Today's news: five dead and dozens injured in a landslide in Mindanao; Activist Agnes Chow is wanted by Hong Kong police; Militiamen in northern Myanmar hand over 60 more Chinese accused of online fraud and weapons possession; Bangkok wants to cancel the decriminalisation of cannabis; Domestic tourism in Russia grows +20%.
The counters of a vast anti-mafia operation that in recent months has also hit prominent figures with important links to the palaces of power in Tashkent and other neighbouring countries are still obscure. Among the best known figures is 70-year-old Salim Abduvaliev, until yesterday presented as 'a great entrepreneur and patron of the arts'.
Brussels has promised the Central Asian partners to mobilise substantial resources for state and private investments of up to EUR 10 billion by 2027. The largest part will go towards the creation of the Transcaspian multimodal corridor, which will be the main alternative to the northern route through Russia and Belarus. Moscow's reactions.
Today's news: at least 10 police officers killed in an attack (unclaimed) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province; Israel ready to welcome 65,000 more workers from India, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan; A huge dam being planned threatens to cause Luang Prabang to lose its Unesco designation; Appeals to the Taliban government for the release of two Afghan activists.
In Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, more and more documentaries, television series, publications and conferences present early 20th century currents such as Jadidism and the Alash Party as a source of inspiration. Between a 'moderate' image in the eyes of the world and a religious aura with which to cloak authoritarian regimes.
Today's news: Two of the three hostages featured in the Hamas video dead; North Korean hackers share clandestine money laundering networks with fraudsters and traffickers in Southeast Asia; An Iranian court handed down an additional 15-month sentence to Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi; Tajikistan and Uzbekistan 'do not recognise' the outcome of the vote in Taiwan.