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• UN envoy in Aden to discuss roadmap with Yemen president

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• UN official urges more int'l efforts to help Gaza

  2016-12-01 19:01:20

• UN chief hails new Security Council resolution on DPRK

  2016-12-01 07:23:24

• UN launches new strategy to minimize environmental footprint of its peace operations

  2016-12-01 07:03:18

• Chinese envoy calls for four-track efforts to ease tension in Syria's Aleppo

  2016-12-01 06:43:08

• UN envoy stresses need for political military solution to Syrian crisis

  2016-12-01 06:33:06

• Senior UN official voices concern about humanitarian access in South Sudan

  2016-12-01 06:33:05

• Over half a million people displaced by conflict in Afghanistan in 2016: UN

  2016-12-01 05:53:02

• Over 76,000 Iraqi people displaced by Mosul military operations, UN relief wing says

  2016-12-01 05:48:00

• OPEC decides to cut oil production by 1.2 mln bpd

  2016-12-01 04:32:40

• Police arrest 87 in crackdown on criminal groups: Europol

  2016-12-01 00:56:45

• UN chief calls for tolerance, awareness, helping vulnerable people in fighting against AIDS

  2016-12-01 02:42:11

• OPEC announces new output ceiling of 32.5 mln barrels per day

  2016-12-01 02:07:09

• China firmly opposes DPRK's nuclear test, calls for early resumption of Six-Party Talks

  2016-12-01 01:31:55

• UN Security Council adopts resolution in response to DPRK's fifth nuclear test

  2016-12-01 01:21:51

• ILO releases new guide to promote diversity, inclusion at workplace

  2016-12-01 01:01:47

• Fighting cuts off clean water for half of Mosul's children: UNICEF

  2016-11-30 23:21:16

• FLASH: UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE TO DPRK'S FIFTH NUCLEAR TEST

  2016-11-30 22:10:43

• Interview: UN chief-designate highlights China's contribution to global development

  2016-11-30 21:00:28

• UNESCO inscribes China's "24 Solar Terms" on Intangible Cultural Heritage list

  2016-11-30 18:44:59

• UN chief calls for "urgent steps" to revive two-state solution

  2016-11-30 06:11:51

• Senior UN official calls last 10 years "lost decade" for Israeli-Palestinian peace-making

  2016-11-30 06:06:46

• UN holds memorial in honor of U.S. veteran diplomat Reed

  2016-11-30 04:01:11

• UN relief chief calls on parties to "restore basic humanity" in Syria

  2016-11-30 04:56:20

• WHO issues new guidance on HIV self-testing ahead of World AIDS Day

  2016-11-30 02:00:38

• UN chief calls for immediate end to renewed violence in CAR

  2016-11-29 12:01:33

• UN chief calls for immediate end to renewed violence in CAR

  2016-11-29 08:55:54

• OECD calls for better using expansionary fiscal initiatives to escape low-growth gap

  2016-11-29 07:20:38

• UN official visits areas hit by floods in DPRK

  2016-11-29 05:04:55

• With 500,000 children living under siege in Syria, UNICEF calls for humanitarian access

  2016-11-29 03:54:27

• WTO says U.S. provided illegal tax breaks for Boeing 777X programme

  2016-11-29 03:54:28

• UN urges not to lose momentum of Cyprus peace talks

  2016-11-29 04:09:35

• Haiti vaccinates 729,000 persons against cholera after Hurricane Matthew: WHO

  2016-11-29 04:09:34

• Some 21 million people worldwide still in conditions of contemporary slavery: UN

  2016-11-29 02:24:02

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• Shelter needed for 400,000 IDPs in Syria's Aleppo: UN Envoy

  2016-12-01 22:22:19

• Fatah congress gears up to elect core leadership

  2016-12-01 21:36:59

• Iran's president calls OPEC output cut "success"

  2016-12-01 21:11:53

• Saudi king launches 42.6 bln USD oil projects

  2016-12-01 21:06:51

• Neither Syria nor Russia attacked Turkish soldiers: Lavrov

  2016-12-01 20:56:57

• Israel's new ambassador arrives in Turkey

  2016-12-01 19:41:30

• 1st LD: Reconnaissance plane crashes in Iran, pilot killed

  2016-12-01 19:11:22

• Syrian army continues advance in Aleppo amid wave of displacement

  2016-12-01 18:36:05

• IRGC's plane crashes, pilot killed

  2016-12-01 18:26:06

• Abbas warns Israel of withdrawing recognition

  2016-12-01 03:22:23

• Feature: Chinese workers contribute to revive silk road with railways in Turkey

  2016-12-01 01:11:43

• Saudi court sentences 3 to death over terrorism charges

  2016-12-01 01:36:54

• Abbas addresses Fatah congress, saying wants to "make peace true"

  2016-12-01 01:31:56

• Saudi Arabia public debts reach 91.2 bln USD

  2016-12-01 01:42:01

• Iraqi forces recapture more areas from IS in Mosul as UN warns of humanitarian crisis

  2016-12-01 02:17:11

• Erdogan discusses Syrian issue with Putin over telephone

  2016-12-01 02:22:06

• Jordan signs 2 loan deals with French Development Agency

  2016-12-01 00:16:36

• Syria lashes out at Turkish president as "tyrant"

  2016-11-30 22:46:05

• Kuwait emir re-appoints PM after parliamentary vote

  2016-11-30 22:36:01

• Kuwait emir reappoints outgoing PM to form cabinet

  2016-11-30 20:35:27

• Syria says Israel fired 2 missiles at area near Damascus

  2016-11-30 17:34:32

• Syria says Israel fires 2 missiles on area near Damascus

  2016-11-30 16:54:14

• Palestine laments UN Security Council's failure to make peace between Israelis, Palestinians

  2016-11-30 07:32:16

• Around 20,000 flee their homes in Aleppo over past three day: ICRC

  2016-11-30 06:57:01

• News Analysis: Aleppo's victory could be Syrian government's largest win in 5 years

  2016-11-30 05:51:39

• Kurdistan Freedom Hawks claims responsibility for attack in SE Turkey

  2016-11-30 00:50:17

• Turkish military says lost contact with two soldiers in northern Syria

  2016-11-30 03:26:03

• Update: Death toll of school fire in SE Turkey rises to 12

  2016-11-30 04:41:21

• News Analysis: Houthi gov't formation diminishes peace chances in war-torn Yemen: experts

  2016-11-30 04:01:10

• 8 students killed in school building fire in SE Turkey

  2016-11-30 03:56:09

• Iran's IRGC dismisses U.S. claims over Persian Gulf intimidation as "propaganda"

  2016-11-30 00:25:06

• Turkey's Diyarbakir former mayor demanded 230 years in prison

  2016-11-30 00:10:02

• Arab League rejects Houthi gov't formation in Yemen as "illegitimate"

  2016-11-29 23:44:49

• Iran urges convergence among OPEC members for market gains

  2016-11-29 22:39:23

• Fatah congress re-elects Abbas as party's chairman

  2016-11-29 22:54:25

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Europe’s resistance to Russia is weakening

The best of The Economist online View in browser | E-mail a friend         THE BEST OF THE ECONOMIST ONLINE         Daily Dispatch | Thursday | December 1st 2016       The West against Russia: A fraying coalition François Fillon, an avowed friend of Vladimir Putin, is the favourite to win the French election next spring. America’s election delivered an apparent Kremlin fan to the White House. From the refugee crisis to Brexit, Europe’s woes have allowed Russia’s president to portray himself as a bulwark of stability in a chaotic region. All this boosts the chances that Western sanctions against Russia will crumble, writes our European politics columnist       OPEC: Ending the glut Yesterday the cartel pledged to remove 1.2m barrels a day from global oil production. Non-OPEC countries such as Russia will chip in as well. The size of the cut to global production, at almost 2%, caused a surge in Brent oil prices to above $50 a barrel. It showed that OPEC is not dead yet. But if oil prices keep rising, American shale producers will ramp up output, in effect capping the oil price, writes our energy editor       Advertisement         Italy: What’s at stake The referendum on Sunday is rattling markets. Matteo Renzi, the centre-left prime minister, has vowed to resign if he loses. Polls indicate his opponents are ahead by around 4%. That has fed fears of another setback for mainstream politicians in the West, and speculation that the populist Five Star Movement might win power. Apart from the risk of instability, the country also faces dangers from immobility, writes our Italy correspondent     America’s next treasury secretary: You’re hired Donald Trump’s pick, Steve Mnuchin, will face three main challenges. The first will be to get his president’s profligate fiscal policy in order. The second will be to implement Mr Trump’s protectionist promises (Mr Mnuchin is said to share his boss’s scepticism of trade). Last, he will need to champion the administration’s wildly optimistic growth agenda. He will have his work cut out, writes our American economics editor     ~6.05pm London                                                                   Keep updated     This e-mail has been sent to: pramod.srivastav.2000.ambikapur@blogger.com if you'd like to update your details please click here (you may need to log in). Questions? Comments? Please contact us. Replies to this email will not reach us.   If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, unsubscribe here.   Copyright © The Economist Group 2016. All rights reserved. Advertising Info | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Help   Registered in England and Wales. No.236383 Registered office: 25 St James's Street. London, SW1A 1HG