14 July 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe CYPRUS: Newly-discovered natural gas fields off the coast of Cyprus could lead to a détente between the Greek-Cypriot government and Turkey. GERMANY: MPs passed new sexual assault laws, as two migrants were convicted of sexual assault over the New Year’s Eve attacks in Cologne. A white paper… Continue reading Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Week in Brief International
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issue 61:2016 07 07: Week in Brief International
07 July 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: Judges in the constitutional court upheld the appeal by the far-right Freedom Party that last month’s presidential election should be re-run because of counting irregularities. The election was won by Alexander van der Bellen, an independent candidate and former leader of the Green party, who… Continue reading issue 61:2016 07 07: Week in Brief International
Issue 60:2016 06 30:Week in Brief International
30 June 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe EU: Following the UK referendum result, European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker demanded a rapid application of Article 50 by the UK. Other EU leaders warned the UK against delaying the application, and insisted that negotiations could not begin until the application was made. They also insisted… Continue reading Issue 60:2016 06 30:Week in Brief International
Issue 35:2016 01 07: Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
07 January 2016 Week in Brief: International AFGHANISTAN: A Taliban suicide car bomber murdered two people and wounded fifteen others in an attack on a restaurant in Kabul. Over thirty people were wounded in two bomb attacks near Kabul airport. A Taliban attack in Helmand province killed one US soldier and injured two others. AUSTRALIA:… Continue reading Issue 35:2016 01 07: Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
Issue 32:2015 10 10:Week in Brief: International
10 December 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: An argument among Taliban leaders escalated into a shoot-out in which four or five senior figures were killed (including the leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour) and more than a dozen wounded, according to government reports (but denied by the Taliban). The Afghan security forces – police and… Continue reading Issue 32:2015 10 10:Week in Brief: International
Issue 27:2015 11 05:Week in Brief International
05 November 2015 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: In the aftermath of last week’s 7.5 magnitude earthquake which killed at least 370 people and injured more than 2000, the Taliban are taking over Darqand in Takhar province. An ex-inmate of Guantanamo Bay, Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost, is the new leader of Isis in Afghanistan. A… Continue reading Issue 27:2015 11 05:Week in Brief International
