The Pamir Gate triggers a geopolitical crisis. Berlin (2/5 – 100) For the Pamiri ethnic minority and the inhabitants of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) in Tajikistan, the month…
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Kazakhstan’s progress faces many headwinds; the West should not be one of them
by Mon Mauby Mon MauThe war in the Ukraine created two main opposing camps of countries. An Alliance of Democracies on one side and a Group of Authoritarian. The escalation of geopolitical tensions linked…
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Insider job: Ukraine targets high-level double agents who helped Putin invade
Kyiv thinks traitors helped the Russians take Kherson and Chernobyl early in the war. PRESS PLAY TO LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE Ukraine is deepening a purge of double agents in…
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Tajikistan Faces UN Criticism Over Minority Rights Issues
Tajikistan’s Failure to Address Minority Rights Sparks International Concerns London, Berlin (6/4 – 62.5) In a recent report submitted to the upcoming 109th session of the United Nations Committee on…
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Vietnam Seeks Polish Help to Lift EC Yellow Card on Seafood
by Jay Akaraby Jay AkaraPrime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on Poland to use its good offices to overturn a European Commission IUU yellow card issued to Vietnam’s fisheries sector. At a meeting…
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Former US Marine may have been ‘lured’ from China before arrest, lawyer says
by Mon Mauby Mon MauA former U.S. Marine Corps pilot may have been “lured” from China to Australia by security agencies before his arrest, his lawyer said outside court on Monday after an extradition…
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China’s President Xi Jinping condemns killings of miners in CAR
China’s President Xi Jinping says the killers of nine Chinese goldmine workers in the Central African Republic (CAR) must be “severely” punished. Two Chinese workers were also wounded when gunmen…
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Cambodia’s Hun Sen Rejects Concerns China Will Station Forces at New Seaport
PHNOM PENH — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday publicly pushed back on criticism of a large seaport construction project, saying that China’s military and forces from other nations will…
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US Shot Down China’s Spy Balloon in Maine
by Iam Sannby Iam SannWashington, Beijing (15/2 – 37.5) Amid an international atmosphere still full of uncertainties as well as tensions, US fighter aircraft shot down the balloon flying over Billing, Maine. According to…
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When journalist Mech Dara found out he was losing his job on Sunday, he had a sense of deja vu. VOD, or Voice of Democracy, is the third independent Cambodian…