Necva Tastan Sevinc 02 September 2026•Update: 02 September 2026 More than 230 former Dutch officials urged the Netherlands on Wednesday to take stronger measures against Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. The signatories, including former ministers, ambassadors, diplomats and civil servants, called for a comprehensive arms embargo and…
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek has strengthened the economic architecture through which Iran can expand trade beyond Washington’s financial reach. For Iran, the significance of the summit lies in the convergence of several developments that are reshaping international commerce, including national-currency settlement, alternative financial channels, regional insurance, energy cooperation and Eurasian transport connectivity….
Israeli drone company XTEND will begin trading on Nasdaq this Friday at a valuation of $1.5 billion after a share merger with New York-listed JFB Construction Holdings. The combined company will then be renamed XTEND AI Robotics Inc and the stock will begin trading under the symbol “XTND” on Saturday, September 4, 2026. The company’s…
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 2. Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan have agreed to intensify cooperation in transport, logistics and energy, with particular attention to the CASA-1000 project. This was announced by the press service of the Kyrgyz President, citing statements made by President Sadyr Japarov at a press conference following talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Mohammed Shehbaz Sharif…
Sursa: X The wars that have consumed the region delayed the transformative IMEC trade corridor linking India and Europe — but they also proved why it’s needed About a month before the Oct. 7, 2023, massacres, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, or IMEC, was unveiled at the G20 summit in New Delhi. Envisioned as…
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has held a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, with China, Russia, Pakistan, the United States and the United Nations among the key partners on Uzbekistan’s agenda. The talks focused on expanding trade and investment, developing energy and transport infrastructure, and strengthening strategic and…
A new political initiative taking shape within the European Union (EU) could fundamentally change the bloc’s decision-making process on foreign policy matters and potentially have negative implications for Israel. A group of 11 EU member states has joined forces to promote a shift away from the current requirement for the unanimous approval of all 27…
China’s President Xi Jinping is visiting Egypt this week. The three-day visit is important as it showcases China’s continued interest in the Middle East. It is his first to Egypt since 2016, MBN News noted, and it “coincides with the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Egypt was the first Arab and…
Britain will unveil a “comprehensive” package of measures targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank in the coming weeks, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said Tuesday. “This government will not acquiesce in the destruction of the two-state solution,” he said. “We will act and I will set out a comprehensive set of measures in the coming…
The leaders of some of Eurasia’s most influential countries have gathered in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, for the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. Regional security, ongoing conflicts, trade, connectivity, and the organisation’s future direction are expected to dominate the discussions. The summit is particularly significant because the SCO is marking its 25th anniversary this year. Kyrgyzstan is…
