Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will launch seven new destinations from Abu Dhabi between November 2025 and March 2026, expanding its network across the Middle East.
Imperial attitudes undermine ambitions for expanded influence.
Concerns that the jihadist group is operating near borders with Central Asia “helped shift Russia’s strategic calculus”.
As July 11 marks World Population Day, celebrating the approximate date that the world's population reached 5bn in 1987, we're taking a closer at one of the population trends that will affect many countries sooner or later in the 21st Century.
Kyrgyz president maintains country has a free press.
US President Donald Trump has delayed his so-called “reciprocal” tariffs once more, with the new deadline set for August 1, Statista reports.
China is now operating the former United States military facility at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, The Telegraph reports citing anonymous officials and satellite imagery analyses.
Kazakhstan’s annual inflation rate rose to 11.8% in June, up from 11.3% in May, according to latest figures released by the National Statistics Bureau. Monthly inflation eased slightly to 0.8%, compared to 0.9% in May.
Economies across Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe are set to maintain solid growth in 2025 and 2026 but face downside risks from Middle East tensions, the war in Ukraine and US trade policy.
There have been dramatic changes in Kazakhstan over the last decade, with a thriving fintech sector and an embrace of green technologies, but the country is still grappling with familiar political and economic challenges.
Central Asia is bottled up by an unstable Afghanistan. It would dearly love to open a southern corridor that leads to the huge and lucrative markets of Southeast Asia that could transform the economy of the region.
Moscow said dozens crossed western parts of its neighbour headed for Russian targets.
Issuance oversubscribed by a factor of two.
Ulaanbaatar welcomes two Central Asian leaders in June.
The expectation for the "new oil" is huge – but experts point out that it is still far too early to talk about the Central Asian country having massive, confirmed REE resources.
wiiw research blames crisis in German industry and the uncertainty surrounding Donald Trump’s second term as US president for sharp slowdown in FDI.
Powers including China, Russia, the US and the EU “all promise something to the bride” in scramble for resources such as critical minerals.
Document refers to "permanent good-neighbourliness and friendly cooperation". Chinese leader takes jab at US, saying trade and tariff wars "produce no winners".
A satellite in orbit offers a nation prestige, essential data in handling natural disasters and, controversially, a blanket “kill switch” for the internet during unrest.
Solution favoured by Astana will help balance relations with Moscow and Beijing.