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The Summit That Could Not Safely Be Held: Houthi Attacks Force Europe and the Gulf to Postpone Their Riyadh Meeting

A missile strike on the presidential palace in Aden and a closed Riyadh airport have turned a showcase diplomatic event into the latest casualty of a war that is reshaping the economics and politics of the Gulf.

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A Postponement With Wider Meaning…

Curfew, Terror Charges and a Shot Woman: Mauritius Faces Its Worst Unrest in Decades

WORLD NEWS

Mauritius, long marketed as one of Africa's most stable and prosperous democracies, spent this week under a night curfew covering about a third of the island. Protests that began over water shortages and the cost of living escalated after a police officer shot and wounded a young woman, and the…

Ethiopia Retakes Tigray's Towns, but the Bigger Fight May Be With Eritrea

WORLD POLITICS

Ethiopia's army has driven the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) out of the regional capital and several other towns in under two weeks. The victories are changing the question facing the Horn of Africa. It is no longer only whether Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed can end a rebellion that collapsed…

A Firing Squad on Livestream: The Pentagon's Plan to Broadcast the Execution of the Fort Hood Shooter

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Background

On November 5, 2009, Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan walked into a soldier readiness processing center at Fort Hood, Texas, and opened fire on troops preparing to deploy. Thirteen people were killed and 32 were wounded, making it the…

Guinea-Bissau's December Election Is Effectively Dead, and the Junta Has Barred Its Ousted President From Coming Home

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Guinea-Bissau's military-led transition is running out of road. Four days ago, the transitional prime minister and the national election commission each told the junta's leader that the presidential and legislative elections scheduled for Dec. 6 cannot be held on time, because the legal deadlines for…

Mauritius Imposes Curfew After Water Protests and a Police Shooting Spark Its Worst Unrest in Decades

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius  

The government of Mauritius has imposed an overnight curfew across roughly a third of the island after protests over water shortages and the rising cost of living turned violent. Demonstrations that began in the…