By Mokhi Sultanova in Tashkent For years, Uzbekistan's financial system remained largely defined by cash, long queues at bank branches and limited access to modern financial services. Today, the ...
Former Iran director at NSC: Crypto legislation is a ticket to sanctions evasion
As the Senate weighs the CLARITY Act, gaps in oversight could hand adversaries new ways to evade sanctions and launder money.
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Afghanistan’s Taliban claims Pakistan airstrikes killed 36 civilians, Pakistan says it was 29 militants
Pakistani security forces carried out an intelligence-based ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, followed by "calibrated strikes." ...
PoK protest leader alleges Pakistan army armed Kashmiris as anti-government protests enter 24th day
The leader of the Joint Awami Action Committee alleged the Pakistan Army had supplied weapons to Kashmiris and warned that the ongoing protest movement in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir could escalate if ...
Couple caned for kissing on TikTok in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province
A young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned on Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok livestream. Aceh’s Sharia court ordered the two people to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissing without being
India’s Modi Deepens Ties With Japan in ‘Uncertain Times’
The prime minister met with his counterpart, Sanae Takaichi of Japan, and signed agreements covering artificial intelligence, energy and security.
India’s Modi and Japan’s Takaichi expand defense and economic security ties
Japan and India have announced new agreements to deepen cooperation in defense,economic and maritime security, and artificial intelligence.
China’s new ethnic unity law explained
The law, which Beijing says applies outside of China, has renewed international criticism over the handling of minorities ...
Lebanon considers raising property taxes to build new police HQ
The city of Lebanon this fall will ask voters if it can increase property taxes to pay for a new police headquarters to be built on a city-owned site at Superior and Meridian streets. The police ... ( read original story ...)