A Tanzanian civil society organisation has filed a legal challenge seeking to restrict the government’s ability to impose internet shutdowns, ... Bne IntelliNews #Tanzania #InternetFreedom #DigitalRights #CivilLiberties #HumanRights

JNIM has resumed attacks on fuel tankers along a corridor linking Mali to Côte d’Ivoire, threatening Bamako’s main fuel supply route, raising risks of shortages and regional spillover along Sahel trade corridors. Bne IntelliNews #Mali #CotedIvoire #JNIM #fuelshortage #Sahel

Protesters demand resignations of High Court and National Anticorruption Directorate heads after judge confirms allegations of systematic interference in high-profile corruption cases. Bne IntelliNews #proteste #justiție #corupție #România #demisie

Ezeebit, a stablecoin and cryptocurrency payments infrastructure provider, has raised $2.05mn in seed funding to accelerate product development and ... Bne IntelliNews #Ezeebit #Stablecoin #Cryptocurrency #Fintech #Nigeria

Concludes persons and firms associated with billionaire Vladimir Kim could be connected to vast Baimskaya investment. Bne IntelliNews #Kazakhstan #CopperIndustry #Sanctions #InvestmentNews #Baimskaya

Takaichi sits just behind the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and European Central Bank head, Christine Lagarde, with Italy’s Giorgia Meloni placed fourth. Bne IntelliNews #Japan #InfluentialWomen #Leadership #Takaichi #UrsulaVonDerLeyen

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has trimmed its reverse repurchase rate by another 25 basis points to 4.5%, extending a policy-easing cycle that has already delivered 200 basis points of cuts since last year. Bne IntelliNews #Philippines #BSP #BangkoSentralNgPilipinas #Economy #InterestRates

Russia's Tehran embassy denies involvement in fake recruitment letters offering Iranian men $20,000 bonuses to join armed forces fighting in Ukraine as similar schemes emerge across Africa and Middle East. Bne IntelliNews #Russia #UkraineWar #Iran #RecruitmentScams #MiddleEast

As battlefield momentum shifts and diplomatic channels intensify, Ukraine is approaching what Balazs Jarabik of R.Politik describes as a “negotiated-outcome phase” in the war with Russia. Bne IntelliNews #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineConflict #PeaceTalks #Diplomacy #WarUpdate

The revised 27-point peace plan (27PPP) thrashed out between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the US envoys does not contain a commitment by Ukraine to give up its Nato membership aspirations, ZN.UA reports. Bne IntelliNews #PeacePlan #Ukraine #NATO #Putin #USForeignPolicy

Central bank has not pushed its hand. It has kept to a cautious and market-friendly stance. Bne IntelliNews #Turkey #RateCut #CentralBank #FinanceNews #Economy

South Sudan has deployed troops to the Heglig oilfield under what its military describes as a three-way arrangement with Sudan’s rival factions, aiming to shield critical infrastructure from the country’s escalating civil war. Bne IntelliNews #SouthSudan #Heglig #oilfield #SSPDF #civilwar

Mexico's Senate has finalised sweeping tariff increases on Asian imports, marking a decisive shift in the nation's traditionally liberal trade policy. Bne IntelliNews #Mexico #Tariffs #TradePolicy #Imports #AsianMarket

Dubai launches pilot robotaxi service through Uber app in Umm Suqeim and Jumeirah with WeRide autonomous vehicles, targeting fully driverless operations in early 2026 towards 25% autonomous journeys by 2030. Bne IntelliNews #Dubai #Robotaxi #Uber #AutonomousVehicles #SmartTransportation

Baku signals intention to position itself as both a physical and digital transit hub linking Europe and Asia Bne IntelliNews #Azerbaijan #DigitalEconomy #NonOilGrowth #EconomicStrategy #TransitHub

The resignation comes just 20 days before Bulgaria is scheduled to adopt the euro on January 1, 2026. Bne IntelliNews #Bulgaria #Protests #GovernmentResignation #EuroAdoption #PoliticalCrisis

Expect perfection in sentencing. Even the accused’s social media activity, or inactivity, would be considered. Bne IntelliNews #Istanbul #TurkishJournalism #AIinJustice #Jailmatic #GovernmentAccountability

The US has seized an oil tanker carrying Venezuelan crude off the country's coast, President Donald Trump announced on December 10, in a move that sent oil prices higher and ratcheted up tensions… Bne IntelliNews #USTankerSeizure #VenezuelanOil #OilPrices #TrumpAdministration #CaracasTensions

Despite earlier Trump administration warnings, a key US congressional committee has approved a 3-year renewal of the African trade pact without any immediate move to exclude South Africa Bne IntelliNews #AGOA #SouthAfrica #TradePolicy #USCongress #AfricanTrade

European leaders of the Coalition of the Willing and Ukraine have sent their 20-point counter proposal to Washington for approval, as the White House sends details of its rebuild plans back Bne IntelliNews #Ukraine #PeaceProposal #E3Summit #RebuildUkraine #CoalitionOfTheWilling

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is expected to keep its key policy rate unchanged at 15.5% at its December 11 meeting, as persistent inflationary ... Bne IntelliNews #Ukraine #CentralBank #InterestRates #Inflation #NBU

Ukraine has reached an agreement with a group of major investors on the final terms of its plan to exchange up to $3.2bn in GDP-linked warrants for a ... Bne IntelliNews #Ukraine #Investors #GDPRestructuring #FinancialSupport #EconomicGrowth

US President Donald Trump has said that the recent US airstrikes on small boats suspected of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea and east Pacific were intended to stop illicit narcotics from reaching the United States,… Bne IntelliNews #Cocaine #DrugSmuggling #Venezuela #USAirstrikes #IllicitDrugs

The lease sale held in the US Gulf of Mexico this week attracted a total of 219 bids worth a combined $372mn. Bne IntelliNews #USGulf #LeaseSale #OilAndGas #EnergyMarket #Investment

EU member states are preparing to accelerate a decision to indefinitely immobilise up to €210bn in frozen Russian sovereign assets, in an effort to pre-empt an expected veto by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán… Bne IntelliNews #EUSanctions #RussiaAssets #HungaryVeto #EuropeanUnion #ViktorOrban

Russian President Vladimir Putin is a man with a plan. At the annual meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects on December 9 he updated the goals for 2026 and promised to “clean up" the economy. Bne IntelliNews #Putin #Economy #NationalProjects #Productivity #Russia

The most useful & interesting books published in 2025: this is a list of the most useful books covering the Eurasia region published in 2025. Our definition of usefulness is from the perspective of strategic… Bne IntelliNews #EurasiaRegion #ReadingList #InvestmentStrategy #BusinessBooks #2025Trends

As featured by bne IntelliNews in Putin’s babies, the Russian president has been focused on dealing with Russia’s demographic crisis from his first day on the job. Bne IntelliNews #Putin #DemographicCrisis #Fatherhood #Russia #Ukraine

Last week, Georgians marked 365 days of non-stop protests in Tbilisi. What began as resistance to the “foreign agents” law has become a daily referendum on the country’s political direction. Bne IntelliNews #GeorgiaProtests #JusticeForGeorgia #Tbilisi #PoliticalChange #ForeignAgentsLaw

Shell is reported to be in talks to acquire privately held US player LLOG Exploration Offshore Bne IntelliNews #Shell #LLOG #GulfExpansion #OilAndGas #EnergyNews

The country’s election commission has mandated that no serving interim government official is eligible for contesting the upcoming polls. Their exits come as the Election Commission… Bne IntelliNews #BangladeshElection #InterimGovernment #ElectionCommission #PoliticalChange #DemocracyInBangladesh

María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, is travelling to Oslo after a covert exit from Venezuela that prevented her from attending the December 10 ceremony. Bne IntelliNews #Venezuela #Machado #PremioNobel #Paz #OposiciónVenezolana

Investment-grade corporate bonds have emerged as Russia's highest-yielding rouble-denominated asset over the first 11 months of 2025. Bne IntelliNews #CorporateBonds #InvestmentGrade #RussianAssets #Finance #InvestmentStrategy

The US will strive to “Make Europe Great Again” by boosting the continent’s pro-US right-wing political parties to weaken the European Union, distance Washington from Nato, and manage global affairs in… Bne IntelliNews #USSecurityStrategy #EuropePolitics #RightWingParties #NATO #MakeEuropeGreatAgain

When Russia and China declared a “no limits” partnership in 2022, the symbolism was powerful—but the economic reality has proven very different. The partnership has very real limits and some of those are being reached now. Bne IntelliNews #Russia #China #NoLimits #InternationalRelations #Geopolitics

Europe has increased its military aid to Ukraine this year, but it has failed to offset the departure of the US and the leading EU allies are still trailing far behind their Nordic neighbours. Bne IntelliNews #Ukraine #MilitaryAid #Europe #USMilitary #NATO

Iran military aircraft for eight cloud seeding missions targeting Lake Urmia and drought-hit provinces as Islamic Republic escalates weather modification efforts amid worsening water crisis. Bne IntelliNews #Iran #CloudSeeding #Drought #WaterCrisis #MilitaryOperations

The global race to develop and deploy humanoid robots is no longer being led by nations but by cities. It’s not a question of the US against China, as there is no competition. Bne IntelliNews #China #RobotRace #HumanoidRobots #Technology #Innovation

Andrej Babiš to return as Czech prime minister at helm of anti-green, radical rightwing government. Bne IntelliNews #protesty #Czechia #Babiš #politika #vláda

The Trump administration is preparing a peace agreement modelled on Korea’s demilitarised zone (DMZ) in the hopes of skirting an impasse on the issue of territories between the Kremlin and Bankova, the Washington… Bne IntelliNews #Trump #UkrainePeace #KoreaDMZ #PeaceAgreement #InternationalRelations

Ukraine has urged swift international legal action after alleging that Russian forces and affiliated units are committing widespread atrocities in ... Bne IntelliNews #Ukraine #Russia #HumanRights #InternationalLaw #GlobalAction

A secret longer version of the US National Security Strategy (NSS) calls for “Make Europe Great Again” but says a new “Core 5” (C5) group of countries – US, China, India, Russia, and Japan – should run the… Bne IntelliNews #NationalSecurity #Core5 #GlobalLeadership #USStrategy #MakeEuropeGreatAgain

Surge of foreign investment in Western Balkans tests European Union’s ability to promote transparent governance in candidate countries, a new Carnegie Europe report says. Bne IntelliNews #EU #WesternBalkans #ForeignInvestment #Governance #UAE

Japan has denied claims that it rejected a European Union request to join a G7 initiative to use frozen Russian sovereign assets to fund Ukraine, calling the report “completely false,” Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs said. Bne IntelliNews #Japan #EU #Ukraine #RussianAssets #G7

Support among Russians for peace talks with Ukraine has reached near-record levels, with 65% of respondents favouring negotiations over continued military action. Bne IntelliNews #PeaceTalks #RussiaUkraine #WarGoals #PublicOpinion #MilitaryAction

The Russian economy could stagnate due to wartime pressures, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) warned in its latest issue of Talking Trends, released on December 6. Bne IntelliNews #Россия #экономика #ЦБР #стагнация #временаперемен

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has set out three possible outcomes for resolving the future of oil company NIS, which has been hit by US sanctions and unable to import crude for two months. Bne IntelliNews #Vucic #Serbia #NIS #Russia #Sanctions

Tanzania has advanced negotiations with the US on its largest energy and minerals projects, including the $42bn LNG development led by Equinor and Shell. Bne IntelliNews #Tanzania #USTanzaniaRelations #EnergyInvestment #LNG #Minerals

A secret longer version of the US National Security Strategy (NSS) calls for “Make Europe Great Again” but says a new “Core 5” (C5) group of countries – US, China, India, Russia, and Japan – should run the… Bne IntelliNews #NationalSecurity #GlobalPolitics #Core5 #InternationalRelations #USStrategy

Chinese autonomous vehicle firm QCraft plans Saudi Arabia market entry and Middle East expansion with RoboBus and RoboVan products as kingdom advances self-driving technology deployment. Bne IntelliNews #AutonomousVehicles #QCraft #SaudiArabia #SelfDriving #RoboBus