Situation Reports

The Russian State Duma announced it will hold a public vote on President Vladimir Putin's constitutional amendments on April 22, TASS reported Feb. 27.

Saudi Arabia suspended foreign arrivals for the umrah pilgrimage on Feb. 27 amid coronavirus concerns and closed off Islam's holiest sites in Mecca and Medina, Reuters reported.

Pakistan has confirmed its first two cases of the new coronavirus from individuals in Karachi and Islamabad who had both recently traveled to Iran, Dawn reported Feb. 26.

The British government published its goals for the upcoming trade negotiations with the European Union on Feb. 27, The Guardian reported.

Google has applied for a license from the U.S. government that would enable the American tech giant to install its mobile services on new smartphones produced by Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, TechRadar reported Feb. 26.

The United States sanctioned three individuals and 12 entities allegedly connected to Hezbollah's Martyrs Foundation, according to a Feb. 26 statement released by the U.S. Treasury Department.

At least 20 people were killed and over 200 more were injured in New Delhi following days of violent clashes between supporters and protesters of the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), The New York Times reported Feb. 26.

The governments of the 27 members of the European Union have approved a negotiation mandate for the bloc's upcoming trade talks with the United Kingdom, the European Commission reported Feb. 25.

Indonesia has announced a $742 million stimulus package with measures aimed primarily at boosting tourism and protecting companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak, Bloomberg reported Feb. 25.

Finance ministers and central bank governors from the world's 20 largest economies, meeting Feb. 22-23 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, discussed the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on global economic growth but expressed little sense of urgency, Reuters reported.