Aliyev’s message to the new Iranian Supreme leader was particularly solicitous. “I hope that together we will make further ...

In 2025, financing woes resulted in a Russian state-controlled entity, Inter RAO, losing contracts to build three power plants in the Kazakh cities of Kokshetau, Semey and Oskemen. All three contracts ...

The Bloody January turmoil stemmed partly from public alienation from a political system monopolized by Nursultan Nazarbayev, ...

In early March, nine opposition parties announced a new alliance, pledging to coordinate their strategy to oppose the ruling Georgian Dream’s ongoing efforts to establish a monopoly on politics while ...

A recent Tajik government report on living standards indicates that many households are hovering on the edge of the poverty ...

Opinion polling indicates that voters will approve a new constitution for Kazakhstan in a referendum on March 15. The draft that citizens will vote on represents a near total rewrite of the existing ...

Armenia and Azerbaijan are on edge, worried that TRIPP potentially could be upended by the US-Israeli attack on Iran. Hoping to shield against any spillover, Yerevan and Baku are staking out cautious ...

In response to the ongoing warfare in the Persian Gulf precipitated by the US-Israeli attack on Iran, Chinese companies are ...

Taliban militants patrol the streets of Kabul. The recent ISKP attack in the Afghan capital laid bare Taliban’s limited capacity to provide security and added to the uncertainty surrounding ...

Pakistan’s ongoing military campaign against Afghanistan, initiated by airstrikes in late February 2026 targeting hideouts of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State–Khorasan Province ...

Largely overlooked because of the burgeoning conflict in the Middle East, “open war” has erupted between Pakistan and ...

The initiative has garnered little support beyond those competing for the 1.5-million-som ($17,000) prize for the winning anthem, and echoes the government’s controversial move in 2023 to rework the ...