By Sadokat Jalolova Central Asia is set to remain one of the world’s fastest-growing regions, although its economic momentum is expected to moderate in the coming years, according to the World Bank’s Spring 2025 Europe & Central Asia Economic Update. The region posted a growth rate of 5.5% in 2024, with projections of 5.0% for […]
Read MoreBy Stephen M. Bland As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, located just outside of Anchorage, Alaska, hopes and anxieties are reverberating across Central Asia. Trump has signaled that securing a ceasefire in Ukraine is his top priority, warning of “very severe consequences” for Moscow […]
Read MoreDhaka : The Election Commission (EC) will announce the roadmap for the upcoming national parliamentary elections next week, EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said today (14 August). “The roadmap will include all preparations and detailed guidelines for the polls,” he told the reporters during a briefing at the Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital’s Agargaon. “We have […]
Read MoreBOGOTA: Colombia buried murdered presidential candidate Miguel Uribe on Wednesday, with his widow tearfully warning that the country must shake its dark and long history of political violence. The 39-year-old conservative senator was shot in June while campaigning in the capital, Bogota, and died this week of his injuries. “Our country is going through the […]
Read MoreBy Zahidul hasan At least 33 people were feared dead and more missing following sudden, heavy rain in Indian Kashmir, an official said on Thursday. The disaster occurred in Chasoti town of Kishtwar district, a stopover point on a popular pilgrimage route. It comes a little over a week after a heavy flood and mudslide […]
Read MoreBy Resty Woro Yuniar Indonesia has set up a new immigration task force to keep lawbreaking foreigners in Bali in check, but critics warn the presence of uniformed officers on the popular resort island risks putting tourists on edge. Agus Andrianto, minister of immigration and corrections, on August 5 inaugurated the Immigration Patrol Task Force […]
Read MoreBy Tom Hussain The shortest Silk Route between China and Europe is set to reopen for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, following last Friday’s agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan to end the conflict that had been blocking the way. Ironically, the obstacle was cleared by China’s nemesis, United States President […]
Read MoreNorth Korean construction workers sent to labour-strapped Russia have been forced to endure slave-like conditions of 18-hour days, two days off a year and bug-infested sleeping quarters, according to their accounts reported in the media. Working on Russian high-rise flats and other construction sites, these labourers often toil from 6am until 2am the next morning, […]
Read MoreBEIJING: China’s military said on Wednesday it monitored and “drove away” a US destroyer that sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the busy waterway of the South China Sea, while the US Navy said its action was in line with international law. The first known US military operation in at least six years within […]
Read MoreBy Maria Malinovskaya From August 1-3, the cultural and ethnographic complex Rukh Ordo, on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul, hosted Kyrgyzstan’s first World Festival of Traditional Culture and Music, Rukh Sanat. The event brought together more than 130 performers, researchers, and artisans from 37 countries. The festival opened with a parade of participants and a […]
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