Pakistan’s allies. Pakistan’s Cabinet has approved the renewal of a security pact with the United States, according to Pakistani media. The deal, which was originally signed in 2005 but expired in 2020, could pave the way for Islamabad to purchase U.S. military equipment. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahyan arrived in Islamabad for talks on […]
Tempers flare. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy intervened Wednesday in an escalating diplomatic rift between Kyiv and the Polish government, urging calm and expressing gratitude...
Even as a major war rages on its doorstep, NATO, a trans-Atlantic political and military alliance, is increasingly concerned with growing Chinese power in...
Turkish trade. Turkish imports of Russian goods fell sharply in June, leading China to overtake Russia as Turkey’s largest supplier of foreign products. Imports...
Support for Kyiv. The head of the Ukrainian presidential office said negotiations with the United States will begin next week on security guarantees. The...
Chinese takeover. China replaced Russia as Kazakhstan’s top trading partner in the first five months of this year, according to official data. By June,...
Coup attempt. Members of Niger’s presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in an apparent coup last night. The country’s army chief has said he...
Between East and West. New Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with South Africa’s minister in the presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, on the sidelines of...
While many governments around the world are focused on securing supply chains, there’s at least one the U.S. government desperately wants to break up:...
