Former military general Prabowo Subianto has been sworn in as Indonesia’s president, as he announced the country’s largest cabinet since the 1960s. The 73-year-old was inagurated on Sunday as the country’s eighth president.
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The death toll in Turkey rose to 20,318, with 80,052 reported injuries
The number of people killed following Monday’s devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has reached at least 23,831. The death toll in Turkey rose to 20,318, with 80,052 reported injuries, according to the country’s disaster agency. In Syria, the total number of those killed stands at 3,513, including 2,166 deaths in rebel-held areas in the northwest of the country, according to volunteer organization Syria Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets.
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Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan taking action to curb sorcery and charlatanism
Central Asian countries, including Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, have teetering economies. The Economist Intelligence Unit says that the risk of sovereign debt default in Kyrgyzstan is high. Meanwhile, poverty, unemployment, austerity, electricity shortages, and political repression are sources of possible destabilization in 2024-25 in Tajikistan.
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Mukhtar Ablyazov Awaits Extradition Agreement
Mukhtar Ablyazov, a notorious Kazakhstan fraudster, was convicted of organizing the 2004 murder of Erzhan Tatishev, He was involved in investigations in four jurisdictions, namely Russia, Kazakhstan, United Kingdom, and the United States and was found guilty by courts of his peers. His political asylum claims were dismissed by the French court and so Ablyazov and his gang are now facing judgement.
