Belarus and Russia strengthen security ties amid rising tensions
Poland busts cyber-espionage ring set up by Russia and Belarus
VISEGRAD BLOG: Globsec security forum insists Ukraine is still winning the war
Belarus is benefiting from the economic boom in Russia, for now
India highlights legal reforms at BRICS justice ministers meeting
The crumbling defence of Pokrovsk
COMMENT: How Armenia helps Russia bypass Western sanctions
Kremlin defies Kadyrov-backed Wildberries raid and charges Bakalchuk
Ukraine holds interest rates steady at 13% as inflation risks persist
Mexico’s President-elect Sheinbaum turns down Zelensky’s invitation to Ukraine
ASH: War in Ukraine - where is the Western leadership?
Estonia announces austerity package to help finance defence build-up
COMMENT: Look beyond the Ukraine war and CEE's fundamentals couldn’t be stronger
Former Lithuanian premier Andrius Kubilius appointed first EU defence commissioner
Eastern EU members secure key portfolios in new European Commission
Czech budget deficit to deepen by €1.2bn this year to pay for flood damage
Czechia and Hungary are only EU states to oppose UNGA Israel resolution
Czech regional and Senate elections test populists’ ability to return to power
Czechia chooses UK's Rolls Royce to develop small modular reactors
IMF highlights risks posed by widening regional inequalities within Hungary
Polish PPI declines 5.1% y/y in August
Slovak cabinet unveils €2.7bn in cost-cutting measures
Slovak ruling coalition removes opposition leader from parliamentary post
Fast fashion slowly conquers the Balkans
Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro among countries least likely to separate waste
UK looks to Italy’s controversial deal with Albania as it rethinks migration policy
Albanian opposition leader Berisha formally charged with corruption
Western Balkans coal power plants still pumping out toxic emissions
Enlargement fatigue and the Western Balkan security vacuum
Romania-Bulgaria Danube hydropower project is dangerous, environmental groups warn
Bulgarians outraged after North Macedonia’s deputy PM calls them "miserable"
Croatia on track to be one of the EU’s strongest performers in 2024
Belgrade-Pristina dialogue fails to progress in Brussels
Moldova gets €385mn package from Western partners — mostly for planting trees
Polish PM Tusk pledges full support for Moldova’s EU accession
Monument to late cleric creates new rift in Montenegro’s government
Diplomatic tensions escalate between Bulgaria and North Macedonia over flag incident
B9 Nato countries call for integrated air defence system to address Russian threat
Short seller argues Nasdaq-listed Kazakh fintech heavyweight Kaspi “misled” market over Russia links
Serbia hikes ICT exports as Russian tech professionals boost sector
Turkey sticks with 50% policy rate for sixth straight month
Turkey will deepen ties with East while facing West, says Erdogan
COMMENT: For Kazakhstan, World Nomad Games were a geopolitical foot-in-the-door
Afghan warlord Dostum calls for united move to end Taliban rule
Central Asian leaders seek German expertise to build manufacturing base
Jihadists “in full swing” preparing “new September 11”, warns Afghanistan expert
Central Asia is a big winner from the Ukraine war
COMMENT: Problems with the Taliban have bottled up Central Asian trade
Iran to open shopping centre in Armenia
Iranian TV host banned from TV following Azerbaijan annexation remarks
Iran-Russia tensions rise over Armenian corridor
COMMENT: What does Azerbaijan’s pivot toward Central Asia mean?
Iran TV host stirs controversy with Azerbaijan annexation claim
Murder of trans celebrity shocks Georgian LGBTQ community
Georgia passes law banning LGBTQ "propaganda", same-sex marriage and adoption
US imposes sanctions on Georgian officials and far-right leaders
INTERVIEW: Nino Dolidze, of Georgia's International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy
Scholz concludes Central Asia tour in Kazakhstan with summit of six leaders
After the dzud
Putin touches down in Ulaanbaatar to handshakes and red carpets
Arrest Putin when he sets foot on Mongolian soil, Kyiv urges Ulaanbaatar
Uzbekistan hosts business forum with Iran
Russia's budget oil breakeven price world’s second lowest as oil revenues recover
Southeast European countries look to Algeria to diversify energy supplies
Slovenia turns back to Algerian gas after flirtation with Russian supplies
“Silent demise” of world’s vast rangelands threatens food supply of billions, warns UNCCD report
Hundreds of millions on verge of starvation, billions more undernourished as Climate Crisis droughts take their toll
Kamikaze marketing: how the natural diamond industry could have reacted to the lab-grown threat
The West is bleeding the Global South of wealth thanks to massive wage inequality, says study
Global solar panel glut caused by Chinese overproduction
Global access to energy starts to fall for the first time in a decade, says IEA
Saudi Arabia hosts kingdom's first Africa summit, to boost ties, promote stability
Putin at 2023 Africa-Russia summit: Wiping debts, donating grain and boosting co-operation
EBRD 2023: Bank to expand into the whole of Africa plus Iraq
Botswana’s 2,492-carat diamond discovery is golden opportunity to replicate legendary Jonker diamond's global legacy
Have lab-grown diamonds changed the diamond industry forever?
Burkina Faso the latest African country to enter nuclear power plant construction talks with Russia
Russia's nuclear diplomacy binding emerging markets to the Kremlin
The 'wet-bulb' set to kill hundreds of thousands of people if temperatures and humidity levels continue to rise
IMF: China’s slowdown will hit sub-Saharan growth
Moscow unlikely to give up Niger toehold as threat of ECOWAS military action looms
WHO declares "global public health emergency" owing to mpox outbreak in Central Africa, new virus strain
Rain, rain go away
Africa, Asia most people living in extreme poverty
Sea levels rise 10 cm since 1993 as ice caps melt
10 African countries to experience world’s fastest population growth to 2100
EM winners and losers from the global green transformation
AI will be a major source of GHGs by 2030, says Morgan Stanley
Russia revs up to test cross-border crypto payments
Egypt, Turkey speak of “new era” of relations as el-Sisi visits Ankara for first time since 2013 toppling of Morsi
SDS storms fed by sand and dust equal in weight to 350 Great Pyramids of Giza, says UNCCD
Southern Africa has 'enormous' potential for green hydrogen production, study finds
Sri Lanka's LTL Holdings targets African power sector
How France is losing Africa
Gabon coup attempt after the re-election of President Ali Bongo
Guinea grants final approvals to Rio Tinto for $11.6bn Simandou iron-ore project
IMF: Carbon emissions from AI and crypto are surging and tax policy can help
US adds 17 Liberian-flagged bulk carriers and oil tankers to Russian sanctions-busting blacklist
Panama and Liberia vying for largest maritime registry
EBRD announces profit of €2.1bn in 2023
Where water stress will be highest by 2050
Italy's PM Meloni unveils "Mattei Plan" for African development ahead of Italy-Africa summit
Climate change made Libyan deluge up to 50 times more likely, say weather researchers
Ukraine claims it was behind massacre of Wagner Group mercenaries in Mali
Can Morocco's phosphate wealth put it at the centre of the global battery supply chain?
Hajj aftermath: deaths, disappearances and detentions spark investigations across world
Can Niger's military junta seize the country's uranium opportunity?
Disaster season: heat waves sweep the world – in charts and maps
US lab invents a Fremen-tech water harvester
Niger and beyond: Francophone credit delivers coup de grâce
Job market changing globally because of green transition
SITREP: Middle East rapidly destabilised by a week of missile strikes
Serbian weapons found in Sudan, violating UN arms embargo
Climate crisis-driven global food security deteriorated between 2019 and 2022 and is even affecting the US
India moves past China to become largest emerging market in MSCI index
Bank Negara Malaysia expected to keep interest rates steady amid inflation concerns
Malaysian ringgit set to strengthen against US dollar on strong demand and economic indicators
Bank Indonesia projected to cut benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points by end of 2024
Russia, Bangladesh navigate stresses over nuclear power plant loan payments
Japan’s Tokyo Metro seeks $4.7bn valuation for record IPO
Kazakhstan not at all “scared” of transit competition posed by planned China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, says analyst
India's NTPC Green Energy files for $1.2bn IPO
Solar Energy Corporation of India floats tender for offshore wind power project
US, India convene clean energy partnership ministerial in Washington D.C.
India and the US bolster defence ties with preliminary Security of Supply Arrangement
Sinar Mas and Korean firm partner to develop $300mn data centre
India set to become world's third largest economy by 2030-31
Papua New Guinea tribal conflict leaves 30 dead amid gold mine dispute
Turkey yet to prove rare earth deposit has suggested “giant” potential despite reported processing talks with China
Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics agency predicts La Nina impact in Indonesia, affecting mining sector
China’s move to restrict “bullet material” antimony exports to boost Tajikistan, Turkey and Myanmar
Big tech AI related emissions up almost 700%
Iran's Kish Island in talks to launch "unfiltered internet"
Pope Francis warns of AI risks during Singapore visit
Bahrain and Iran to begin talks on normalising relations
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait set to offer Russians visa-free entry
Jaw-dropping discovery: 450,000-year-old tooth unearthed in Iran
China's COMAC eyes Saudi Arabia as launchpad for international expansion
Ukrainian lawmaker calls for strike on Iran after Lebanon explosions
Iraq's Mosul now booming post-ISIS invasion
Iraqi Christians protest loss of local government position in Kirkuk
Fire in Iraq's Basra commercial district forces evacuations
Hezbollah's Nasrallah vows retaliation for pager attacks
Second wave of explosions hits Hezbollah operatives across Lebanon
Hezbollah vows retaliation against Israel for deadly pager attacks
Saudi Arabia urges citizens to leave Lebanon immediately
More than 1,000 dead in Hajj pilgrimage heatwave
Dozens of pilgrims die during Hajj pilgrimage from extreme heat
Iran demands 'equal footing' with Kuwaiti and Saudi plans to drill for gas in Gulf
Middle East power grid struggles as demand hits record high
Iraq braces for severe heatwave with temperatures to reach 49C
Kuwait sets all-time high electricity consumption record as temperatures soar
Hundreds of Lebanese Hezbollah injured as communication devices explode
Saudi Arabia launches most expensive resort on Red Sea coast
Chinese cars are flooding the Gulf Arabian auto markets
PANNIER: Gulf investment commitments to Central Asia rival sums once pledged by China
Turkey lowers flag at Tel Aviv embassy after Hamas leader's death, sparking Israeli rebuke
Did WhatsApp give away Hamas leader's location?
Saudi Arabia to adopt stricter nuclear oversight by year-end
Saudi Arabia reopens embassy in Syria, signalling diplomatic thaw
Iran uses 'dark fleet' to deliver 1.8 million barrels of oil daily
Syrian man confesses to deadly German stabbing
TEHRAN BLOG: Pezeshkian's dilemma over Haniyeh's assassination
Iranian foreign ministry condemns Haniyeh's assassination in Tehran
Reactions to the killing of Haniyeh in Tehran
Israel says it struck Yemen’s Hodeidah oil terminal
US accuses Russian state media of destabilising Argentina
Milei’s move to block pensions hike sparks protests but gains IMF praise
Latin America trapped in low growth cycle, ECLAC warns
Hurricane Beryl wreaks havoc in the Caribbean, leaves 10 dead as it heads for Mexico
Hurricane Beryl strengthens to Category 5, headed to Jamaica
Tropical storm Beryl intensifies to an “extremely dangerous” category 4 hurricane in an extreme weather first
Climate crisis fuels wildfires across Latin America with Brazil hardest hit
Bolivia inks $976mn deal with Russia to tap world’s largest lithium reserves
US general calls for Marshall Plan in Latin America to counter China and Russia
Brazil grapples with fire pandemic as climate woes intensify
US and Chinese troops join Brazil-led military exercise in rare collaboration
Google scraps $200mn Chile data centre plan over environmental concerns
Isabel Allende slams Maduro “dictatorship” as betrayal of father's socialism
Colombia's Petro alleges Pegasus spyware purchase by previous government
Hunt on for Escobar's “cocaine hippos” as Colombia battles eco-threat
Methane levels at 800,000-year high, accelerating the sixth extinction
Who has the most prisoners? – Statista
Will Venezuela’s Maduro go out with a bang or a whimper?
Ecuador slams vice president's gender complaint against President Noboa as coup attempt
Amazon faces “tipping point”, say researchers
Mexico in turmoil as Senate approves contentious judicial overhaul
BYD denies delay in Mexico plant amid US election speculation
Nicaragua lauds RT chief Simonyan after fresh US sanctions over disinformation scheme
Horror in Paraguay as three-year-old girl dies after shocking family abuse
Yuno rides Latin America's fintech wave to global expansion
Peru is burning while authorities look away
Outrage as birthday party features cake portraying George Floyd