NRC says Taliban ban on women halts humanitarian aid
Due to a ban on hiring female workers, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has been obliged to halt its operations...
Financial
Kazakhstan to pull out of currency convertibility agreement with Russia
Kazakhstan intends to pull out of a deal with Russia as part of the steps to ensure currency convertibility and...
Report: US programs in Afghanistan did not yield results
Beginning in 2004, the U.S. government started making efforts to aid in the growth of Afghanistan's extractives sector, a new...
Putin Bans All Oil Export to Price Cap States, Diverts Metals Export
A decree that bans for five months the supply of Russian oil and petroleum products to countries that are participating...
IsraAID Report on Ukraine emergency response
Three days after Russia invaded Ukraine, on February 27, IsraAID's Emergency Response team landed in Moldova to provide urgent assistance...
Kazakh financial institutions buy investors’ ‘trapped’ Russian bonds
According to persons familiar with the situation, Kazakh financial institutions have been purchasing Russian government debt from investors at a...