Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s choice of where to cast his vote said everything about why the country held an early presidential election Wednesday. Shortly after the polls opened on February 7, Aliyev’s press service released video of the president, along with his wife and children, casting their ballots in a grand, high-ceilinged hall in Xankendi, known as Stepanakert in Armenian, […]

Security officials from Iran and Iraq made arrangements for a border deal between the two neighbors. Delegations from the two countries, led by Iranian Interior Ministry’s Deputy for Security Affairs Majid Mirahmadi and Iraqi interior minister’s security adviser Major General Saad Maan Ibrahim, finalized plans for the conclusion of a border agreement that focuses on the Arbaeen pilgrimage travels. In […]

In Pakistan, the Army is often placed on the pedestal since it is the unifying factor in a fractious landscape. Politicians like Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto, and Nawaz Sharif—the three-time Prime Minister—who tried to roll over the behemoth either paid a dear price or made a compromise. However, Imran Khan thought he was different and could turn the sails […]

This bold move would advance its security, diplomatic, economic, and soft power interests in one fell swoop with the only possible costs being criticism from Somalia and those of its foreign partners that already treat India unfairly anyhow. India’s flexing of naval power in the western part of its eponymous ocean, which was prompted by the Houthis’ Red Sea Crisis […]

The best-case scenario is that Russian aid helps the Tatmadaw win enough gains on the ground for anti-government armed groups to agree to a comprehensive Chinese-mediated peace deal which culminates in fair political reforms that ultimately neutralize pernicious Western influence that risks “Balkanizing” the country. This month marks two years since the latest phase of Myanmar’s (formerly Burma’s) civil war […]

Two explosions near electoral candidates’ offices in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan killed 26 people and wounded dozens on Wednesday, officials said, raising concerns over security on the eve of a general election, Reuters reported. Pakistan goes to the polls on Thursday amid rising militant attacks and the jailing of Imran Khan, the winner of the last national election, who […]

In a message to Congress on the continuation of the “National Emergency With Respect to the Widespread Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan and the Potential for a Deepening Economic Collapse in Afghanistan,” US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Afghanistan’s foreign reserves would remain frozen beyond February 11. Biden issued the original executive order on the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan […]

Iran’s consul general in Balkh province, Hamidreza Ahmadi, said on the occasion of the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution that Tehran has good relations with the Islamic Emirate and these ties will be further strengthened. Ahmadi said facilities to boost exports, imports and support sectors in Afghanistan will be provided. “After the developments, fortunately, the only country that remained in […]

La reconnaissance diplomatique du gouvernement taliban en Afghanistan le 31 janvier 2024 par la Chine doit être mise en relation avec deux autres mesures de politique régionale de grande portée prises par Pékin dans l’ère de l’après-guerre froide – les Cinq de Shanghai en 1996 – plus tard renommées Organisation de coopération de Shanghai en 2001 – et l’initiative les […]

Pakistan’s national and state assembly elections began on Thursday, at more than 90,000 polling stations across the country. As many as 270,000 army soldiers along with more than 150,000 police, border forces and anti-terrorism forces have put Pakistan under strict security measures in cities across the country, including Islamabad. Voting started at 8am local time in the presence of local […]