China faces pressure to move beyond economic diplomacy and become Iran’s key security partner as regional instability grows.

Supplies of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Russia to China this year may increase by 66.7% to 750 thousand tons in 2025 against 450 thousand tons in 2024. This is stated in the Argus presentation, ...

Though not a mutual defense alliance, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) remains the most important multilateral security structure in Central Asia that includes both Russia and China.

Last week, in a meeting with Syria’s Transitional President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, President Ilham Aliyev reaffirmed Azerbaijan’s ...

Kazakhstan’s President Tokayev was briefed on state audit results for the first half of 2025, covering audits worth $38 ...

President Donald Trump visited the Middle East in May but devoted little attention to one of the region’s most pervasive challenges: religious intolerance and persecution. Virtually every country, ...

Azerbaijan significantly increased its imports of "AI-92" gasoline in the first five months of 2025, bringing in around ...

The Abu Dhabi meeting follows a significant development since March 2025, when Armenia and Azerbaijan announced they had ...