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• Senior Taliban delegation visits Turkmenistan for TAPI talks
  May 23, 2026
  A senior Taliban delegation led by Hedayatullah Badri, the Taliban’s minister of mines and petroleum, traveled to Turkmenistan on Thursday for talks on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India, or TAPI, gas
• US pins hopes on mediator Pakistan in push to end Iran war
  May 23, 2026
  US Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced hope of progress on ending the war with Iran, as he looked to Pakistani mediators to help advance efforts to strike an agreement. Previous comments by President Donald Trump had
• China Training Russian Troops for Ukraine Combat: German Newspaper
  May 23, 2026
  European intelligence agencies believe the Chinese military has trained hundreds of Russian soldiers for fighting in Ukraine, according to Germany’s Die Welt newspaper, which cited secret documents it had seen. The
• Uzbek delegation in Kabul for trade talks
  May 21, 2026
  An Uzbek government and business delegation has arrived in Kabul for trade discussions with Taliban officials and the country’s business representatives, the Taliban-run Ministry of Industry and Commerce said
• Former Taliban communications minister appointed their mayor in Herat
  May 21, 2026
  Taliban leader has appointed Hamdullah Nomani, their former minister of communications, as their mayor in Herat, two weeks after he was removed from the ministry post. Nomani was removed from his post as Taliban
• Did Xi Really Trade Iran for Taiwan?
  May 21, 2026
  Ali Alizadeh: The American readout of the Trump–Xi meeting claims that Xi explicitly agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open, that there must be no tolls, that China opposes the militarisation of the Strait,
• Korean Peninsula Update, May 19, 2026
  May 21, 2026
  Toplines The South Korean government is considering “phased” participation in the United States-led multinational operation “Maritime Freedom Construct” (MFC) after a South Korean investigation revealed on May
• India’s Anti-Terror Law and the Punishment of the Unconvicted
  May 21, 2026
  The statistics released by the government paint a troubling picture. From 2019 to 2023, India arrested 10,440 individuals using its strictest anti-terror law, but only 335 were convicted. This number didn’t come from
• Après un an de tensions, le Niger se réaccorde avec Pékin sur le pétrole
  May 21, 2026
  Un an après avoir expulsé plusieurs responsables chinois du secteur pétrolier, le régime nigérien a signé de nouveaux accords avec Pékin pour relancer production et exportations de brut. Un retour au pragmatisme
• Putin Needs Xi’s Help. The 3 Things Russia Wants From China
  May 21, 2026
  The red carpet from Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing had only just been packed away before it was rolled out again for Vladimir Putin. The Russian president’s visit to China on Tuesday and Wednesday will see the