An explosion has been reported along with gunfire in Pakistan’s North Waziristan district in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Iran refuses inspection of nuclear sites until IAEA provides new guidelines after bombing
Iran has said it will not comply with any demands from the UN’s nuclear watchdog to inspect its bombed nuclear sites, citing the absence of established regulations for inspecting facilities damaged by ...
Japan expects growth to accelerate next year with fiscal stimulus
Japan's government revised up its economic forecast for the fiscal year to next March and projected that growth would accelerate in the following year, on the view that its massive stimulus package ...
China developing options to threaten Taiwan with ‘brute force,’ Pentagon says
China is making steady progress on developing more sophisticated weapons and expanding its armed force’s ability to operate away from the mainland, including against Taiwan, according to the ...
Binance lists Som-pegged stablecoin as Kyrgyzstan deepens crypto push
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov said a recently launched stablecoin pegged to the country’s fiat currency has been listed on cryptocurrency exchange Binance. In a Wednesday X post, Japarov said ...
Israel investing more than $100 billion into independent arms industry, Netanyahu reveals
Premier says Israel will build an independent munitions industry over the next decade, 'reduce dependence on all players' after threat of arms embargoes, boycotts during Gaza war The post Israel ...
Kambarata-1 to See Joint Financing From Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan in 2026
2026 looks to be a pivotal year in which the trilateral hydropower project will either make serious steps forward or languish, as previous efforts have, in the void between ambition and reality.
Malaysia’s AAA sovereign rating affirmed
MARC Ratings has affirmed its unsolicited public information sovereign rating on Malaysia at AAA with a stable outlook based on the credit rating agency's national rating scale.
Flag carrier PIA to be run by new owners from April, says Pakistan official
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is expected to be run by a new owner from April next year and receive fresh capital under a deal to privatise the flag carrier, the country's privatisation chief ...
India-Bangladesh Tensions: Crisis Group calls for restraint in rhetoric
As Dhaka-New Delhi relations lurch towards a crisis, India should avoid “provocative” statements that could be perceived in Bangladesh as “meddling” in its upcoming polls, the International Crisis ...