Regions

Asia Pacific

  • Yesterday

Malaysia will strive to make ASEAN more cohesive

The country will take up ASEAN’s annually rotating chairmanship at the start of 2025

Malaysia
  • Yesterday

Singapore’s data centre plans will face obstacles

Despite limited land capacity and energy concerns, Singapore strives to become a leader in the data centre industry

International
Asia Pacific overview and countries

Latin America

  • Yesterday

Colombia-US relations will be tense under Trump

The Colombian president and the US president-elect have little in common ideologically or in terms of policy priorities

Colombia
  • Yesterday

Russia’s Rosatom focuses export drive on Global South

Russia continues to be the world’s largest exporter of nuclear power plants

Russia
Latin America overview and countries

Middle East / Africa

  • Yesterday

Syria's transition is underway, but challenges abound

The outlines of the new order are taking shape slowly, but the new leadership faces major security and economic hurdles

Syria
  • Yesterday

Lungu’s exclusion further weakens Zambian opposition

Former President Edgar Lungu has been excluded from the 2026 presidential election through a controversial court ruling

Zambia
Middle East / Africa overview and countries

Europe

  • Yesterday

German attack will dent Scholz’s re-election bid

A deadly attack at a Christmas market in Germany comes two months ahead of the federal election

Germany
  • Yesterday

TikTok’s global troubles will intensify

With a potential US ban on the horizon, TikTok was hit with a one-year ban in Albania

International
Europe overview and countries

Russia/CIS

  • Yesterday

Russia’s Rosatom focuses export drive on Global South

Russia continues to be the world’s largest exporter of nuclear power plants

Russia
  • Dec 20

Kazakhstan will prioritise nuclear energy adoption

A referendum in October confirmed that Kazakhstan would build its first nuclear power plant

Kazakhstan
Russia/CIS overview and countries

North America

  • Yesterday

Colombia-US relations will be tense under Trump

The Colombian president and the US president-elect have little in common ideologically or in terms of policy priorities

Colombia
  • Yesterday

US shutdown averted, but Republican rifts will remain

An unexpected shutdown of government operations was averted over the weekend in a chaotic end to the outgoing Congress

United States
North America overview and countries