OPEC+ agrees to hike oil output, warns of slow recovery after attacks
The rise is largely symbolic as some key members are unable to raise production amid the US-Israel war on Iran.

The rise is largely symbolic as some key members are unable to raise production amid the US-Israel war on Iran.









China is the host of this year’s SCO Summit, which takes place in Tianjin from August 31 to September 1.
Decades after Semipalatinsk, the collapse of arms control leaves the world on the edge again.
Trump threatens to impose tariffs of 25-40 percent from August 1 unless countries make concessions on trade.
Kazakh ecologists and environmental activists worry that the Caspian Sea’s levels are set to decline further.
China is the region’s top trading partner, but Russia and the US both have a presence, too.

Kazakhstan president talks to Global News Insight about reform, inequality, oil dependency, navigating ties with Russia and China
Landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan coincides with US astronaut Donald Pettit’s 70th birthday.
These are the key events on day 1,134 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Here are the key developments on the 1,092nd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Here are the key developments on the 1,090th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.