Bilal is an analyst, editor and research lead for the Current Developments team. A regular contributor to Daily Brief, Bilal specialises in both East and Central Asian affairs with specific interest in Afghanistan.
Tokyo will instate a state of ‘quasi-emergency’ today to combat the city’s recent rise in COVID-19 cases. With just 100
READ MOREFrance and the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue nations (Quad)—US, Japan, India and Australia—will today begin two days of joint naval exercises
READ MOREThe US-led ‘West Africa Joint Operations’ (WAJO) counterterrorism exercises will begin today. Counterterrorism investigators from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger’s
READ MOREThe 28th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-New Zealand Dialogue is set to take place virtually today. ASEAN and New
READ MOREUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will arrive in Japan today, beginning the duo’s
READ MOREThe UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) will virtually convene today. The meeting will outline
READ MOREAfghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar will engage with high-level Russian officials in Moscow today as part of a three-day
READ MOREAsia Trade Week will begin today in Hong Kong. The four-day summit, organised by The Economist, will bring together global
READ MOREFormer Burmese State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi is set to be released from prison today. The Nobel laureate and
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Clashing incentives risk splintering the Taliban as its leadership seeks an end to decades of conflict.
READ MOREIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit Armenia today as part of a regional five-nation tour. During today’s visit,
READ MOREChina will release its Loan Prime Rate (LPR) today for January. Facing economic slowdown as a result of the COVID-19
READ MOREUS Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft will today begin a three-day visit to Taipei that will include meetings with
READ MOREThe first Turkish export train travelling on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway will arrive in Xi’An, China from Istanbul today. Today’s
READ MORERepresentatives of the Indian government and leaders of the union of farmers protesting new agricultural laws will today meet for
READ MORELeaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation’s (CSTO) member states will convene today to discuss continued multilateral security cooperation. Comprised
READ MOREUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will today visit Israel as part of a 10-day tour of the Middle East.
READ MORERepresentatives from TikTok parent company ByteDance will appear before a United States Federal District Court today to argue for an
READ MOREThe CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter will today testify before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
READ MOREHong Kong’s legislature, the Sixth Legislative Council (LegCo), will today reconvene. Today’s LegCo session is the first following months of
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