Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is planning a security center. Member states are in consultation for this initiative. The aim is to address regional security threats. Focus areas include information ...

Beijing runs an old playbook. But this time it has competition.

After Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks on Israel & the start of the war in Gaza, confrontations between Israel & Iran escalated from proxy battles to all-out war. These documentaries offer context & background.

Today the most significant "no-fly" areas are a consequence of sharply rising military risks and blanket airspace closures by ...

Trump posted, “Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make, in that case by using TRADE with the United States to bring reason, agreement ...

By bne Istanbul bureau China and Iran have finalised a major deal on July 15 to electrify 1,000 kilometres of the ...

This week, we review the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifying, which essentially doubles as early round 2027 Women’s World ...

Pakistani cities deal with flood waters amid heavy monsoon rains, while Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk knocks out Britain's Daniel ...

China is under pressure to back Iran militarily despite its non-interventionist tradition. Beijing’s support for Iran would protect its regional investments and influence.

ISIS-K already maintains an active presence in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, and the lawlessness that would prevail in the event of regime change in Iran would provide a strong boost to ...

As tensions rise in the Caspian region, Kazakhstan’s nonproliferation legacy and multi-vector diplomacy uniquely position it to mediate with Iran and maintain regional stability amid nuclear and ...

Iran’s defense minister has traveled to diplomatic and economic ally China on his first reported trip abroad since a 12-day clash with Israel that briefly dragged the US into a new regional ...