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- 01 Sep
KEY STORYLINES
- AFRICA: An employee of Doctors Without Borders held hostage for more than a year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was freed, announced the organization.
- AMERICAS: Mexican authorities announced that a Los Zetas cartel chieftain was arrested near the border with the US.
- ASIA: Japanese officials confirmed at least 22 cases of dengue fever, marking the first outbreak of the infection since World War II.
- EUROPE: In Turkey, dozens of police officers, including a former chief of a police financial unit, were detained on accusations of plotting against the government.
- MIDDLE EAST: Iraqi security and volunteer forces broke the siege of Amerli and entered the town.
- TECHNOLOGY: The NATO alliance is expected to ratify a pledge on joint defense in case of major cyber-attacks.
TOP STORY
- Protests in Pakistan turned deadly as PM Sharif resists public pressure to resign.
- Demonstrators marched on the residence of PM Sharif.
- A TV station was back on air after being stormed by crowds and recovered by government forces.
- Protesters demanding the resignation of PM Sharif engaged in running battles with police near government offices in Islamabad.
- The country’s Supreme Court called for a constitutional solution to the crisis.
- Coverage: WSJ, LAT, BBC, CNN, NYT, IBTimes
AFRICA
- DRC: An employee of Doctors Without Borders held hostage for more than a year was freed, announced the organization. (AFP)
- Lesotho: The country’s political leaders were summoned by South African President Zuma for emergency talks after the military carried out a coup. (Bloomberg)
- Libya: A commander of the Dawn of Libya militia group said it is guarding the US embassy compound after expelling rival militia who temporarily seized it. (Guardian)
AMERICAS
- Region: Honduran authorities and US lawmakers met in to discuss the structural causes of child immigration to the US. (EFE)
- Cuba: Cuba is bringing in new rules limiting personal imports of foreign goods into the country. (BBC)
- Mexico: Authorities announced that a Los Zetas cartel chieftain was arrested near the border with the US. (AFP)
ASIA
- Region: South Korea and China announced a bilateral summit of their leaders on the sidelines of November’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Beijing. (Yonhap)
- Japan: Officials confirmed at least 22 cases of dengue fever, marking the first outbreak of the infection since World War II. (AFP)
- Korea, North: The country fired a short-range missile into East Sea from a new location near the Chinese border. (Yonhap)
EUROPE
- Regional: Russian FM Lavrov called for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine. (Guardian)
- Bulgaria: Police at the border with Turkey seized two batches of heroin weighing 46.361 kg destined for the Netherlands. (Xinhua)
- Germany: The government reached a decision to send anti-tank missiles and machine guns to Iraqi Kurds, a controversial decision for the country. (EFE)
- Turkey: Dozens of police officers, including a former chief of a police financial unit, were detained on accusations of plotting against the government. (Reuters)
MIDDLE EAST
- Golan Heights: Fighting erupted between the Syrian army and Islamist rebels on Golan Heights. (Reuters)
- Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi, the first vice president under former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was sentenced to prison and fined, most likely on corruption charges. (AFP)
- Iraq: Iraqi security and volunteer forces broke the siege of Amerli and entered the town. (CNN)
- Yemen: Shiite rebels protested in the thousands in Sanaa against the government, defying UN calls to end disturbances. (AFP)
TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS
- Cyber security: The NATO alliance is expected to ratify a pledge on joint defense in case of major cyber-attacks at summit. (NYT)
WORLD
- Cyclones: Nothing to report.
- Hurricanes: Nothing to report.
- Earthquakes: Nothing to report.
- Volcanoes: Nothing to report.
- Global Disease Outbreaks:
- Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
- Cases: 3069 (Guinea, Mali, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, DR Congo)
- Deaths: 1552 (Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone)
- Sourcing: WHO, WHO-1
- Note: WHO only provides updates for EVD statistics in West Africa at this time.
- Novel Coronavirus (MERS-CoV, SARS-related)
- Cases as of 24JUL: 837 (Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Italy, Iran, France, Germany, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, UAE, United Kingdom, Egypt, US, Yemen)
- Deaths as of 24JUL: 291 (Saudi Arabia, France, Qatar, United Kingdom, UAE, Oman)
- Sourcing: WHO, WHO-1
TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK (02SEP)
- Kenya: Peace and Security Summit in Nairobi
- Lebanon: Parliament to hold 11th session to elect a new president
- United States: Guantanamo hearing on CIA black sites begins
- Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan Independence Day – 1991
- Vietnam: National Day
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