Headlines: Egypt's Nour Party says Backs New Constitution Iran, Turkey Enjoy Close Intelligence Cooperation US Halts Shipments from Afghanistan through Pakistan amid Protests Malaysia Ruling Party Tightens Embrace of Islam to Gain Support Details: Egypt's Nour Party Says Backs New Constitution Egypt's second largest Islamist party on Thursday said it would support a new constitution in an upcoming referendum in order to spare the country "more anarchy". "The Nour Party…

News On 3 December the Kremlin website published a decree: "On the Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation on combating corruption". "The new anti-corruption directorate of the Presidential Administration will check the validity and completeness of the data on income, expenditure and assets of officials," said in a document posted on the Kremlin website. Commentary The attempt to intimidate corrupt officials by formation of a new supervision body…

News: On November 25, 2013, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in Bangladesh announced the schedule for the 10th parliamentary elections, setting January 5, 2014 as the polling day. Immediately after the announcement of the schedule, BNP-led opposition declared a 48-hour countrywide road-rail-waterway blockade in protest, which was later extended to 71 hours. BNP wants the next general election to be held under a non-party government but Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…

Headlines: • Inside America's secret 'bomb library' housing 100,000 IEDs from Afghanistan and Iraq • Angolan Authorities Destroying Mosques • CIA Station Chief Exposed in Pakistan• Anti-Veil Drive Sows Tension In Xinjiang Details: Inside America's secret 'bomb library' housing 100,000 IEDs from Afghanistan and Iraq It's a nondescript warehouse on the outskirts of Washington D.C., but hidden inside are the remains of 100,000 explosives specifically designed to harm U.S. troops.…