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SCO members in talks to establish comprehensive centre to address security threats: China
The Economic Times
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July 31, 2025
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states are accelerating consultations to establish a comprehensive centre to deal with security threats and challenges, China said on Thursday. China is this year's rotating chair of the 10-member...
Azerbaijan: A pawn on the West’s chessboard?
Strategic Culture
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July 28, 2025
By alienating Russia, antagonizing Iran, and seeking Western favour, Aliyev is engaging in a high-stakes gamble, Laura Ruggeri writes. Join us on Telegram, Twitter, and VK. Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su In The Grand Chessboard*, Zbigniew...
Slavic, Ukrainian refugees in Washington state face uncertainty as state funding dries up
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Becca Most / The News Tribune (TNS) The center for the Tacoma Slavic Association was full of activity the morning of July 24 as children played and their parents sat at desks, hoping to get connected to resources to help them get adjusted to life...
Tajik teachers to receive 30% pay raise in September amid ongoing shortages and delays
Asia Plus
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15:58, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the Deputy Minister of education and Science, Badriddin Muzaffarzoda, noted on July 28 that teachers in Tajikistan are set to receive a 30% salary increase...
For Karnataka students, the grass is still greener overseas
The Hindu
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July 25, 2025
In September 2021, Nikitha Rajesh, a student from Bengaluru, flew to London to pursue her long-standing dream of a foreign education. After completing her Bachelor of Arts degree in Bengaluru and gaining two years of work experience, she secured...
Ukraine Eyes Central Asia: Can War-Weary Kyiv Forge New Regional Alliances?
Times of Central Asia
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July 31, 2025
Despite the ongoing war with Russia, Ukraine is attempting to intensify its diplomatic and economic ties with Central Asia. Kyiv is seeking the region’s de facto political support against Moscow, and aiming to rebuild trade relations with the...
Vladimir Pastukhov: The Second Act of Russia’s Geopolitical Suicide: The Case of Central Asia
The Odessa Journal
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By Vladimir Pastukhov The Geopolitical Cost of Chauvinism The Kremlin suffers from Asian farsightedness. By focusing all its attention—and all its diplomatic, economic, and psychological resources—on the Far East, it has overlooked a deep systemic...
Fifth Mongolia-China Expo to Be Held Late August in Hohhot
Montsame News Agency
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Ulaanbaatar, July 31, 2025 /MONTSAME/. At its regular meeting, the Government of Mongolia approved the new composition of a Working Group tasked with preparing, organizing, and overseeing the fifth edition of the Mongolia-China Expo. The group is...
Minister Naranbayar Meets Mongolian Students Studying at Manas University
Montsame News Agency
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Bishkek, July 24, 2025 /MONTSAME/. As part of the State Visit of President of Mongolia Khurelsukh Ukhnaa to the Kyrgyz Republic, Minister of Education of Mongolia Naranbayar Purevsuren and Education, Science, and Technology Policy Advisor to the...
Turkey and the Defence Industry Cooperation Among Turkic States Promoted at the IDEF 2025
SpecialEurasia
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July 31, 2025
Executive Summary The Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) launched a multilateral defence industry cooperation platform that represents Ankara’s strategic initiative to expand its economic and geopolitical influence in Central Asia and the South...
ICE agents arrest 243 in Denver metro area so far this month
CBS 4 - Colorado
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Immigrations and Customs Enforcement said their agents in Colorado arrested 243 people in the Denver metro area so far during the month of July. ICE said the operation ran from July 12 through July 20. According to ICE, agents arrested those...
Reimagining Balochistan
The Express Tribune
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July 27, 2025
PUBLISHED July 27, 2025 KARACHI: For over a century, camel caravans laden with silk, jade, porcelain, and spices traversed the expansive deserts of China’s far-western frontier. These caravans, carrying merchandise from China and Central Asia,...
Uyghurs, Tibetans Urge Congress: ‘The Chinese Empire Must Be Dismantled’
Breitbart
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July 23, 2025
Activists representing communities facing ethnic cleansing and genocide under the Chinese Communist Party urged Congress during an event on Monday not just to oppose China’s human rights abuses, but identify their communities as sovereign nations...
Stories flow across borders
China Daily Global
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The Audiovisual Industry Exchange and Cooperation, one of three parallel sessions of the Second Television Festival of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Countries, was held in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on Wednesday. [Photo provided to China Daily]...
Erdogan, Kazakh president discuss ‘equal and inherent rights of Turkish Cypriots’
Cyprus Mail
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July 30, 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he and his Kazakh counterpart Kassym Jomart-Tokayev had “discussed respecting the equal and inherent rights of the Turkish Cypriots”. Speaking following a bilateral meeting in Ankara, he spoke of...
‘Jaish al-Adl’ terrorist group as a proxy of CIA and Mossad to destabilize Iran
Press TV
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By Yousef Ramazani Iran’s judiciary chief, Gholamhossein Mohseni Eje’,i on Monday condemned the terrorist attack at a courthouse in southeastern Iran by the "Jaish al-Adl" terrorist group, asserting that such acts of violence are "undoubtedly...
Sultan Raev awarded WOW gold medal for contribution to world literature
24.kg
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July 25, 2025
17:42, 25 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anvar ABDULLAEV 17:42, 25 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anvar ABDULLAEV The World Organization of Writers (WOW) awarded the gold medal for his contribution to the development of...
New Director of Okuu Kitebi Publishing House appointed
24.kg
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July 25, 2025
11:42, 25 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anastasia BENGARD 11:42, 25 July 2025, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Anastasia BENGARD Following an open competition, Tolegen Amatov has been appointed director of the state institution Okuu...
Admission Parameters for Uzbek Universities Approved for the 2025/2026 Academic Year
UzDaily
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Uzbekistan 26/07/2025 Admission Parameters for Uzbek Universities Approved for the 2025/2026 Academic Year Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — Uzbekistan has officially approved the admission parameters for state higher education institutions for...
BlackLine Studio360: The Platform for Future-Readiness
CFO Dive
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