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Libya and Turkey sign MoUs on various issues
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Libya and Turkey sign MoUs on various issues

13 April 2021
A high-level delegation led by the Libyan prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, visited Turkey on Monday (12 April) to participate in the joint high-level Strategic Cooperation Council. The two sides signed several new Memoranda of Understanding and renewed a commitment to the 2019 maritime boundaries agreement between the two countries. 
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Fighting intensifies in Yemen's Marib with little hope for peace efforts
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Fighting intensifies in Yemen's Marib with little hope for peace efforts

12 April 2021
Fighting between pro-government forces and Houthi fighters intensified over the weekend across multiple fronts in the governorate of Marib in Yemen. Reports indicate that around 70 have been killed in the past few days. Officials losses and the changes in the frontlines are difficult to determine as figures and news are often concealed. 
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Analysis: Why what happens in Greenland matters
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Analysis: Why what happens in Greenland matters

12 April 2021
The snap elections for the parliament of Greenland last Tuesday (6 April) attracted unusual interest from major powers who have been watching the political and economic impact of the election results on their interests in the Arctic region. Among them, the Chinese, who have invested in the Kvanefjeld mine on the island. Maximiliaan van Lange analyses the background to the recent Greenlandic general elections, and the Island's geostrategic position in the Arctic in this article for commonspace.eu.
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Turkey says it remains firm in its support for Ukraine
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Turkey says it remains firm in its support for Ukraine

11 April 2021
Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky visited Istanbul over the weekend for talks with the Turkish president Recip Tayip Erdogan. Erdogan told the media after the talks that Turkey strongly defended Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty,” stressing, “We reaffirmed our principled stance of not recognizing the [Russian] annexation of Crimea.”
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Putin appoints experienced Vice Admiral as Head of North Ossetia
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Putin appoints experienced Vice Admiral as Head of North Ossetia

10 April 2021
Russian president Vladimir Putin has appointed retired Vice Admiral Sergei Menyailo as the interim head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. Menyailo was the first governor of Sevastopol following its annexation by Russia and served as Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in Siberia.
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The Prince who dedicated his whole life to his Queen and country
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The Prince who dedicated his whole life to his Queen and country

10 April 2021
Britain is in mourning following the announcement yesterday of the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh and lifelong consort of Queen Elizabeth. He died peacefully at Windsor Castle at the venerable age of 99.