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Foreigners flee Iran, Israel as war enters fifth day
Daily Trust
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June 18, 2025
More than 700 foreign nationals have crossed from Iran into neighbouring Azerbaijan and Armenia since Israel began striking the country last week, government officials in Baku and Yerevan said Tuesday. The Caucasus countries border Iran’s...
Why is China helping Iran?
News.Az
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Source: https://russian.news.cn/ The British newspaper The Telegraph caused a stir by reporting that at least three Chinese cargo planes recently took off and disappeared from radar as they approached Iranian airspace. Experts say the nature of...
Working Trip of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov to Ahal Velayat
Turkmenistan State News Agency: Turkmenistan Today
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June 11, 2025
Today, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov made a working trip to the Ak Bugday etrap of the Ahal velayat, where he familiarized himself with the pace of the grain harvest and blessed the start of the harvest campaign at the Magtymguly Daikhan...
Green policies as a new frontier for China-Central Asia cooperation
CGTN
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Workers check the renewable energy vehicles at Chinese automaker Geely's Zeekr 5G smart factory in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, January 22, 2024. Zeekr's renewable energy vehicles have been exported to Central Asia and other regions...
China Strengthens Partnerships Across Central Asia at Landmark Summit
Times of Central Asia
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June 17, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Astana on June 16, ahead of the Second China-Central Asia Summit, marked a significant milestone in fostering deeper partnerships between China and Central Asia. With all of the region’s nations in...
CAREC connectivity
The News International
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Pakistan’s strategic location, at the crossroads of Central and South Asia, has long been described as a natural gateway for regional trade. However, being well-placed on the map has not translated into meaningful economic integration. While road,...
Infographic: Trade, Economic and Investment Cooperation Between Central Asian Countries and China
Review
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June 17, 2025
Trade and Economic Cooperation Between Central Asia and China Between 2017 and 2024, trade turnover between the Central Asian countries and China increased 2.5 times and reached $60.7 billion. Exports rose 1.9 times to $27.1 billion, while imports...
Operation Sindhu To Evacuate Indian Nationals From Iran Is Underway
StratNews Global
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June 18, 2025
Home west asia Operation Sindhu To Evacuate Indian Nationals From Iran Is Underway India had earlier refrained from officially naming the operation, unlike the highly coordinated “Operation Ganga” during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war India’s first...
Central Asia–China Summit yields new agreements on trade, connectivity, and culture
Daryo
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June 18, 2025
Leaders of Central Asian countries and China signed a series of multilateral agreements during the Second Central Asia–China Summit, marking a step forward in regional cooperation across trade, infrastructure, and cultural ties. Source:...
‘I may do it, I may not do it,’ Trump says on US striking Iran as Khamenei rules out surrender
Dawn
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June 18, 2025
President Donald Trump left the question of whether the United States will join Israeli strikes on Iran up in the air on Wednesday, as he said that Tehran had reached out to seek negotiations. “I may do it, I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows...
China-Central Asia cooperation grows deeper, more substantial
Macau Business
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June 17, 2025
BEIJING, June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A report from People’s Daily: On April 29, 2025, construction officially commenced on three critical tunnels, Fergana Mountain, Naryn No.1, and Koshtet, along the Kyrgyz section of the...
The Latest: Iran’s supreme leader rejects call to surrender as Israel strikes Tehran
WNYT - New York
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June 18, 2025
Explosions were heard in Tehran early Wednesday as Israeli warplanes pounded Iran’s capital overnight and into Wednesday. Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender and warned that any military involvement by the...
EWEC: linking South Asia with central and west Asia
The Express Tribune
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June 17, 2025
A recently published RAND corporation study in partnership with Islamabad based think-tank makes a strong case for linking South Asia with Central and West Asia through a network of energy, infrastructure and digital corridors. The study titled,...
The Extensive Collaboration Potential Between China and Central Asia
Beijing Review
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Workers are busy at the construction site of a key control project for the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway in the Jalal-Abad region of Kyrgyzstan On April 29 (XINHUA) The second China-Central Asia summit in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan,...
The US may be headed into another Middle East war – and no one is talking about how it ends
CNN
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June 18, 2025
CNN — It might be happening again. A president is being driven – by events, fear of proliferating weapons of mass destruction and the need to back up his own words – toward a shock-and-awe entry into a Middle East conflict with no guaranteed way...
Khamenei vows ‘no mercy’ for Israel as Iran claims firing hypersonic missiles on 6th day of war
Dawn
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June 18, 2025
Iran claimed firing hypersonic missiles at Israel on Wednesday as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed his country would show “no mercy” to its longtime archfoe, hours after US President Donald Trump demanded Tehran’s “unconditional...
China and Central Asian Nations sign landmark treaty to strengthen cooperation
United News of Bangladesh
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In a significant development, China and five Central Asian nations have signed the Treaty of Permanent Good-Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation at the China-Central Asia Summit held in Kazakhstan. The treaty is to enshrine the principle of...
Israeli strikes one more challenge for new China-Iran rail corridor
South China Morning Post
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June 18, 2025
Between the US restoring “maximum pressure” on Iran to deny it a path to nuclear weapons and Israel’s air strikes, a goods train from China quietly arrived at a dry port near Tehran, making the first delivery under the new China-Iran rail corridor...
China, Central Asia solidify regional partnership in new era
Global Times
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Maintenance workers are on patrol inspection at the Horgos initial compressor station of the West Pipeline Company under China Oil & Gas Pipeline Network Corporation (PipeChina) in Horgos, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Feb....
Priority Measures for Glacier Preservation in Central Asia Identified in Dushanbe: Forum 5 Outcomes
The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia
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Publication date: 12 June 2025 On May 31, 2025, the High-Level International Conference on Glacier Preservation concluded in Dushanbe, where Central Asian countries, with active support from international organizations, developed priority action...