Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/22/iran-denies-compromise-in-nuclear-deal-negotiations Iran’s foreign ministry rejected reports of the willingness to compromise its stance on negotiations with the United States to restore the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had made no mention of any sort of compromise to Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al… Read more »
Link to article: https://cpj.org/2022/05/tajikistan-outlet-threatened-with-closure-4-journalists-attacked-during-unrest-coverage/ On Tuesday, May 17, independent news outlet Asia Plus announced it is ceasing its coverage of Tajikistan and the protests in its eastern Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (Badakhshan/GBAR). This comes after an official warning from the country’s prosecutor general threatening to shut down the outlet unless it modified the coverage of the events. In a separate event,… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/many-sri-lankans-flee-capital-political-leaders-meet-seek-solution-crisis-2022-05-12/ On May 12th, Sri Lanka appointed a new prime minister. Ranil Wickremesinghe, political veteran, has been prime minister 5 times before. But now, he must address the financial chaos and political divisions as he attempts to form a coalition government. In the past, he built relationships with countries India and China. Current crises in Sri Lanka… Read more »
Link to article: https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-alarmed-by-tajikistans-reported-purchase-of-bayraktar-drones In Kyrgyzstan, there is a current worry that neighboring country Tajikistan has bought Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) from Turkey, which would mark a major technological development and advancement in the current arms race between the two countries. Deputy Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubayev told lawmakers on April 27th that the government had pleaded to… Read more »
Link to article: https://eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-denies-russian-claim-it-violated-afghanistans-airspace The Ministry of Defense from Tashkent, Uzbekistan has denied all Russian claims that it violated Afghanistan’s airspace. The denial follows a report by Russia’s Sputnik news agency which claimed that drones that had been spotted flying over Mazar-i-Sharif were Uzbek-manufactured. These drones looked very similar to Uzbekistan’s Lochin drones; however, the video captured was shot from… Read more »
