Azerbaijan intensifies its crackdown on independent media, targeting journalists and activists under contentious charges.
Trends shaping Azerbaijan’s construction materials market in 2025
BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 9. This year, both the real estate and construction materials markets in Azerbaijan are expected to experience price increases, Chairman of the Azerbaijan Society of …
Human Rights Watch: Azerbaijan failed to ensure ethnic Armenians’ right to safe return to Karabakh
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its annual report on the human rights situation in the world in 2024. The part concerning Azerbaijan highlighted that the Azerbaijani government intensified its …
Yemen PM: Int’l Support for Yemen Includes Security, Defense Sectors
Riyadh: Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak said international support for Yemen will go beyond politics and economics to include security and defense, aiming to strengthen the government’s …
Iraq tightens real estate transactions to combat money laundering: New rules explained
Iraq lowers the real estate transaction threshold to 100 million dinars to combat money laundering, requiring all sales to go through licensed banks.
How Japanese brand Meiji is repositioning intellectual property as it eyes overseas growth
The Japanese food and pharmaceutical company is putting intellectual property at the centre of its business strategy, says Koshi Sakamoto, general manager of IP intelligence.
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 14 years in prison in land corruption case
The verdict in the case was delivered by an anti-graft court in a prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where Khan has been jailed since August 2023.
Most expensive deal: India’s biggest residential property deal, it is worth Rs…, owners are…
India’s real estate market in 2024 showcased robust growth and innovation, from high-value luxury property deals to significant investments in infrastructure and redevelopment projects.
Apple sets a new India office property market benchmark with record lease deal
Apple Inc has signed a long-term lease for a 6,526 sq ft office space in Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex at Rs 738 per sq ft, breaking previous lease records. This marks another milestone in its …
More than 70 arrested at Palestine protest after crowds ‘tried to reach the BBC’
But 65 people were arrested on suspicion of ‘deliberately’ breaching conditions after breaking through protest barriers into Trafalgar Square to reach the BBC at Portland Place. Others were also …