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Neighbourhood News Digest - 14 May 2025

Afghanistan

Afghan Returnees from Pakistan Demand Jobs, Education, and Support-Tolo News

Afghan migrants recently deported from Pakistan are facing a range of challenges upon their return to Afghanistan. They are urging the Is....

May 14, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , US , Maldives , Iran , Myanmar , Afghanistan , Bhutan , IMF , Food Security , Carbon emissions , Riyadh , Justice for Myanmar , National Film Institution , Maldives-Kuwait Relations , JFM , Dirty Over 30 ASEAN Edition

Where are the US-Russia Peace Negotiations on Ukraine Headed?

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The return of Donald Trump to the White House in 2025 has significantly reshaped the global geopolitical landscape, particularly in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. His administration's approach to the conflict starkly contrasts with ....

April 02, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Ukraine , Peace talks , Riyadh , Black Sea , grain exports , energy infrastructure

Neighborhood News Digest- 11 November 2024

Afghanistan

Islamic Emirate Delegates Travels to Azerbaijan to Attend COP29-Tolo News

A delegation from the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), headed by the agency's general director, has departed for Baku, the c....

November 11, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Azerbaijan , Remittances , Islamic Emirate , Riyadh , National Assembly , Quetta , NPP , LDC , Gelephu Mindfulness City , SIGAR , COP29 , GMC , New Adviser , Arab-Islamic Summit

Neighborhood News Digest - 28 October 2024

Afghanistan

Stanekzai Denies Existence of Conflict among Islamic Emirate Members-Tolo News

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, has dismissed claims of conflicts among members of th....

October 28, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Tourism , UK , IMF , CSTO , Riyadh , interim Government , Arugam Bay , 27 Amendment , Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators , CATA

Saudi Diplomacy: Breaking the Barriers

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Last decade, especially since the Arab Spring of 2010, has been quite momentous for the Saudi domestic, foreign and security policies. This has been further accentuated in the last five years and is greatly marked by tremendous pragmatism and realism....

September 04, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , US , China , Iran , Houthi , G20 , OPEC , MBS , Abraham Accords , Riyadh

China: Daily Scan, December 08, 2022

New Party chiefs appointed for Chinese provinces: Xinhuanet

December 7, 2022

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has decided that Yuan Jiajun no longer concurrently serves as secretary of the CPC Zhejiang....

December 08, 2022 COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , Riyadh , Guangdong , Alibaba , Chongqing , Guangzhou , Jack Ma

Middle East and the Next US President -Worries Galore

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

U.S. has traditionally been the arbiter of the security in the Middle East. Of late, arguably there have been signs of U.S. distraction and disengagement as the geo-economics and geo-politics transform the power matrix especially towards the Indo-Pac....

November 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Palestine , JCPOA , GCC , Golan Heights , Peace Process , Deal of the century , Netanyahu , Riyadh , Tel Aviv