A Hollow Election Victory for Catalonia’s Separatists
Alana Moceri Thursday, March 4, 2021
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United States
Biden Secretly Limits Counterterrorism Drone Strikes Away From War Zones
By Charlie Savage & Eric Schmitt | The New York Times
U.S. Contractor Dies as Rocket Attacks in Iraq Pose Fresh Challenge to Biden
By Mustafa Salim & Louisa Loveluck | The Washington Post
Security Tight at U.S. Capitol After Police Warn of Possible Militia Attack
By Julia Harte | Reuters
Blinken, Austin Set to Visit Japan From March 15
By The Editors | Reuters
Biden Must End U.S. Policy Shoring Up the Corrupt and Authoritarian Regime in Honduras
By Dana Frank | The Washington Post
United States
U.S. Urges Ethiopia to End Hostilities in Tigray
By The Editors | Reuters
U.S. House Democrats Urge Biden to Revert to Obama-Era Cuba Detente
By Sarah Marsh | Reuters
Venezuela’s Guaido, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Discuss ‘Return to Democracy’
By The Editors | Reuters
U.S. and Asia Allies Plan COVID Vaccine Strategy to Counter China
By Demetri Sevastopulo & Amy Kazmin | Financial Times (subscription required)
China Is Not Ten Feet Tall
By Ryan Hass | Foreign Affairs
Africa
Senegal’s Opposition Leader Arrested Amid Violent Protests
By Babacar Dione | Associated Press
Curfew, Market Closure Imposed in Nigerian Town of Abducted Girls
By The Editors | Al Jazeera
U.N.: Ethiopian, Eritrean Troops Behind Possible ‘War Crimes’
By The Editors | Al Jazeera
Smugglers Throw Migrants Overboard; at Least 20 Are Feared Drowned
By Richard Pérez-Peña & Abdi Latif Dahir | The New York Times
From Pariah to Kingmaker
By Alex de Waal | Foreign Policy
Africa
France Tells Chad to Open Probe After Deaths at Opposition Figure’s Home
By The Editors | Reuters
Jihadis Attack Town, Humanitarian Posts in Northeast Nigeria
By Haruna Umar | Associated Press
All Sides Commit Abuses in Mozambique Conflict, Says Report
By Andrew Meldrum | Associated Press
Ethiopia Releases Media Workers Detained in Tigray
By The Editors | Al Jazeera
Why Nigeria’s Crypto Crackdown Is Misguided
By Abubakar Popoola | African Arguments
The Americas
Guyana Says Two Venezuelan Fighter Jets Flew Over Its Airspace
By The Editors | Reuters
Press Groups Call on Nicaragua to Stop Harassing Media
By AP Editors | Associated Press
Toronto Van Attacker Found Guilty in City’s Worst Mass Killing
By Catherine Porter | The New York Times
El Salvador’s Homicide Rate Hit a Historic Low in 2020
By Anna-Catherine Brigida | Foreign Policy
Mexican Women Are Fed Up and Lopez Obrador Doesn’t Get It
By Viridiana Ríos | The New York Times
The Americas
Ten Rebels Killed, Three Captured in Colombia Military Bombing
By The Editors | Reuters
Guatemala Begins Reshaping Court; Corruption Concerns Grow
By Sonia Pérez D. | Associated Press
Mexico Senate Passes Energy Bill Favoring State, Fossil Fuel
By AP Editors | Associated Press
Court Testimony: Venezuelan Intelligence Monitored Citgo Executives in U.S.
By Luc Cohen & Brian Ellsworth | Reuters
In El Salvador, Broken Promises Have Forced the Establishment Out
By Will Freeman & Lucas Perelló | Foreign Policy
Asia-Pacific
U.N. Says 38 Are Killed in Myanmar in ‘Bloodiest Day’ Since Coup Began
By Rick Gladstone | The New York Times
Nepal Rebel Group Agrees to Abandon Violence Under Deal With Government
By Gopal Sharma | Reuters
Hong Kong Court Keeps 47 Democracy Activists in Custody
By Zen Soo & Nicole Ko | Associated Press
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ousted in Surprise Defeat for Imran Khan
By Farhan Bokhari | Financial Times (subscription required)
Transgender Woman Expelled From South Korean Army Is Found Dead
By Choe Sang-Hun | The New York Times
Asia-Pacific
Myanmar Security Forces Shoot Dead 13 Anti-Coup Protesters Despite Calls for Restraint
By The Editors | Reuters
Top Law Officer Denies Rape Claim as a Reckoning in Australia Grows
By Damien Cave | The New York Times
Rio Tinto Chairman Becomes Latest High-Profile Departure After Caves Blast
By Melanie Burton | Reuters
Three Women Working for a News Outlet Are Gunned Down in Afghanistan
By Zabihullah Ghazi & Thomas Gibbons-Neff | The New York Times
Chinese BRI Investment Isn’t All Bad—or Good
By Nilanthi Samaranayake | Foreign Policy
Europe
Northern Irish Loyalist Paramilitaries Withdraw Support for 1998 Peace Deal
By Guy Faulconbridge & Amanda Ferguson | Reuters
U.S. Calls German Warship’s Plan to Sail South China Sea Support for Rules-Based Order
By The Editors | Reuters
Thousands in New Rally to Demand Armenian PM’s Resignation
By Avet Demourian | Associated Press
Slovakia’s Political Crisis, Triggered by Sputnik V, Deepens
By Karel Janicek | Associated Press
Hungary’s Ruling Fidesz Leaves Largest EU Parliamentary Group
By Marton Dunai & Gabriela Baczynska | Reuters
Europe
Germany Places Far-Right AfD Party Under Surveillance for Extremism
By Katrin Bennhold | The New York Times
Interior Minister: France Bans Far-Right, Anti-Migrant Group
By The Editors | Reuters
Macron Admits French Forces ‘Tortured and Murdered’ Algerian Freedom Fighter
By The Editors | France 24 & AFP
Russian Sputnik V Vaccine Splits Slovakia Ruling Coalition
By Karel Janicek | Associated Press
Middle East & N. Africa
ICC Will Investigate Accusations of War Crimes in Israeli-Occupied Territories
By Isabel Kershner | The New York Times
Middle East & N. Africa
Western Powers Scrap Plan for IAEA Rebuke of Iran, Diplomats Say
By Francois Murphy | Reuters
Yemen’s Houthis Claim Missile Attack on Saudi Oil Facility
By Sarah Dadouch | The Washington Post
Saudis, Russia Discuss Joint Oil Output Raise Ahead of OPEC Meeting
By Benoit Faucon & Summer Said | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Rockets Hit Iraq Base Hosting U.S. Troops
By Jared Malsin & Ghassan Adnan | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Vaccinated Pope Francis Heads to Iraq Amid COVID Outbreak
By Chico Harlan & Louisa Loveluck | The Washington Post
Middle East & N. Africa
Turkish Court Probes Pro-Kurdish Party as Pressure for Ban Grows
By Orhan Coskun & Daren Butler | Reuters
The Middle East’s Next Conflicts Won’t Be Between Arab States and Iran
By Vali Nasr | Foreign Policy
United States
March 4, 2021
Biden Secretly Limits Counterterrorism Drone Strikes Away From War Zones
By Charlie Savage & Eric Schmitt | The New York Times
U.S. Contractor Dies as Rocket Attacks in Iraq Pose Fresh Challenge to Biden
By Mustafa Salim & Louisa Loveluck | The Washington Post
Security Tight at U.S. Capitol After Police Warn of Possible Militia Attack
By Julia Harte | Reuters
Blinken, Austin Set to Visit Japan From March 15
By The Editors | Reuters
Biden Must End U.S. Policy Shoring Up the Corrupt and Authoritarian Regime in Honduras
By Dana Frank | The Washington Post
March 3, 2021
U.S. Urges Ethiopia to End Hostilities in Tigray
By The Editors | Reuters
U.S. House Democrats Urge Biden to Revert to Obama-Era Cuba Detente
By Sarah Marsh | Reuters
Venezuela’s Guaido, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Discuss ‘Return to Democracy’
By The Editors | Reuters
U.S. and Asia Allies Plan COVID Vaccine Strategy to Counter China
By Demetri Sevastopulo & Amy Kazmin | Financial Times (subscription required)
Court Testimony: Venezuelan Intelligence Monitored Citgo Executives in U.S.
By Luc Cohen & Brian Ellsworth | Reuters
Rockets Hit Iraq Base Hosting U.S. Troops
By Jared Malsin & Ghassan Adnan | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
China Is Not Ten Feet Tall
By Ryan Hass | Foreign Affairs
March 2, 2021
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Russia Over Poisoning of Navalny
By The Editors | Reuters
Biden Meets With Mexican President Amid Growing Pressure on Immigration
By Anne Gearan, Mary Beth Sheridan, Nick Miroff & Kevin Sieff | The Washington Post
U.S. to Take Hard Line on Chinese Trade Practices, Administration Says
By Yuka Hayashi | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Processing of Asylum-Seekers Expands at U.S.-Mexico Border
By María Verza | Associated Press
Say It Ain’t So, Joe
By Fred Ryan | The Washington Post
Africa
March 4, 2021
Senegal’s Opposition Leader Arrested Amid Violent Protests
By Babacar Dione | Associated Press
Curfew, Market Closure Imposed in Nigerian Town of Abducted Girls
By The Editors | Al Jazeera
U.N.: Ethiopian, Eritrean Troops Behind Possible ‘War Crimes’
By The Editors | Al Jazeera
Smugglers Throw Migrants Overboard; at Least 20 Are Feared Drowned
By Richard Pérez-Peña & Abdi Latif Dahir | The New York Times
From Pariah to Kingmaker
By Alex de Waal | Foreign Policy
March 3, 2021
U.S. Urges Ethiopia to End Hostilities in Tigray
By The Editors | Reuters
France Tells Chad to Open Probe After Deaths at Opposition Figure’s Home
By The Editors | Reuters
Jihadis Attack Town, Humanitarian Posts in Northeast Nigeria
By Haruna Umar | Associated Press
All Sides Commit Abuses in Mozambique Conflict, Says Report
By Andrew Meldrum | Associated Press
Ethiopia Releases Media Workers Detained in Tigray
By The Editors | Al Jazeera
Why Nigeria’s Crypto Crackdown Is Misguided
By Abubakar Popoola | African Arguments
March 2, 2021
Hundreds of Girls Abducted From Nigerian School Are Freed, Official Says
By Mike Ives | The New York Times
Ethiopia: Four Media Workers Arrested in Conflict-Wracked Tigray
By The Editors | Al Jazeera
Chad Opposition Leader Quits Presidential Race After Shootout
By The Editors | Al Jazeera
One of Zimbabwe’s Vice Presidents Quits Amid Sex Scandal
By Farai Mutsaka | Associated Press
How Uganda’s Election Reexposed Regional Faultlines
By Liam Taylor & Haggai Matsiko | African Arguments
The Americas
March 4, 2021
Guyana Says Two Venezuelan Fighter Jets Flew Over Its Airspace
By The Editors | Reuters
Press Groups Call on Nicaragua to Stop Harassing Media
By AP Editors | Associated Press
Toronto Van Attacker Found Guilty in City’s Worst Mass Killing
By Catherine Porter | The New York Times
Biden Must End U.S. Policy Shoring Up the Corrupt and Authoritarian Regime in Honduras
By Dana Frank | The Washington Post
El Salvador’s Homicide Rate Hit a Historic Low in 2020
By Anna-Catherine Brigida | Foreign Policy
Mexican Women Are Fed Up and Lopez Obrador Doesn’t Get It
By Viridiana Ríos | The New York Times
March 3, 2021
U.S. House Democrats Urge Biden to Revert to Obama-Era Cuba Detente
By Sarah Marsh | Reuters
Venezuela’s Guaido, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Discuss ‘Return to Democracy’
By The Editors | Reuters
Ten Rebels Killed, Three Captured in Colombia Military Bombing
By The Editors | Reuters
Guatemala Begins Reshaping Court; Corruption Concerns Grow
By Sonia Pérez D. | Associated Press
Mexico Senate Passes Energy Bill Favoring State, Fossil Fuel
By AP Editors | Associated Press
Court Testimony: Venezuelan Intelligence Monitored Citgo Executives in U.S.
By Luc Cohen & Brian Ellsworth | Reuters
In El Salvador, Broken Promises Have Forced the Establishment Out
By Will Freeman & Lucas Perelló | Foreign Policy
March 2, 2021
Biden Meets With Mexican President Amid Growing Pressure on Immigration
By Anne Gearan, Mary Beth Sheridan, Nick Miroff & Kevin Sieff | The Washington Post
Processing of Asylum-Seekers Expands at U.S.-Mexico Border
By María Verza | Associated Press
Defective Birth Control Blamed for Scores of Unplanned Pregnancies in Chile
By Ernesto Londoño | The New York Times
Honduras: Accused Mastermind of Berta Caceres Murder to Go on Trial Next Month
By Nina Lakhani | The Guardian
In Peru, Sterilization Case Against Fujimori Goes to Court
By AP Editors | Associated Press
Ecuador’s Exporters Caught Between U.S. and China After Debt Deal
By Gideon Long & Demetri Sevastopulo | Financial Times (subscription required)
It’s Not Just El Salvador. Democracies Are Weakening Across Central America
By Patricio Navia & Lucas Perelló | Americas Quarterly
Asia-Pacific
March 4, 2021
Blinken, Austin Set to Visit Japan From March 15
By The Editors | Reuters
U.S. Calls German Warship’s Plan to Sail South China Sea Support for Rules-Based Order
By The Editors | Reuters
U.N. Says 38 Are Killed in Myanmar in ‘Bloodiest Day’ Since Coup Began
By Rick Gladstone | The New York Times
Nepal Rebel Group Agrees to Abandon Violence Under Deal With Government
By Gopal Sharma | Reuters
Hong Kong Court Keeps 47 Democracy Activists in Custody
By Zen Soo & Nicole Ko | Associated Press
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ousted in Surprise Defeat for Imran Khan
By Farhan Bokhari | Financial Times (subscription required)
Transgender Woman Expelled From South Korean Army Is Found Dead
By Choe Sang-Hun | The New York Times
March 3, 2021
U.S. and Asia Allies Plan COVID Vaccine Strategy to Counter China
By Demetri Sevastopulo & Amy Kazmin | Financial Times (subscription required)
Myanmar Security Forces Shoot Dead 13 Anti-Coup Protesters Despite Calls for Restraint
By The Editors | Reuters
Top Law Officer Denies Rape Claim as a Reckoning in Australia Grows
By Damien Cave | The New York Times
Rio Tinto Chairman Becomes Latest High-Profile Departure After Caves Blast
By Melanie Burton | Reuters
Three Women Working for a News Outlet Are Gunned Down in Afghanistan
By Zabihullah Ghazi & Thomas Gibbons-Neff | The New York Times
China Is Not Ten Feet Tall
By Ryan Hass | Foreign Affairs
Chinese BRI Investment Isn’t All Bad—or Good
By Nilanthi Samaranayake | Foreign Policy
March 2, 2021
U.S. to Take Hard Line on Chinese Trade Practices, Administration Says
By Yuka Hayashi | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Europe
March 4, 2021
Northern Irish Loyalist Paramilitaries Withdraw Support for 1998 Peace Deal
By Guy Faulconbridge & Amanda Ferguson | Reuters
U.S. Calls German Warship’s Plan to Sail South China Sea Support for Rules-Based Order
By The Editors | Reuters
Thousands in New Rally to Demand Armenian PM’s Resignation
By Avet Demourian | Associated Press
Slovakia’s Political Crisis, Triggered by Sputnik V, Deepens
By Karel Janicek | Associated Press
Western Powers Scrap Plan for IAEA Rebuke of Iran, Diplomats Say
By Francois Murphy | Reuters
Saudis, Russia Discuss Joint Oil Output Raise Ahead of OPEC Meeting
By Benoit Faucon & Summer Said | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
March 3, 2021
Hungary’s Ruling Fidesz Leaves Largest EU Parliamentary Group
By Marton Dunai & Gabriela Baczynska | Reuters
Germany Places Far-Right AfD Party Under Surveillance for Extremism
By Katrin Bennhold | The New York Times
Interior Minister: France Bans Far-Right, Anti-Migrant Group
By The Editors | Reuters
Macron Admits French Forces ‘Tortured and Murdered’ Algerian Freedom Fighter
By The Editors | France 24 & AFP
Russian Sputnik V Vaccine Splits Slovakia Ruling Coalition
By Karel Janicek | Associated Press
France Tells Chad to Open Probe After Deaths at Opposition Figure’s Home
By The Editors | Reuters
March 2, 2021
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Russia Over Poisoning of Navalny
By The Editors | Reuters
Armenian PM Says Open to Snap Elections With Certain Conditions
By The Editors | Reuters
Belarus Court Sentences Journalist to Six Months in Prison
By The Editors | Reuters
EU Top Court Defends Right of Polish Judges to Appeal Nominations
By The Editors | Reuters
The EU Will Propose a Vaccine Passport System for Europe
By Monika Pronczuk | The New York Times
Middle East & North Africa
March 4, 2021
U.S. Contractor Dies as Rocket Attacks in Iraq Pose Fresh Challenge to Biden
By Mustafa Salim & Louisa Loveluck | The Washington Post
Smugglers Throw Migrants Overboard; at Least 20 Are Feared Drowned
By Richard Pérez-Peña & Abdi Latif Dahir | The New York Times
ICC Will Investigate Accusations of War Crimes in Israeli-Occupied Territories
By Isabel Kershner | The New York Times
Western Powers Scrap Plan for IAEA Rebuke of Iran, Diplomats Say
By Francois Murphy | Reuters
Yemen’s Houthis Claim Missile Attack on Saudi Oil Facility
By Sarah Dadouch | The Washington Post
Saudis, Russia Discuss Joint Oil Output Raise Ahead of OPEC Meeting
By Benoit Faucon & Summer Said | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
March 3, 2021
Macron Admits French Forces ‘Tortured and Murdered’ Algerian Freedom Fighter
By The Editors | France 24 & AFP
Rockets Hit Iraq Base Hosting U.S. Troops
By Jared Malsin & Ghassan Adnan | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Vaccinated Pope Francis Heads to Iraq Amid COVID Outbreak
By Chico Harlan & Louisa Loveluck | The Washington Post
Turkish Court Probes Pro-Kurdish Party as Pressure for Ban Grows
By Orhan Coskun & Daren Butler | Reuters
The Middle East’s Next Conflicts Won’t Be Between Arab States and Iran
By Vali Nasr | Foreign Policy
March 2, 2021
Say It Ain’t So, Joe
By Fred Ryan | The Washington Post
America Will Be ‘Back’ if It Helps Vaccinate the World
Howard W. French
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Can a New Chief Prosecutor Revitalize the ICC?
The Editors
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Environmental Ruin Could Make Postwar Syria Unlivable
Kira Walker
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
