After being absent from public view for over two weeks, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon reappeared in a short but highly visible public engagement by sending a video congratulation to Chinese President Xi Jinping on the occasion of the Lunar...
On 10 February, President Sadyr Japarov dismissed his long-time ally, Colonel-General Kamchybek Tashiyev, from his post as head of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS). Three of Tashiyev’s deputies were also removed from office. The dismissal followed an...
In mid-February, Indian authorities intercepted and seized three oil tankers – Stellar Ruby, Asphalt Star, and Al Jafzia – within India’s exclusive economic zone, approximately 100 nautical miles west of Mumbai. The operation, confirmed by a source with direct...