Chinese companies sign oil extraction deal with Taliban government

This marks the first time the Taliban administration signs a public commodities deal with a foreign nation since its assumption of power in 2021

Chinese, Afghan FMs discuss humanitarian support following earthquake

Chinese FM said that China's local and central governments and social organizations have been able to deliver humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan

‘Afghanistan cannot be cut off from the international community’: Chinese FM

During the third meeting of Afghanistan's neighbors, top diplomats from the region called on Taliban officials to respect the rights of women and minorities

Chinese FM makes first visit to Afghanistan since Taliban takeover

China has made proposals to integrate Afghanistan into the Belt and Road Initiative on condition that the new Afghan government implements reforms

Defying US Caesar Act, China admits Syria into BRI

Syria’s entry into China's Belt and Road Initiative is to support its economic integration into West Asia and fortify its post-conflict recovery

Chinese FM visits Qatar to meet with Taliban representatives

China has pledged to provide Afghanistan with aid as the country battles to move past 20 years of US occupation

Chinese FM meets Taliban’s political chief

Meeting part of a 2-day visit to China by a Taliban delegation

Algeria looks forward to joining BRICS in 2023: President Tebboune

The North African gas giant is set to boost its GDP and human development metrics over the next year in order to join the bloc of emerging economies

Russia in Africa: Connecting continents with soft power

Rather than continental, Russian and Chinese-led infrastructural development in Africa should be seen as part of a grander project of Afro-Asiatic integration

Iran applies to join BRICS group of emerging economies

Russia and China have increased efforts to expand the economic cooperation group to counter western sanctions

China hosts third meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbors

The meeting comes just days after the Taliban ordered the closure of girls schools and placed a ban on women traveling alone, raising concerns about their pledge to uphold women's rights

West Asia transforms: Twenty Arab states in China’s BRI sights

‘A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.’ So says a Chinese proverb, and nowhere is this truer than in crisis-ridden West Asia, now a major focus of Beijing’s BRI vision to bring infrastructure, connectivity and economic growth to this struggling region

Assad, Syria and China’s new Silk Road

Count on Syria becoming an important West Asian hub in China's Belt and Road Initiative

Xi of Arabia and the petroyuan drive

Xi Jinping has made an offer difficult for the Arabian Peninsula to ignore: China will be guaranteed buyers of your oil and gas, but we will pay in yuan.

Stolen Syrian oil: The fuel for Syria’s partition

The role of the US military in stealing Syria’s oil runs deeper than mere petty theft. The funds are used to prop up Kurdish self-rule and ensure Syria's geographic division.

Algeria, China sign implementation plan for ‘Belt and Road’ initiative

The BRICS group of nations represents the world’s most prominent economies outside of the western hemisphere

Asia’s future takes shape in Vladivostok, the Russian Pacific

Sixty-eight countries gathered on Russia's far eastern coast to listen to Moscow's economic and political vision for the Asia-Pacific

US ousts Imran Khan but his revolutionary narrative endures

Washington has reactivated old cronies in Islamabad to unseat PM Imran Khan, but the latter has sown seeds of immense dissatisfaction with the old guard and their US backers within the Pakistani public. And Khan's domestic and foreign allies will not sit by idly either.

How Mariupol will become a key hub of Eurasian integration

Mariupol was battered by Ukraine's right-wing Azov battalion well before Moscow launched its military ops. In Russian hands, this strategic steelworks port can transform into a hub of Eurasian connectivity.

Russia’s judo kick to the western financial gut

Washington's sanctions on Moscow will destroy Europe, not Russia

A Russian wrench in Vienna halts US dash for the finish line

In an eleventh-hour shot across Vienna's bow, the Russians challenged the US 'weaponization of the dollar' with the 'weaponization of the atom.'

Erdogan in Kiev, Putin in Beijing: can neo-Ottomanism fit into Greater Eurasia?  

Reporting from Istanbul: As the world turns further over monumental announcements from the Putin-Xi summit in Beijing, Turkey's Erdogan keeps walking a thinning tightrope between NATO and Eurasia

Iran, China begin implementing 25-year cooperation agreement

Iran's top diplomat announced that the 25-year Tehran-Beijing cooperation document will be implemented from 14 January

Eurasia takes shape: How the SCO just flipped the world order

As a rudderless West watched on, the 20th anniversary meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was laser-focused on two key deliverables: shaping up Afghanistan and kicking off a full-spectrum Eurasian integration.

Iran granted full membership to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

The geopolitical triumph from Iran comes during President Raisi's first official trip abroad since taking power