Pakistan
A nuclear-armed nation navigating a debt crisis, a rivalry with India, and a growing reliance on Gulf and Chinese money to stay solvent.
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Sep- 2026 -13 SeptemberPower
The Hague ruled against India. India rejected the court.
A unanimous tribunal found India's suspension of the 65-year-old Indus Waters Treaty has no legal basis, but New Delhi rejected the award's legitimacy, leaving enforcement to politics alone.
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Aug- 2026 -16 AugustPower
Trump claims Hormuz as the 60-day window closes on three missing pilots
With daily shipping through the strait down to 8–12 vessels from 90–130 pre-war, Qatar denies holding three Iranian airmen Tehran says were captured alive in March, hardening both sides' positions…
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10 AugustPower
Maldives and Bangladesh can’t fix SAARC’s India-Pakistan veto
On July 26, President Muizzu offered to mediate the bloc's revival, but the consensus rule that governs SAARC gives either rival state effective power to block any summit.
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2 AugustCapital
India’s largest refiner just abandoned its Gulf playbook
Indian Oil sourced 84% of crude from spot markets in Q2 as US–Iran tensions disrupted Hormuz traffic, forcing a permanent shift toward Russian barrels and away from decades-old Gulf contracts.
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2 AugustEarth
South Asia’s heat will cost 31 million jobs a year by 2050
A World Bank report projects the region's economy could shrink nearly 7% by mid-century as extreme heat erodes productivity across 280 million new workers entering its cities.
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Jul- 2026 -19 JulyCapital
Pakistan shifts fuel pricing daily, passing oil shocks to households
The cabinet transferred pricing authority to OGRA on July 18, automating pass-through of international benchmarks and ending weekly adjustments that had masked a $139 million current account deficit.
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12 JulyEarth
Bangladesh abandons big nuclear for smaller, faster reactors
The $12.65 billion Rooppur plant nears operation while the government already pivots to Western small modular reactors, signaling both financial strain and a bid to reduce Russian vendor dependence.
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Jun- 2026 -29 JuneEarth
Asia’s harvest is about to fail on a warmer planet
The FAO warns a strong El Niño arriving within weeks will cut staple-crop yields across South and Southeast Asia, threatening 8.8 million people in 22 countries even as adaptation money…
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28 JunePower
Iran’s third strike day tests a ceasefire that was never meant to last
The Revolutionary Guard claims attacks on eight U.S. facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain, while announcing new Strait of Hormuz inspections that could choke a fifth of global seaborne oil.
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27 JunePower
India reopens Bangladesh corridor, but South Asia stays walled
New Delhi restored tourist visas for Bangladeshis on June 28, 2026, but the region's intraregional trade remains stuck at 5% of total trade—a fraction of East Asia's 50%—because visa rules…
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