CSTO states express serious concern over terrorist threat in Afghanistan
Armenia refuses to host Eurasian Economic Union summit
COMMENT: Trump 2.0 could be a blessing for Belarus
COMMENT: The EU’s Internal Security Framework is unfit for Cold War 2.0
SYRIA BLOG: Putin joins George W Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” club
What now for Russia in Syria?
Moldova's separatist Transnistria region prepares for the end of free Russian gas
Toppled Syrian dictator Assad flees to Moscow
Zelenskiy backs Trump's call to end the war at Notre Dame meeting
Putin fires Kursk governor amid ongoing Ukrainian occupation
ISTANBUL BLOG: Has Turkey “re-conquered” Aleppo?
KYIV BLOG: It’s time to drop the charade that Ukraine can join Nato
Poor market conditions start to put Emerging Europe IPOs on hold
Gas prices rising as EU storage tanks empty faster than usual
Tusk calls for unity against Russia, proposes Baltic Sea policing mission
EBRD warns of risks for emerging markets pursuing industrial policies
COMMENT: European countries plan hydrogen import infrastructure to achieve climate goals
Druzhba oil flow to Czechia is resumed
Czechia to open oil reserves after Russia halts Druzhba pipeline flows
Emerging Europe winemakers sparkle as global wine production declines
European Commission questions viability of Hungarian government’s medium-term economic forecast under EDP procedure
Orban threatens to veto EU budget unless suspended Hungarian funds are released
Hungary asks for exemption from US sanctions for Russia's Gazprombank
Polish central bank may delay rate cuts to next autumn, Glapiński says
European resistance clouds EU-Mercosur deal prospects at Montevideo summit
Polish energy stocks tank over fears government will ditch coal takeover strategy
Slovak coalition wobbles but will it fall down?
Albanian police use tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters
Albania considers TikTok, Snapchat ban after fatal school stabbing
Watchdog warns Western Balkan banks are conduits for money laundering
Kosovan PM’s visit leads to new rift in Bosnia
Serbia faces backlash over controversial foreign agents bill
Bulgaria's GDP grows 2.4% in Q4 2024
Bulgaria’s full Schengen accession to bring in an annual €833mn
Croatian PM survives no-confidence motion over healthcare scandal
Croatian government faces no-confidence vote over healthcare scandal
Eight arrested over terrorist attack on water canal in Kosovo
Explosion on Zubin Potok canal escalates tensions between Kosovo and Serbia
Kosovo takes first steps towards establishing defence industry
Moldovan PM sacks energy minister, declares state of emergency in energy sector
Gazprom reportedly conditions gas supplies to Moldova on $708mn claim
Montenegro probes suspected plot to assassinate President Milatovic
Political tensions rise in North Macedonia after unrest on Albanian Flag Day
North Macedonia gets new eco-bus fleet as fuel crisis causes transport chaos in capital
Fuel crisis causes chaos for Skopje public transport
Romania’s GDP grows by just 0.8% y/y in 9M24
Romania’s Constitutional Court scraps presidential elections
Romania to hold presidential election runoff with pro-Russian candidate Georgescu under investigation
Serbs support EU membership but remain emotionally wedded to Russia
Serbia's industrial production posts double-digit growth in October
As jubilant Syrian refugees in Turkey celebrate Assad downfall, analysts wonder what comes next in power vacuum
Erdogan sets Damascus as final target for “rebels” advancing in Syria
ISTANBUL BLOG: As Syria rancour rises, Putin deadpans “congratulations” to Turkey on nailing 50% official inflation
INTERVIEW: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank financing Central Asia’s green future
Award seen as Nobel Prize for human rights won by Kabul women’s rights activist and jailed Tajik lawyer
PANNIER: Central Asia faces tough race against clock to prevent water crisis
Corruption probe launched into Armenian satellite project
Several top Armenian officials resign amid political shake-up
Azerbaijan continues crackdown on independent media
Azerbaijan rights defender detained ahead of US award ceremony
Azerbaijani diplomat detained with 70kg of gold in Turkey
Masked 'titushky' thugs target journalists and opposition members in Tbilisi
48 arrested in Tbilisi during ninth night of protests
CAUCASUS BLOG: Georgian PM claims “Maidan” has failed, but is that wishful thinking?
Georgian police's abuse of ethnic Azerbaijani protester sparks outrage in Azerbaijani community
Growth returned to Kazakhstan service sector in November, PMI shows
Kazakh manufacturing sector sees sharp improvement in November, PMI data shows
Putin juggles a “friendly” state visit to Kazakhstan with chilling missile threats for Ukraine
Decades-old Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan border dispute could be over
Kyrgyzstan: MPs seem willing to give police a free hand
Hit indirectly by sanctions, Mongolia struggles to find workarounds
HESS: Mongolia’s unique success story between rock and a hard place at risk
Mongolia copper-gold discovery hailed for “globally significant” prospects
PANNIER: Grievous blow for the Pamiris as Tajikistan ends cooperation with the Aga Khan
COP29: Central Asian states losing arable land
Iranian officials in uproar over police beatings of students in Russia
Alisher Usmanov’s wealth shrinks by $7.29bn on falling markets
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
The hurricane season in 2024 was weird
Global warming will increase crop yields in Global North, but reduce them in Global South
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
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 throws the diamond industry a lifeline
Nelson Mandela worried about natural diamonds, Leonardo di Caprio defended them, makers of lab-grown stones demonise them
Botswana’s 2,492-carat diamond discovery is golden opportunity to replicate legendary Jonker diamond's global legacy
Russia’s Rosatom to support nuclear projects across Africa at AEW2024
JPMorgan, Chase and HSBC reportedly unwittingly processed payments for Wagner warlord Prigozhin
Burkina Faso the latest African country to enter nuclear power plant construction talks with Russia
IMF: China’s slowdown will hit sub-Saharan growth
Moscow unlikely to give up Niger toehold as threat of ECOWAS military action looms
Overcoming insecurity to unlock the Central African Republic’s mineral riches
Russia funding war in Ukraine via illegal gold mining in Africa – WGC report
Rain, rain go away
Africa, Asia most people living in extreme poverty
10 African countries to experience world’s fastest population growth to 2100
EM winners and losers from the global green transformation
Russia blocks UN Security Council resolution on Sudan humanitarian crisis
G20 summit wraps up with a joint statement strong on sentiment, but short on specifics
Malaysia seeks BRICS membership
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
Kazakhstan has no plans to join BRICS, says Astana
Sri Lanka to apply for BRICS membership
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
The West is bleeding the Global South of wealth thanks to massive wage inequality, says study
Kenya’s untapped mineral wealth holds the promise of economic transformation
US adds 17 Liberian-flagged bulk carriers and oil tankers to Russian sanctions-busting blacklist
Panama and Liberia vying for largest maritime registry
Libya’s mineral riches: unlocking a future beyond oil
EBRD announces profit of €2.1bn in 2023
Where water stress will be highest by 2050
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
Sri Lanka's LTL Holdings targets African power sector
Russia's nuclear diplomacy binding emerging markets to the Kremlin
Can Niger's military junta seize the country's uranium opportunity?
Disaster season: heat waves sweep the world – in charts and maps
AI will be a major source of GHGs by 2030, says Morgan Stanley
Niger and beyond: Francophone credit delivers coup de grâce
The world has passed peak per capital CO₂ emissions, but overall emissions are still rising
Trump threatens BRICS with tariffs if they dump the dollar
Global mean sea levels have increased by around 25cm since 1880
SITREP: Middle East rapidly destabilised by a week of missile strikes
Colombian mercenaries trapped in Sudan’s conflict
Air France diverts Red Sea flights after crew spots 'luminous object'
COMMENT: Tunisia on the brink of collapse
Tunisian President Kais Saied re-elected for second term
WHO declares "global public health emergency" owing to mpox outbreak in Central Africa, new virus strain
Climate crisis-driven global food security deteriorated between 2019 and 2022 and is even affecting the US
South Korea’s won slides as martial law crisis sparks market turmoil
Major bank’s service disruptions cause payment delays at fuel stations across Iran
Russia to mine Bitcoin in BRICS countries
China unveils $71bn swap facility to revitalise flagging economy
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway makes waves with $1.9bn yen bond sale
Uzbekistan joins Kyrgyzstan in committing to October start on China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway construction
US imposes preliminary duties on Southeast Asian solar imports
Southeast Asia’s rising energy demands and what lies ahead
Southeast Asia expands pumped hydro to boost energy storage
Pakistan could quit TAPI as India now “extremely lukewarm” on gas pipeline project, says report
Russia and India explore Arctic shipbuilding cooperation
PANNIER: The great mirage that is the TAPI gas pipeline
Trump vows to block Nippon Steel's $14bn bid for US Steel
China dismisses Trump's tariff threat, warns of 'no winners' in trade war
Indonesian analysts favour Kamala Harris’s economic policies as the US votes
Rising gold ETF inflows set to drive global bullion prices
Iraq blocks IMDb website over 'immoral content' claims
Display unveils groundbreaking 50% stretchable screen: a game-changer for fashion and mobility
South Korean users flock to YouTube and Instagram as local platforms struggle
Kazakhstan’s big league fintech Kaspi acquires 65% of Turkish Nasdaq peer Hepsiburada for $1.1bn
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
Iranian embassy in Damascus ransacked, Russian embassy on lockdown
Syrian opposition forces edge closer to Homs city
Assad's Syrian regime faces imminent collapse as rebels close in on Damascus
TEHRAN BLOG: Why a Trump win may not be good for Israel
Kuwait greenlights tax deal with Iraq to prevent double taxation
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
Lebanon's Christian factions rejoice over Assad regime fall
So you want to get on the right side of Donald Trump? Try gift-wrapping a hotel
ANALYSIS: Regional escalation on the table following Israeli strike on Iran
Sea of Oman oil terminal boosts export resilience amid tensions with Israel
Claims Hamas moving HQ to Turkey spark call from US lawmakers for classified briefing
Dubai ranks 13th in world's best cities index
Saudi Arabia launches UN desertification talks with $150mn pledge
Arab League backs Iraq's request for emergency meeting over Israeli threats
Syrian opposition bans forced wearing of hijab
UPDATED: Syria's former president Assad arrives in Moscow
UAE arrests three Uzbeks in Rabbi Kogan murder
Israel launches biggest strike in Yemen, killing 40 people
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
EU and Mercosur strike historic trade deal, setting stage for political battle
ChatGPT enters Buenos Aires courts in legal tech push
French President Macron leads opposition to EU-Mercosur deal as hopes for G20 breakthrough fade
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
Bolivia signs $1bn deal with China’s CBC for lithium development
What would a Trump win mean for Latin America?
US election outcome may curb vital remittances to Latin America
LatAm faces two-speed recovery as Brazil outpaces Mexico in IMF outlook
Latin American dignitaries urge UN to suspend Russia over Ukraine war
Colombia seeks BRICS membership, deepens Russia ties during Moscow talks
Methane levels at 800,000-year high, accelerating the sixth extinction
US general calls for Marshall Plan in Latin America to counter China and Russia
Argentina's Milei sacks foreign minister after unexpected Cuba embargo vote
Russian surveillance network in Nicaragua raises alarm
Who has the most prisoners? – Statista
Will Venezuela’s Maduro go out with a bang or a whimper?
Mexico's Sheinbaum denies NYT claims of chemistry students lured into fentanyl production
Trump’s tariff plan: A bold move or a risky gamble?
Mexico devises strategy to shield exports from US tariffs under Trump
Mexico braces for Trump trade storm amid fresh tariff and border threats
Nicaragua unveils new canal route in bid to rival Panama
Peru mining reform fails to stem surge in illegal gold trade and violence