On Oct. 23, Pakistan’s banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party called off its march on Islamabad after the government released 350 imprisoned party members and said it would meet the party’s demands, Al Jazeera reported Oct. 25.
Pakistan is helping Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government fight the Islamic State Khorasan Province through informal intelligence sharing, The Washington Post reported Oct. 23.
China decided to expand its real estate tax trials in Shanghai and Chongqing to an unspecified group of other cities for five years, NPC Observer reported Oct. 23.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the government to work with regional authorities to provide two paid days off for workers vaccinated against COVID-19, Reuters reported Oct. 25.
A handful of Algerian political parties criticized the National Independent Authority for Elections’ rejection of numerous candidates for Algeria’s Nov. 27 local elections, Liberte reported Oct. 23.
The Central Bank of Russia raised its key interest rate by 0.75% to 7.5% per annum and its inflation outlook for 2021 to 7.4-7.9% from the previous 5.7-6.2%, TASS reported Oct. 22.
France, Italy, Spain, Austria and the United Kingdom agreed with the United States to withdraw their digital services taxes to make way for the implementation of the global tax reform recently agreed to at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Reuters reported Oct. 21.
Four key members of Brazil’s economic team, including the treasury secretary, stepped down to protest the government’s push to supersede its constitutionally mandated spending cap, Bloomberg reported Oct. 21.
In a draft of its final report, Brazil’s Senate committee accused Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro of nine crimes, including crimes against humanity, Deutsche Welle reported Oct. 21.
Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed agreed on the appointment of Somalia's next chief of the national intelligence agency after weeks of disagreement, Reuters reported Oct. 22.
