Tajikistan Villages Receive Water Relief
The European Union and Aga Khan Foundation Partner for Rural Development in Tajikistan High in the mountains of Central Asia, villagers can only dream…
Tajikistan: Prominent Members of Pamiri Minority Arbitrarily Detained, Tortured and Unfairly Convicted
Frankfurt (22/09 – 58.33) Since May 2022, the Tajikistani authorities have stepped up their ongoing crackdown on Pamiris, an ethnic, linguistic and religious minority…
Indonesia’s Purchase Of F-15EX Fighters Is A Breakthrough For Boeing And The Biden Administration
The August 21 announcement that Indonesia will buy 24 F-15EX fighters from BoeingBA -0.3% is a breakthrough for the nation’s biggest aerospace company, and a further…
EU Sanction Threatens Uzbek’s Alisher Usmanov Relationship with West
Berlin (27/08 – 25) Alisher Usmanov is one of Uzbekistan’s leading businessman and the Central Asian country’s main philanthropist. Despite Usmanov’s many proactive activities…
Incoming: Subtropical Storm Don (and More) Deal Out Fun Surf to the East Coast
The Atlantic tropics are back in action as Subtropical Storm Don formed with 45-knot winds in the pre-dawn hours this Friday. Sitting between Bermuda and…
Mukhtar Ablyazov: The End of the Road?
Paris, Brussels (13/7 – 37.5) Mukhtar Ablyazov, a fugitive Kazakh businessman, was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for murder in Kazakhstan. He was…
Chinese spy balloon did not collect information, says Pentagon
The Chinese balloon that crossed the continental US from Alaska to the east coast in February did not collect any information, the Pentagon says….
Biden marks LGBTQ+ Pride Month with White House South Lawn celebration
President Joe Biden welcomed hundreds to the White House for a delayed Pride Month celebration aiming to demonstrate his administration’s support for the LGBTQ+…
Titanic sub update: OceanGate still advertising Titan trips after human remains recovered from wreckage
The company that operated the doomed submersible that imploded in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean is still advertising expeditions to the Titanic wreckage…
Deputy Zatulin may be punished for speaking out about the war in Ukraine
State Duma Deputy Konstantin Zatulin may be deprived of a number of Duma posts and expelled from the United Russia faction for his statements…