Toplines North Korea is increasing its revenue generation through trade with both the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia by leveraging its heightened geopolitical importance for the two major powers. South Korea-based satellite imagery analysis firm AI Analytics (SIA) reported on June 11 that North Korea increased the number of construction vehicles and equipment stationed at the customs and […]

A draft UN Security Council resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) no longer refers to the Taliban as Afghanistan’s “de facto authorities,” according to Security Council Report, an independent New York-based organization that monitors and analyzes the work of the Security Council. Instead, the draft resolution uses the phrase “relevant authorities,” a change that […]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Eradicating Education On June 11, 2026, a Government Middle School was destroyed in an explosion caused by a device planted by unidentified persons in the Sheri Khel area under the Shahbaz Khel Police Station in the Lakki Marwat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Though no causalities were reported, the blast caused extensive damage to the building, rendering the […]