Month: October 2020

• Arrest warrants issued for founders of Panama Papers firm: report
• A potential ‘day of zero’ as Victoria’s single new case of coronavirus may be a virus shedder
• Boris Johnson to force Greater Manchester into coronavirus lockdown
• 6 Russian military officers charged in vast hacking campaign
• Why Beijing may want to keep Trump in the White House
• A NASA Spacecraft Is About to Land on an Asteroid And Grab a Sample. Watch It Live

• UN warns that world risks becoming ‘uninhabitable hell’ for millions unless leaders take climate action
• Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA
• Karabakh war leaves civilians shell-shocked and bitter
• US, Germany demand Turkey end ‘provocation’ against Greece
• Biggest World War Two bomb found in Poland explodes while being defused
• Boris Johnson overruled scientists who told him to introduce a lockdown three weeks ago

• Signs Saudis are edging towards historic Israel peace
• Israeli protests against Netanyahu draw tens of thousands
• Iran Says Trump Is No ‘Tough Guy’ After He Told Country Not to ‘F**k With Us’
• Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia and Azerbaijan agree cease-fire
• Taiwan calls for ‘meaningful dialogue’ with China amid heightened military tensions
• Pakistan bans Chinese app TikTok over unlawful content

• The politics of Saudi normalization with Israel: ANALYSIS
• Lebanon, Israel to begin negotiations over maritime border

Lebanon could be the next domino in terms of Arab countries establishing or normalizing diplomatic relations with Israel. I doubt Saudi Arabia will normalize diplomatic relations with Israel until more small players have made deals. Especially interesting will be to see how Turkey plays into all this. I suspect Saudi Arabia and Israel have been quietly working together behind the scenes since the Syrian Civil War broke out and destabilized the entire region, as well as Europe.