Almost no country is free from the scourge of illicit drugs, but Saudi Arabia – the custodian of Islam’s holiest shrines – is emerging as one of the world’s biggest destinations for illegal substances. The problem has only grown over the past decade. Between 2015 and 2019, Saudi Arabia accounted for more than 45 percent […]
Security chat. The secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, is in Iran for meetings with his Iranian counterpart and unspecified high-ranking political...
Payment plan. Turkey’s energy and natural resources minister announced that Ankara and Moscow have reached an agreement on the issue of payments in national...
Washington in Central Asia. U.S. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu is visiting Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan until Nov. 11...
In September, Russia was caught off guard when Ukraine launched a counteroffensive in Kharkiv region in the northeast instead of Kherson region in the...
Heating up. South Korea’s military said North Korea fired about 80 artillery rounds into a maritime buffer zone overnight. On Friday, South Korea scrambled...
Insight from Erdogan. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has changed his stance on Russia and is...
Last month, Lebanese President Michel Aoun left office, after his term expired, without a designated successor in place. Power vacuums are not uncommon in...
Ukrainian guarantees. Russia said it would return to a deal that facilitated the export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea after receiving written...
