Putin walked away [from his meeting with Xi] with more than 40 agreements, but he did not leave with the prize he has long sought. “When you look at all the ‘agreements,’ they are only memoranda of understanding. In other words, they are merely invitations to talk more.” — Dmitri Alperovitch, chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator and co-author of World […]

The Taliban’s revenue increased by more than 5 percent in April compared with the previous month, reaching nearly 20 billion afghanis ($304 million), according to a new World Bank report that points to stronger tax collection despite ongoing trade disruptions. The World Bank’s April 2026 Afghanistan Economic Monitor said total domestic revenue reached 19.7 billion afghanis in April, up 5.8 […]

Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, the Taliban’s defense minister, traveled to Moscow on Tuesday to attend an international security conference hosted by Russia, the Taliban defense ministry said. The ministry said the meeting would bring together security and defense officials from a number of countries in the region and beyond but did not provide further details about Yaqoob’s agenda or planned meetings. […]

Alexander Bortnikov, head of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), said on Tuesday that the ISIS regional affiliate in Afghanistan is actively recruiting citizens of Central Asian countries and labor migrants living in Russia. Speaking at a meeting of security chiefs from the Commonwealth of Independent States in Moscow, Bortnikov said ISIS-K, the group’s Afghanistan-based branch, was drawing recruits from Tajikistan, […]

Beijing open to possibility, unclear what safeguards US would require. In the ongoing US-Iran ceasefire negotiations, Iran may consider transferring its 60% enriched uranium to China. The uranium currently lies beneath the rubble of bombed nuclear facilities, but it has the potential to be quickly weaponized. Multiple media have carried similar reports, and China has not denied them, while a […]

Terrorist nexus in Rohingya camps On May 14, 2026, a Rohingya man, Hasan Ahmed (45), a member of the Zakir Bahini, was shot dead by a Rohingya armed group, Saddam Bahini, at the Nayapara registered Rohingya refugee camp in the Teknaf Upazila (Sub-District) of Cox’s Bazar District. Police stated that members of the Rohingya armed group carried out the attack […]

As Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing, Xi Jinping sent a carefully calibrated message to Washington: China’s dialogue with the United States will not come at the expense of its strategic partnership with Moscow. Beyond the symbolism and grand ceremony, the Putin-Xi summit revealed a deepening Sino-Russian alignment centered on energy, trade, and the construction of a multipolar order increasingly shaped […]

The phrase was uttered without further ado, in an interview with Fox News from the very heart of Chinese power. “I’m not looking for anybody to become independent. Are we supposed to travel 9,500 miles to fight a war? I’m not looking for that,” declared Donald Trump after his two-day meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing. The US president stated […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China on May 19-20 and held important meetings with Chinese officials, including his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. United World International (UWI) writer and political scientist Dr. Onur Sinan Güzaltan evaluated Russian President Putin’s visit. How would you generally assess the outcomes of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China and his meeting with Xi Jinping? […]

In the past decade, the UN has lost much of its aura as a source of moral authority, let alone meaningful material relevance. Two of its veto-holding members have been engaged in wars of choice, while a third one has been branded a gross violator of human rights. Despite all the talk about a multipolar world system — a meaningless […]