Situation Reports

The U.S. Biden administration is considering designating Russia's paramilitary Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization, Bloomberg reported Nov. 30.

Former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Jiang Zemin, who led the country from 1989-2002, died of leukemia at 96 years old, Xinhua News Agency reported Nov. 30.

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga called for national rallies to defend four members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) who the National Assembly is threatening to dismiss over their rejection of the August presidential election results that declared William Ruto the winner, The Africa Report reported Nov. 30.

Kazakhstan's Ministry of Justice granted registration to the Green Party, making it the first new party in almost two decades to receive permission to legally operate as a political entity, Eurasianet reported Nov. 30.

Eurostat data showed that eurozone headline inflation rates fell for the first time in 17 months, slowing to 10.0% in November from a record high of 10.6% in October, Bloomberg reported Nov. 30.

Peruvian opposition lawmakers presented their third impeachment motion against President Pedro Castillo on Nov. 29 due to his "moral incapacity" to continue in the position as a result of ongoing tax fraud investigations and Castillo's Cabinet appointments, La Republica reported Nov. 30.

The federal government of Iraq will deploy military brigades to the border of Iraqi Kurdistan with Iran, according to a Nov. 28 statement by Sagvan Sindi, the deputy chairman of Iraq's security and defense parliamentary committee, Mehr News Agency reported Nov. 29.

Canada's new premier of Alberta province, Danielle Smith, introduced the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act, which would explicitly empower the province's legislature to refuse to enforce certain federal laws and regulations, Reuters reported Nov. 29.

The Central African Republic (CAR) government threatened to seek reprisals after claiming an aircraft flew across the northern border from a neighboring country the night of Nov. 27-28 and bombed CAR troops and Russian paramilitary partners in the town of Bossangoa, Agence France-Presse reported Nov. 28.

Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) transferred $500 million to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) under program financing, Dawn reported Nov. 29.