The FATF Mutual Evaluation Report on India highlights substantial improvements in plugging vulnerabilities associated with tackling money laundering and countering terrorist finance.
Despite the recent devastating floods in North Korea, the refusal of Pyongyang to accept foreign aid reflects the revival of Juche ideology under the leadership of Kim Jong-un.
Azerbaijan, with backing from Turkey and increasingly Russia, continues to push for a transport corridor to its exclave Nakhchivan, a year after it recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh.
Sahel’s Terrorism Problem(s)
Sahel has supplanted West Asia and North Africa as the region worst affected by terrorism.