The first Saudi airstrikes against Ansarallah in four years threaten to upend their tenuous ceasefire, just as the truce between the U.S. and Iran is crumbling over the Strait of Hormuz. By Iona Craig …
Europe’s Heatwave Is Becoming an Energy Crisis Europe’s heatwave is disrupting energy and transport, with low river levels restricting barge traffic on the Rhine and driving up shipping costs for fuel, coal, and other …
State-controlled Pakistan LNG Ltd has bought the most expensive cargo of liquefied natural gas on the spot market in four years as the recent re-escalation of the Hormuz crisis cut off cargoes from its …
The facility will provide a secure environment where the military, government, researchers, and industry can develop, evaluate, and integrate new technologies into operational capabilities. Soldier repairs an unmanned aerial system. Photo: Aviator Natalie Chilcott/Canadian …
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a working session at the G7 summit, in Brazil has described the latest U.S. tariffs on certain Brazilian imports as unjust and politically motivated, threatening Thursday to impose …
Image: Akorda.kz Kazakhstan and China signed more than 70 commercial agreements worth over $15 billion during President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s working visit to Shanghai on July 16. The package covers artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, transport, finance, agriculture, …
@TCA Central Asia’s biggest debtor is not necessarily its most vulnerable. Kazakhstan accounts for roughly two-thirds of the region’s external liabilities, but much of that debt sits on corporate balance sheets rather than the …
The Hoshinoya Nara Prison in Nara on June 23 (Toshiyuki Hayashi) NARA—The historic Nara Prison from the Meiji Era (1868-1912) has at last reopened as a luxury hotel whose proceeds will go toward its conservation. The …
US President Donald Trump, who returned to office pledging to end wars rather than launch new ones, now risks becoming entangled in another prolonged military war, according to an analysis piece published by The New …
An Air China C919 aircraft Photo: Screenshot from CARNOC.com Air China will begin deploying the domestically developed C919 aircraft on its daily Beijing Capital-Ulan Bator route starting August 12, marking the first routine international …