The United States suspended in-person consular services across Brazil on October 2, closing its embassy in Brasília and consulates in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, and Porto Alegre to the public. The issuance of American visas has also been ha...

Shahzadbek Matyakubov, a 22-year-old student at the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports, secured a silver medal in the men's 110kg weightlifting category at the XX Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan. The result marks the second silver fo...

Kazakhstan is revising the procedure for allocating several types of social assistance, including birth grants and childcare payments for children up to 1.5 years. Under the proposed changes, eligibility will be determined based on family need as rec...

Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital in Delhi has issued an urgent recall for 10 batches of medications after they were flagged for failing quality standards or exhibiting physical defects. The recall affects a range of critical treatments used for heart...

Alexander Dudchak, a senior researcher at the Institute of CIS Countries, argues that the absence of France and the United Kingdom from a recent closed-door NATO meeting in Washington signals a deep fracture within the alliance. The expert noted to P...

India's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is shifting from the construction of isolated digital tools to the creation of integrated networks. According to the 'State of DPI in India 2026' report by the Center for Digital Public Goods (CDPG) at IIM ...

Uzbekistan is introducing a targeted shift in its public education system, moving toward English-medium instruction for science and technology and a pay-for-performance model for teachers. Starting this academic year, 100 schools across the country w...

A supermarket checkout in Turkmenistan often ends with a specific calculation: 137 manats and 21 tenge. But the customer rarely has tenge. Instead of coins, they receive two manats and a piece of Yunus chewing gum as change. The shortage of tenge –...

Tajikistan has formally ratified an air services agreement with the United Arab Emirates, establishing a legal framework to increase flight frequencies and open new routes between the two nations. The agreement was approved during the first session o...

For two decades, Kyrgyzstan's aviation sector operated under a shadow. Since 2006, the country remained on the European Union's aviation safety "blacklist," a designation that effectively froze the development of its domestic fleet and restricted the...

A new high-capacity fiber-optic communication line connecting Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is expected to become operational in less than a month, according to Mikayil Jabbarov, Azerbaijan's Minister of Economy. Speaking at the CAMCA 2026 regional forum...

The Karnataka High Court recently cleared the way for a 52-year-old bachelor to donate a kidney to an unrelated recipient, highlighting a complex legal landscape for altruistic organ donation in India. While the state government is now drafting speci...

Uzbekistan has seen a significant increase in administrative penalties for parents failing to fulfill their duties regarding the upbringing and education of their children. In 2025, over 200,000 parents were held accountable-a 20% rise compared to th...

Leaked data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) of Turkmenistan reveals a systematic list of citizens targeted for arrest based on political and religious grounds. The documents, analyzed by turkmen. news and OCCRP, indicate that the state ma...

The US Department of the Treasury has added Suhrob Oymahmadov, a Tajik national, to its sanctions list for facilitating the financial operations of Iranian billionaire Bobak Zanjani. Oymahmadov is identified as the head of Zedx DMCC, a UAE-based firm...

Washington expelled the Iranian delegation, effectively ending a round of diplomatic contact that yielded no concessions. Axios reported that Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered Iranian representatives to leave the United States immediately follow...

Madagascar's government and Compagnie générale d'hydroélectricité de Volobe (CGHV) signed a memorandum of intent to build the Volobe Amont hydroelectric plant. The facility will sit on the Ivondro River in the Atsinanana region. Projected capacit...

An investigation by The New York Times has identified Kyrgyzstan as a critical node in an international network designed to bypass Western sanctions on Russia. At the center of this operation is A7, a financial company linked to Ilan Shor, a Moldovan...

The security architecture of the Caspian Sea is shifting as littoral states integrate unmanned surface vessels (USVs) into their naval doctrines. The transition reflects a broader trend of applying lessons from the Black Sea and other modern conflict...

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has triggered winter smog protocols across the National Capital Region (NCR), mandating strict enforcement against vehicle emissions and crop residue burning as air quality begins to deteriorate. Effec...