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Iraq has completed a series of operational plans to facilitate the movement of pilgrims during the upcoming Ashura and Arbaeen religious observances, as authorities prepare for the arrival of millions of visitors to the holy cities.

MEPs reaffirming support for Western Balkan countries' membership aspirations while urging sustained reforms in the rule of law, anti-corruption efforts and democratic governance as conditions for progress.

In a show of the pragmatic good relations that continue between Russia and Uzbekistan, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin praised the economic and trade ties between the two countries at the plenary session of the fifth TIIF.

Airline passengers in the EU will keep free hand luggage and delay compensation under a deal reached after more than a decade of talks, with the rules due to take effect in 2027.

South Africa secures $1bn loan from the New Development Bank to upgrade water, sanitation and waste infrastructure in its eight largest municipalities, highlighting Pretoria's growing reliance on the BRICS-backed lender.

Tech

Israeli AI stock catalogue company Artlist confirmed that it would lay off 200 of its 500 employees in what has been categorised as a strategic move rather than one influenced by financial pressure.

The global airborne geophysical services market was valued at more than $1.35bn in 2026.

Thorium Space develops technologies targeting Europe's growing demand for independent and secure satellite communications infrastructure.

China-Central Asia Monitor: June 5-11, 2026.

Planned logistics platform is expected to function as a marketplace for freight customers.

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Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan secured a decisive election victory, resilient pro-Russian opposition could slow his efforts to advance peace with Azerbaijan and deepen ties with the West, says Carnegie Politika analysis.

Syria envisioned as key cog in new energy distribution network.

Relations across the Gulf have been ruined following more than 100 days of war between Iran, Israel and the US with the Gulf neighbours to the south and east of the Islamic Republic left exposed following a new memorandum with the Trump admin.

A planned EU-backed gas pipeline linking Bosnia & Herzegovina to Croatia could intensify political divisions within the country rather than easing its energy vulnerabilities.

Compromised politicians in Ukraine and Europe see the continuation of the war as a lifeline for their expiring careers.

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Tourism from China fell for a sixth straight month, dropping 60.4% year on year to 313,000. The decline followed remarks last November by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi regarding Japan’s potential involvement in a Taiwan-related contingency

The shift was driven by elevated global crude oil prices. Vietnam remains reliant on imported crude to supply its refineries, leaving it exposed to fluctuations in international energy markets.

Uzbekistan has emerged as one of the developing world's most compelling investment stories, pulling in a record $43.1bn in FDI and loans in 2025 — up sharply from $31.9bn in 2024 and $19.5bn in 2023.

Inflation falls from 3.9% registered in April amid rising fuel prices in connection with the war in the Middle East.

With the accompanying fall in oil prices, a revival of the country's rate-cutting cycle has re-emerged as a possibility.

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Local institution, not foreign import.

Uzbekistan is an unusual case in the Islamic world. Its population of nearly 40mn is overwhelmingly Muslim — around 90% — yet the country has operated since independence as a secular state, with a conventional western-style banking system.

At the fifth Tashkent International Investment Forum, Shavkat Mirziyoyev laid out the most ambitious reform agenda in Central Asia. Ben Aris reports from a country that is transforming faster than almost anyone expected.

Central Asia used to be thought of as sitting at the “navel of the world,” about as far away from everywhere as it was possible to be. Today that perception has changed as once again it finds itself at the centre of things.

Geopolitics experts see plan as entirely realistic. Central Asian country is a nonproliferation-minded middle power Tehran could accept without seeming to capitulate to Washington.

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Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government has been targeted by a wave of mass protests dubbed the "Flamingo Revolution".

The E3 European leaders met in London over the weekend to thrash out a new formula to take to the Kremlin and end the war in Ukraine. Unfortunately, the document they produced takes us all the way back to the very beginning of the process.

What began as an environmental campaign against the planned development linked to Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has rapidly evolved into a broader protest movement.

He’s passionate but ultimately dull. While he’s directing matters, the regime can happily go about dismantling the opposition.

German businessmen are going to the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia’s premier investment forum, in a public show of the fraying commitment to cutting off commercial ties under the sanctions regime.

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The Philippines’ Department of Energy has welcomed the certification of 13 renewable energy projects valued at PHP344.62bn ($5.7bn) under the government’s Green Lane initiative in the first five months of 2026.

The Baltic power system is undergoing structural change following the 2025 integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania into the continental European electricity grid.

Vietnam is betting on wind power to fuel its green transition amid the energy uncertainty, while fuel price is changeable.

OMV Petrom will build a large-scale solar and battery storage project in Bulgaria, in a further expansion of its renewable energy portfolio in Southeast Europe.

India’s increasingly severe summer heatwaves are becoming a structural threat to economic growth, raising costs for businesses, reducing worker productivity and slowing growth in an economy that remains heavily dependent on physical labour.

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