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Zangezur Corridor

Azerbaijan's Aliyev outlines broader vision for Zangezur Corridor beyond transport links

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has outlined an expanded vision for the Zangezur Corridor, describing it not simply as a transport route connecting mainland Azerbaijan with the Nakhchivan exclave, but as a future platform for energy, telecommunications and wider regional integration.

Georgia’s Kobakhidze explains why he will not call Russia an ‘enemy’

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View from Georgia

Georgia’s Kobakhidze explains why he will not call Russia an ‘enemy’

As Russian officials praise Georgia’s “pragmatic” approach towards Moscow, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has explained why he will not describe Russia as an “enemy”.

Tehran to host top-level Caspian Sea conference in September

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View from Iran

Tehran to host top-level Caspian Sea conference in September

Iran will host senior officials from the five Caspian Sea littoral states at a conference in Tehran on 23 September, aimed at strengthening regional cooperation and addressing environmental challenges facing the sea.

Afghanistan, Turkmenistan sign gas deal for TAPI pipeline

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View from Afghanistan

Afghanistan, Turkmenistan sign gas deal for TAPI pipeline

Afghanistan and Turkmenistan signed a gas-purchase memorandum for the TAPI pipeline in Herat on Monday, as the two sides pushed for agreement on pricing and faster progress on the regional energy project.

Kazakhstan begins new highway to cut China-Europe freight journeys

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View from Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan begins new highway to cut China-Europe freight journeys

Kazakhstan has begun building the Beineu-Saksaulsk highway, a new Middle Corridor link expected to shorten freight journeys between China and Europe by around 1,000 kilometres and reduce delivery times by up to three days.

Moscow welcomes Georgian reassessment of 2008 war

Russia has welcomed what it describes as a shift in Georgia’s approach to the August 2008 war, praising statements that place responsibility for the conflict on former President Mikheil Saakashvili and his government.

Iran says it will soon join BRICS development bank

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Iran Economy

Iran says it will soon join BRICS development bank

Iran will soon join the New Development Bank (NDB), the lender established by BRICS nations, Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said in a state media report on Wednesday ahead of a BRICS finance meeting in India.

Uzbekistan secures preferential tariffs for cargo through Kazakhstan’s Kuryk port

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View from Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan secures preferential tariffs for cargo through Kazakhstan’s Kuryk port

Uzbekistan has secured preferential tariffs for fertiliser and petroleum product shipments through Kazakhstan’s Kuryk port to Georgian ports, as Uzbek cargo volumes across the Caspian continue to rise.

Police use tear gas and water cannon against youth protesters in eastern India

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Politics

Police use tear gas and water cannon against youth protesters in eastern India

Police in eastern India used tear gas, batons and water cannon on Monday to disperse thousands of young protesters marching on the Jharkhand state legislature over alleged irregularities in civil service examinations.

Azerbaijan's Aliyev outlines broader vision for Zangezur Corridor beyond transport links

Pakistan moves to secure oil supplies with Gulf storage and refinery upgrades

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View from Pakistan

Pakistan moves to secure oil supplies with Gulf storage and refinery upgrades

Pakistan is seeking to strengthen its energy security through a proposed Gulf oil storage scheme, $5 billion in refinery upgrades and renewed offshore exploration with Türkiye as global supply disruptions expose its reliance on imports.

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View from Afghanistan

Afghanistan, Turkmenistan sign gas deal for TAPI pipeline

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View from Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan secures preferential tariffs for cargo through Kazakhstan’s Kuryk port

The Desensitisation of Humanity: Are We Already at the Beginning of World War III?

One hundred years after the First World War and more than eighty years after the devastation of the Second World War gave rise to the United Nations, humanity once again finds itself living in an age of permanent crisis.

Iran ties Hormuz reopening to U.S. concessions on several demands

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Middle East conflict

Iran ties Hormuz reopening to U.S. concessions on several demands

Iran said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the U.S. must meet other conditions.

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey surpasses $1.1B at global box office

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Cinema

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey surpasses $1.1B at global box office

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has surpassed $1.1 billion at the global box office, becoming the highest-grossing film of the director’s career.

Hopes for Hormuz deal fade as Trump adds new demands to Iran peace talks

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Middle East

Hopes for Hormuz deal fade as Trump adds new demands to Iran peace talks

U.S. President Donald Trump has called for Iran to pay compensation for decades of deaths and damage, adding a new demand to peace talks as Tehran seeks compensation and sanctions relief before reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia

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Syria al-Assad

Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia

A criminal court in Damascus has sentenced former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for premeditated murder, torture, arbitrary detention and crimes against humanity, according to Syria’s state news agency SANA.