended again
  • South Korea: Seoul in talks to deploy U.S. assets on peninsula for deterent

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

  • Yemen: Saudi-led coalition airstrike near Iran’s Sanaa embassy
  • North Korea: Nuclear test or hoax?
  • Iran: Diplomats leave Riyadh
  • Syria: Thousands of refugees stranded at Jordanian boarder
  • Libya: Oil port clashes spark tank fires
  • North Korea: Nuclear test unlikely to be H-Bomb

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

  • North Korea: Man-made earthquake suggests nuclear testing
  • Iraq: Kurdish government will stop oil to Baghdad
  • Angola: Government devalues Kwanza yet again
  • China: Arson attack kills 17+

Monday, January 4, 2016

  • Libya: Government troops surround those responsible for U.S. ambassador death
  • Saudi Arabia, Iran: U.N. envoy to visit and try to ease tensions
  • Japan: Leading countries to create regional IMF
  • Bahrain: Diplomatic relations cut with Iran, siding with KSA
  • Ethiopia: Tripartite talks on Nile dam project

Sunday, January 3, 2016

  • Saudi Arabia: Leaders break diplomatic relations with Iran
  • India: Pathankot Air Base fight continues
  • Iraq: Islamic State attacks military base in Tikrit, 15 killed

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