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Putin’s New Cyber Empire
Foreign Affairs
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August 25, 2025
In late April 2024, Nikolai Patrushev, the longtime head of Russia’s Security Council, chaired a meeting in St. Petersburg of top security officials from countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The meeting was about...
Iranian innovator wins BRICS, SCO ‘Social Solution of the year’ award
Tehran Times
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August 24, 2025
TEHRAN – Reza Qavamipour, the founder of an innovative educational platform titled ‘Garnet Academy’, has received the BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Young Leaders Award in Social Solution of the Year category. The prestigious...
Australia tops new list of most expensive passports in the world - but here's the list of countries it will get you into without a visa
Daily Mail
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August 24, 2025
By NICHOLAS WILSON, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 09:53 EDT, 24 August 2025 | Updated: 09:53 EDT, 24 August 2025 The Australian passport has been revealed as the most expensive in the world for the second year in a row, but research suggests...
Saoirse Ronan’s ‘Bad Apples,’ Tessa Thompson’s ‘Hedda’ and Amanda Seyfried’s ‘Testament of Ann Lee’ Among BFI London Film Festival Competition Titles
Variety
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August 21, 2025
The 69th BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its competition lineup, featuring Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan and Tessa Thompson in a diverse slate of 10 films competing for the fest’s best film award. Ronan stars in “Bad Apples,” director Jonatan...
Thousands Of Central Asians Enlisted To Fight Russia's War In Ukraine Through 'Coercion, Enticements'
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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August 20, 2025
After completing conscript service in his native Kazakhstan in the fall of 2023, Kiril Nysanbaev went to Russia for work. Nysanbaev's hometown of Rudny is located just under 100 kilometers from Russia and it's not unusual for locals to look for...
Our expert guide to exploring the Silk Road
The Times
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The Silk Road (not a road at all, let alone one made from silk) has long captured the imaginations of novelists, artists and curious travellers alike. For millennia, traders journeyed from Asia to Europe with highly prized items to sell, including...
Leaders of 20 nations invited to SCO Summit in China
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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August 22, 2025
This photo features an international media briefing at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing, China. The fifth summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be held in Tianjin, China, from 31 August to 1 September. More than 20 heads of...
US Hosts Annual Bilateral Consultation With Turkmenistan
The Diplomat
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August 21, 2025
On August 20, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov in the context of the 11th round of annual bilateral consultations (ABCs), a regular opportunity for the two sides to meet. ABCs have been...
News Digest: Baikonur as Tourism Spot, Water-Related Challenges in Central Asia and More
The Astana Times
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August 22, 2025
ASTANA – The Astana Times has curated a selection of articles from global media outlets covering Kazakhstan. This week’s foreign media digest includes topics such as the Baikonur spaceport, World Library Congress, efforts to address severe...
Between Jihad and Geopolitics: Syria and Afghanistan’s Fragile Balancing Acts
Observer Research Foundation
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Image Source: Wikipedia Commons The end of Bashar al-Assad’s nearly three-decade-long hold on Damascus has brought Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani) to the forefront as the new and sole...
Migration: How many people come to work and study in the UK?
BBC
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ShareSave New Home Office data shows the number of visas issued to people who want to work, study or join family members in the UK fell in the year to June 2025. Separate figures from the Office of National Statistics published in May showed that...
The Muslim Brotherhood Is a Terrorist Organization
The Patriot Post
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By Laurence F. Sanford Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed that the State Department is in the process of designating the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) a terrorist organization. The process requires careful paperwork, as the designation will no...
‘We’ll write off your debt if you go fight’
Meduza
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Russia is increasingly turning to Central Asians to replenish its depleted forces in Ukraine. Millions of labor migrants from former Soviet republics live and work in Russia, and Russian authorities are using a mix of tactics — from promises of...
Get Ahead of Property Tax and Business License Compliance
CFO Dive
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Third Central Asian Regional expedition: studying the Barkrak Glacier in Uzbekistan
Green Central Asia
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August 22, 2025
On August 8-18, 2025, a multidisciplinary expedition was organized to the “Barkrak-medium” glacier located in the Pskem range in the Republic of Uzbekistan. Upon arrival in Tashkent, participants took a mandatory briefing covering safety...
US Transnational Repression Targets Hope California Legislation Will Turn the Tide
The Diplomat
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August 20, 2025
Targets of transnational repression in the United States hope that proposed legislation in California will help to protect them from foreign government threats. The FBI defines transnational repression as foreign governments reaching beyond their...
UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Environment and Geography MCQs on Xanthism, Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and more (Week 124)
The Indian Express
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August 22, 2025
UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt today’s subject quiz on Environment and Geography...
Afghanistan and the forgotten wars: a crisis in silence
Meer
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August 15, 2025
Wars are raging all over the world and are fought with the most technologically sophisticated weapons. Modern man sends drones (machines) to kill for him other men, women, and children, and to destroy. Killing has become a “normal” thing, without...
Nationalities most likely to be rejected for a UK work visa
SME Today
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August 21, 2025
Latest Home Office data analysed by the new global talent firm, Immpact, reveals that workers from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ghana and Zimbabwe experienced the highest volume of work visa refusals over 12 months. Further analysis of nearly 500,000...
CSTO Military Exercises Interaction-2025 and Regional Drills Planned for September-October
Mezha
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August 21, 2025
As reported by the Belarusian Ministry of Defense, the military bloc “Interaction-2025” exercises are planned for the beginning of September. Head of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel General Andriy Serdyukov, said that this year’s block of exercises...