Afghanistan silent after Trump names it among ‘failed’ drug control states
The United States has named Afghanistan among the countries that it says have “failed demonstrably” to meet international counternarcotics obligat...
Uzbekistan and Belarus are strengthening their trade and industrial cooperation, aiming to boost joint business projects and economic ties.
The Chairman of Uzbekistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Davron Vakhabov, met with Belarusian Ambassador Aleksandr Ogorodnikov to discuss enhancing trade relations and business collaboration. A business visit by Uzbek entrepreneurs to Belarus is planned, focusing on sectors like furniture manufacturing, dairy, and livestock. Both sides also explored joint ventures in Uzbekistan, including furniture and wooden house production using Belarusian technology and materials.
They emphasized local production of baby food and agreed to develop mechanisms to implement these initiatives. Uzbekistan’s trade turnover with Belarus reached $446.7 million in the first eight months of 2024, up 11.1% from the previous year.
AnewZ has learned that India has once again blocked Azerbaijan’s application for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, while Pakistan’s recent decision to consider diplomatic relations with Armenia has been coordinated with Baku as part of Azerbaijan’s peace agenda.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
A Polish Air Force pilot was killed on Thursday when an F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training flight ahead of the 2025 Radom International Air Show.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
The United States has named Afghanistan among the countries that it says have “failed demonstrably” to meet international counternarcotics obligations over the past year. President Donald Trump’s announcement, delivered to Congress on Monday, also included Bolivia, Burma, Colombia and Venezuela.
FBI director Kash Patel will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday on the Kirk murder case, Epstein records, and his leadership of the bureau.
A truck, a cache of explosives, and a pointed accusation: the case unfolding in Tbilisi has quickly become more than a domestic security matter. It now threatens to deepen the cracks in Georgia–Ukraine relations — ties once described as fraternal but increasingly defined by suspicion.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday visited a disputed archaeological site beneath Jerusalem, lending Washington’s support to a settler-led project that critics argue jeopardises prospects for a future Palestinian state.
The European Commission will delay presenting its next Russia sanctions package, European Union officials said on Tuesday, as the bloc searches for a response to the Trump administration's demand that it phase out purchases of Russian oil and gas faster.
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