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Sri Lankan govt in disarray after reports it ignored intelligence warnings

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Trump administration announces end to sanctions exemptions for countries still importing Iranian oil. China, India, among others, to be impacted.
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North Korea tests tactical guided weapon, claims state media

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A new report reveals Turkey propped up its foreign reserves using short-term borrowing, and Joko Widodo looks set for another term.
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Bahrain jails 139 on terrorism charges, cancels citizenship

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China clocks slowest GDP growth rate since 1992 and Columbian capital is now a proxy battleground
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Macron pledges to rebuild iconic Paris cathedral Notre-Dame after fire destroys cathedral

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Indonesia sets out to conduct world’s most complicated single-day election, and redacted version of Robert Mueller report to release Thursday.
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Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir ousted in military coup, but protests persist

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Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange arrested from Ecuadorian embassy in London
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu likely to secure a record fifth term

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New World Bank chief David Malpass seeks to temper fears over appointment, and US sends warship to disputed sea in signal to China.
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In a first, Donald Trump labels Iran’s military a ‘terrorist group’

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‘Umbrella Movement’ protestors in Hong Kong found guilty of public nuisance, and Macron finds his de Gaulle moment with Brexit.
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Libya’s UN-backed govt announces counter-offensive to defend Tripoli

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Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed leads his party to a landslide victory just five months since returning from exile.
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Libya’s military strongman orders forces to ‘advance’ on Tripoli

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EU’s Donald Tusk suggests 12-month Brexit extension and Donald Trump hints at a ‘monumental’ trade deal with China.
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A third of Russian households can’t buy more than two pairs of shoes a year

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US-China trade talks enter 'final stages', and coming soon, a complete list of BRI projects.
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Opinion

Trump tariffs, import dependence are holding back America’s manufacturing renaissance

Scott Lincicome -
Better tax, regulatory, and monetary policy should indeed provide a tailwind for manufacturing, but the sector will probably continue to struggle.

A new Indian foreign policy consensus is emerging. That India isn’t a great power yet

US captured Nicolas Maduro in hours. Indian military should learn its precision and planning

Economy

Designed to oversee corn & crude futures, Wall Street regulator grapples with crypto, sports gambling

Lydia Beyoud -
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on the precipice of gaining new crypto oversight as lawmakers continue to negotiate major legislation.

Defence

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

National Interest

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

Shekhar Gupta -
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.

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