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Joe Biden has moved to reverse US policy on Yemen, aiming to intensify diplomacy to end the nation’s civil war. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said he will revoke terrorist designations of Yemen’s... Read more... February 13, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

The G7 will meet this week to discuss the global economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and how to tax giant digital firms. Leaders are looking to the Biden administration to show a willingness to work... Read more... February 11, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

Vehicles and online presence replace the public show of force during the celebration of Iran’s 1979 revolution. For the first time in decades, the large square around Tehran’s iconic Azadi (Freedom) Tower was filled with cars... Read more... February 11, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

Qatar’s FM says Doha ready to invest in Lebanon ‘as soon as a government is formed’. Qatar is ready to help cash-strapped Lebanon with its economic recovery if its deeply divided political class agrees on a... Read more... February 10, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

President Rouhani says he is ready to be vaccinated to show that any shot officially approved in Iran is trustworthy. Iran has launched its vaccination programme against COVID-19 with Russia’s Sputnik V. By order of President Hassan... Read more... February 9, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

Women in the Middle East nation speak about daily harassment they go through as they launch their own #MeToo movement. Women in Kuwait are defying conservative norms and a culture of “shame” to speak out against... Read more... February 9, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

The dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo is part of China’s bid to achieve carbon neutrality, but experts worry about the impact on the mighty river. In the foothills of the Himalayas, where the ancient Yarlung civilisation... Read more... February 8, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

Economy and handling of COVID-19 pandemic figure largely on minds of voters ahead of February 7 presidential polls. Ecuadorians will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president amid widespread discontent over the... Read more... February 6, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

People take to the streets of New Delhi, Seoul and Jakarta in support of anti-coup protesters rallying in Myanmar. Protests in India, Indonesia and South Korea took place on Friday, with demonstrators calling for the restoration... Read more... February 6, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments

Over the last month, protests at a university overlooking the Bosphorus have spiralled into a challenge that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has compared with nationwide demonstrations that threatened his government eight years ago. Student outcry... Read more... February 6, 2021 | By The Rising Europe | No Comments