Sectors

Security / Defence

  • Today

Washington could prepare grounds for Syria withdrawal

According to reports, Washington could begin a drawdown from Syria within two months

Syria
  • Yesterday

Doha’s Congo-M23 mediation faces monumental challenges

Amid a deadlock in regional peace efforts, Qatar is poised to facilitate Congo peace negotiations

Congo-Kinshasa
All Security / Defence

Finance

  • Today

Saudi debt drive is unlikely to decelerate

Saudi Arabia faces an uncertain oil outlook, undercutting financing needed to move with economic diversification plans

Saudi Arabia
  • Today

Malaysia will cope with economic headwinds

Washington’s paused tariffs remain a major worry for Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia
All Finance

Energy

  • Today

Saudi debt drive is unlikely to decelerate

Saudi Arabia faces an uncertain oil outlook, undercutting financing needed to move with economic diversification plans

Saudi Arabia
  • Today

Bulgaria’s US-sanctioned Peevski set to gain influence

The Alliance for Rights and Freedoms has withdrawn its support from the government, as a no-confidence motion is tabled

Bulgaria
All Energy

Manufacturing

  • Today

Firm GDP is key to China’s view of its global standing

The economy grew by a better-than-expected 5.4% in the first quarter and services and manufacturing picked up in March

China
  • Yesterday

US-China gallium controls raise concentration fears

Gallium is a relatively small market, dominated by China; its heat resistance makes it key to many advanced technologies

International
All Manufacturing

Infrastructure

  • Yesterday

US-China gallium controls raise concentration fears

Gallium is a relatively small market, dominated by China; its heat resistance makes it key to many advanced technologies

International
  • Apr 9

Key South and South-east Asian group will strengthen

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation held its latest summit last week

South Asia
All Infrastructure

Food / Agribusiness

  • Yesterday

US tariffs will unsettle Colombia’s coffee sector

A 10% ‘reciprocal’ tariff imposed by Washington this month on Colombian imports looks likely to dampen a coffee boom

Colombia
  • Apr 14

West Africa's fishing industry faces a serious crisis

Economic, environmental and social pressures threaten a fishing industry that sustains millions of people

West Africa
All Food / Agribusiness

Technology / Media / Telecoms

  • Today

Tech production in South-east Asia faces US risk

Economic uncertainty from US tariffs could hinder South-east Asia’s tech ambitions

International
  • Today

China is unlikely to revise its industrial policy

European businesses in China have seized on global trade turmoil to urge Beijing to address long-standing grievances

China
All Technology / Media / Telecoms