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Astana International Forum 2025, Kazakhstan’s top business event, will gather around 600 political and industry leaders from May 29–30 to discuss global security, climate, and economic development.
Astana will host the Astana International Forum 2025 (AIF 2025) on May 29–30, bringing together 600 prominent figures from around the world. Among them will be top politicians, corporate executives, international organization leaders, investors, and academics.
Confirmed attendees include Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, and Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani.
AIF 2025 will feature a plenary session and 25 discussion panels centered around three major themes: foreign policy and international security, energy and climate change, and economy and finance.
The forum aims to foster open dialogue, attract foreign investment, sign strategic agreements, and support initiatives that promote global cooperation and sustainable development.
Ahead of the main event, Kazakhstan will also host the Kazakhstan–France and Kazakhstan–Italy Business Forums, reinforcing ties with its key economic partners.
Last year, the forum was cancelled due to nationwide flooding and the government's focus on emergency relief, making this year’s gathering especially significant.
The Kremlin is utilising the recent United States and Israeli military strikes on Iran to validate its ongoing war in Ukraine. Russian officials are pointing to the escalation in the Middle East as evidence that Western nations do not adhere to international rules.
Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Saudi Aramco closed its Ras Tanura refinery on Monday following an Iranian drone strike, an industry source told Reuters as Tehran retaliated across the Gulf after a U.S.-Israeli attack on Iranian targets over the weekend.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. military has enough stockpiled weapons to fight wars "forever"; in a social media post late on Monday. The remarks came hours before conflict in Iran and the Middle East entered its fourth day.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov following recent military strikes carried out by the United States and Israel on targets in Iran, as tensions in the Middle East continue to rise.
The U.S. embassy in Riyadh was hit by two drones resulting in a limited fire and some material damage, the kingdom's defence ministry said in a post on X on Tuesday, citing an initial assessment.
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Strikes across the Middle East are intensifying, fuelling travel disruption, driving up global energy prices and forcing diplomatic missions to shut their doors.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said the United States has a “virtually unlimited supply” of munitions and is capable of sustaining military action indefinitely, as the conflict with Iran entered its fourth day.
The United Nations has called for an investigation into a deadly attack on a girls’ primary school in Iran, which Iranian officials say has killed more than 100 children. The U.S. has said its forces “would not” deliberately target a school.
U.S. first lady, Melania Trump chaired a UN Security Council meeting on children and education in conflict on Monday (2 March), a move criticised by Iran as hypocritical following U.S. and Israeli strikes that triggered a UN warning about risks to children.
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