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 Wednesday. According to the ministry, the delegation is led by Nazimjon Kholmuradov, head of Uzbekistan’s Agency for the Development of the Textile Industry under the country’s Cabinet of Ministers. The Taliban […]

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 minister of communications about two weeks ago and replaced by Abdul Ahad Fazli, the Taliban governor of Faryab province. Nomani had served as communications minister since […]

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, that China will buy more American oil to reduce its dependence on Hormuz, and that Iran must never have a nuclear weapon. The Chinese […]

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 11 that an “external impact” caused an explosion on the civilian vessel Namu-ho in the Strait of Hormuz. Namu-ho is a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship operated by South Korean firm Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) […]

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 a human rights organisation; it was shared by the Union Home Ministry itself during a session in Parliament in December 2025. The National Crime Records Bureau put […]

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 dicté par les impératifs économiques de Niamey. Le Niger et plusieurs sociétés chinoises qui exploitent du pétrole dans le pays ont conclu une série d’accords pour relancer la […]

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 embattled leader – weakened in the fifth year of fighting in the Ukraine war – push for even more help from its biggest […]

The back-to-back summits in Beijing revealed not only China’s growing diplomatic confidence but also the emergence of a deeper Sino-Russian axis that increasingly challenges the foundations of the US-led global order. Donald Trump flew home from Beijing with Boeing orders and a framework label. Forty-eight hours later, Vladimir Putin touched down at the same airport, was greeted by children waving […]

Les puissances occidentales, menées par les États-Unis, s’approchent dangereusement de la base navale russe de Vladivostok et des flottes chinoises de l’Est, du Sud et du Nord. Ces manœuvres navales, menées sous couvert d’exercices militaires, pourraient s’avérer extrêmement dangereuses. La 41e édition de l’exercice militaire conjoint américano-philippin Balikatan s’est déroulée du 20 avril au 8 mai 2026. Balikatan, qui signifie […]

Dire qu’il ne s’est pas passé grand-chose pendant les deux jours passés par Trump dans la capitale chinoise, comme beaucoup semblent le penser, c’est ne pas voir la forêt qui se cache derrière l’arbre. Que les Chinois sont raffinés, que leurs gestes sont délicats, après deux millénaires d’expérience dans l’art de gouverner et les arts diplomatiques. Ils peuvent faire comprendre […]