Clashes erupted on Monday between protesters and Tunisian police who fired tear gas to disperse them in the southern town of Jelma, the third consecutive...[via reuters.com]

A new round of high-level talks has started in Cairo between three Nile basin countries aimed at resolving disputes over Ethiopia’s controversial Grand Renaissance dam,...[By Saeed Kamali Dehghan via theguardian.com]

''Regarding the situation in Yemen, all parties agree that it is time to resolve this conflict and end violence and destruction. There is a real...[via timesofoman.com]

Israeli sources “are increasingly convinced” that three weeks of GPS disruptions for civilian flights are a side effect of Russian jamming and spoofing in Syria,...[By David Axe via nationalinterest.org]

In a statement, protesters in 10 Iraqi provinces made seven demands following Abdul Mahdi’s resignation announcement, including “ongoing protests until parties disappear and the quota system ends, constitutional...[By Adnan Abu Zeed via al-monitor.com]

The Trump administration has quietly released more than $100 million in military assistance to Lebanon after months of unexplained delay that led some lawmakers to...[By Matthew Lee via defensenews.com]

U.S. crude has generally stayed between $50 and $60 a barrel in the past six months and is on pace for its best year since...[By Amrith Ramkumar via wsj.com]

Donald Trump has warned that a trade deal with China could be more than a year away in comments that sent shares in Britain’s top...[By Phillip Inman via theguardian.com]

The win has set up an intriguing semifinal clash between the host Qatar and Saudi Arabia, one of the three West Asian countries which has...[via thehindu.com]

“Turkey does what’s good for Turkey, period. Full stop,” said a U.S. official with subject matter expertise. For the United States, that official said, the...[By Katie Bo Williams via defenseone.com]

At a news conference alongside the Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, the US president also accused Macron of trying to break away from Nato, as...[By Dan Sabbagh via theguardian.com]

Social changes around the world are having a disproportionate im­pact on Arab societies. Loyalty and obligation have played a particu­larly strong role in how Arabs...[By Jon B. Alterman via csis.org]

Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories has cost the economy of the Palestinians more than $2.5 billion a year for the past two decades, a...[via alarabiya.net]