After negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan through various facilitated or mediated foreign platforms faltered, Baku has invited Yerevan to meet on the shared border between the two neighbouring countries for unmediated bilateral talks.

On Friday (November 17) the ICJ delivered the latest ‘order’ in the long-running international legal battle between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The arrival of French military hardware in Armenia via Georgia highlights the complex challenge for Yerevan in negotiating a path through rapidly evolving new geopolitical realities.

Prices for basic staples have risen sharply, depressing the value of the remittances being sent home from Russia.

The ambitious China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway project is continuing to face major funding challenges, with the three participating countries yet to agree on a financing agreement.

Kazakhstan is mourning the tragic loss of over 40 lives in the deadliest coal mine fire in the country's post-Soviet history. Rescue efforts continue despite 45 confirmed deaths as the country grapples with safety concerns and the nationalization of ArcelorMittal Temirtau.

Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran are continuing talks on the development of new transport corridors linking East and West.

Iranian chess player, Sara Khadem, was issued with an arrest warrant after competing at chess championships without a hijab in Kazkahstan in December 2022. Now, she has been granted Spanish citizenship and claims she has no regrets.

Canada, Britain, Sweden, and Ukraine will take Iran to the International Court of Justice over the 2020 downing of a Ukrainian airliner. Most of the 176 victims were from these countries. Iran claimed it was accidental.