… Turkey ’s finance minister has defended Ankara’s economic ties with Russia as “good neighbourly relations” even as western governments raise concerns that the country…

Iran announced Sunday, Oct. 23, a contract with Russia to supply it with 40 turbines to help its gas industry amid Western sanctions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine, local media reported.

The Islamic State has recently renewed its activities in the areas under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeast Syria.

The Syrian government forces, under the supervision of Russian forces, conducted in early October various military training exercises in the mountainous areas in the countryside of Latakia province, adjacent to Idlib in northwestern Syria.

Al-Monitor has learned that the commander and members of Ajnad al-Kavkaz, a Chechen-led Islamic rebel group active in northern Syria, headed to Ukraine to fight against the Russian forces there.

…The resulting crackdown by security forces has claimed the lives of 144 Iran ians, according to Amnesty International. As a result, the reputation of Iran ’s…

…Increasingly there will be growing tension all across Pakistan .”…

Asian Development extends aid as extensive floods add to major economic problems

… Venezuela ’s opposition parties are discussing a plan to wind up their “interim government” and abandon Juan Guaidó’s claim to be the country’s…

…to 10.5 per cent — a deeper than expected cut — even as Turkey ’s official inflation rate exceeded 83 per cent in September. Turkey ’s…