1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (583+ words) Uzbekistan’s first permanent contemporary art institution has opened in a historic 1912 building in Tashkent, transforming a former tram depot and diesel power station into a new cultural hub for the region. CCA Tashkent opened to the public on 6 September as…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (753+ words) Georgia’s busiest sea gateway has reached its capacity limit, adding urgency to plans for a major expansion of Poti port as the country seeks to strengthen its role in the Middle Corridor trade route between Asia and Europe. Zviad Chkhartishvili,…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (626+ words) Kazakhstan is stepping up investment in the Middle Corridor as rising freight volumes and demand for more diverse trade links drive the rapid expansion of the route connecting Asia and Europe. The figures underscore the growing importance of the route,…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (776+ words) Georgia’s International Maritime Forum has closed in Batumi with officials setting out investment targets, timelines and technical plans aimed at expanding the Middle Corridor and strengthening the country’s role in global trade. More than 300 delegates from dozens of countries attended…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (425+ words) Asian countries are seeking to unlock investment and ease cross-border financing as digital technologies transform financial markets, a key focus of the first CICA Finance Summit in Astana, attended by representatives from 16 member states. Many of the proposals centred on…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (505+ words) Saudi Arabia’s Delta Energy International has signed a 25-year, $200 million oil and gas contract with Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, launching exploration and extraction work in the country’s western Kushk-Tirpul basin. The Afghan government said the initial investment would…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (830+ words) Qatar Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari has warned that the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz threatens a global “industrial catastrophe.” It comes as ship tracking data from Kpler shows that maritime traffic through the waterway slowed on Monday....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (847+ words) Iran and Oman discussed a phased plan for a temporary shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz during the Omani foreign minister’s visit to Tehran on Tuesday, as tensions remain high between Iran and the U.S. over the strategic waterway....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (845+ words) Kazakhstan is considering the Baku-Supsa pipeline as an alternative oil export route after Caspian Pipeline Consortium disruptions cost the country an estimated 3.5 million tonnes of oil, Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said. The proposed route would give Kazakhstan another option for…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1611+ words) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told several foreign ministers from allied countries that Washington is not expected to carry out new strikes against Iran "for the time being," according to an Axios report citing a U.S. official and another source…...