Asia

US says Chinese hackers breached telecom networks, stealing data and tapping political figures’ calls, fueling concerns over...

Armenia’s former deputy prime minister, Tigran Avinyan, was swept to power by the country’s “Velvet Revolution” in 2018. His...

One of Tallinn’s most notorious corruption scandals came to a quiet conclusion this year when a case against Swedbank was...

The COP29 conference began yesterday in Baku. Among the delegates for Azerbaijan are 12 paid advisers from the Tony Blair...

The U.K.’s National Crime Agency successfully argued in a High Court case in London that accounts at the Banque...

In authoritarian Azerbaijan, corporate ownership records are not publicly available — and transparency campaigners have...

The United Kingdom unveiled its most extensive sanctions package against Russia since 2023, targeting the country’s military...

Press freedom organizations are calling for the release of a Vietnamese blogger sentenced to 12 years in prison for...

Kyrgyz independent journalists fear surveillance as individuals claiming to be law enforcement question their families and...

After the killing of crime boss Kamchy Kolbaev, Kyrgyz authorities have intensified their crackdown on prominent business...

Whether it’s Silk Way West Airlines, the PASHA Holding conglomerate, or fabric company GILTEX — everywhere this year’s...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner lost their parliamentary majority after Prime Minister Shigeru...