India confirmed that it will give Sri Lanka $900 million in aid, offering $400 million in a currency swap and deferring a $500 million payment due to the Asian Clearing Union, The Hindu reported Jan. 14.
Three internationally funded infrastructure projects have recently resumed progress in Myanmar after months-long suspensions following the country's Feb. 1, 2021, coup, The Irrawaddy reported Jan. 14.
North Korea launched two short-range missiles off of its east coast, which traveled roughly 400 kilometers east before splashing down in the East Sea just outside of Japan's exclusive economic zone, Reuters reported Jan. 14.
On Jan. 11, the Thai government restarted talks with the southern insurgent group National Revolution Front (BRN), and both sides voiced hope that the talks lead to peace in the southern Thai provinces bordering Malaysia, Reuters reported Jan. 13.
Brazil plans to unilaterally implement retaliatory measures against countries that lost a case to it at the World Trade Organization but then appealed to the WTO's appellate body, a supreme court of sorts for WTO disputes that result in appeals, Valor Economico reported Jan. 13.
Venezuela's December 2021 creation of a "High Technology Military Economic Zone" may increase the country's military cooperation with Russia, Tal Cual reported Jan. 13.
The price of Ghana’s dollar eurobonds fell 10% in ten days, with the yield on sovereign dollar debt reaching an average of 1,105 basis points, which is up from 638 basis points in September 2021, Bloomberg reported Jan. 13.
Hackers took down more than a dozen Ukrainian government websites in an attack attributed to Russia, posting a message on the site of Ukraine's foreign ministry that said Ukrainians should "be afraid and expect the worst," The New York Times reported Jan. 14.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan publicly unveiled the country's first National Security Policy (NSP), which concerns economic security, citizen-centric national security and economic diplomacy, Dawn reported Jan. 14.
Armenia and Turkey’s special envoys met in Moscow to discuss normalizing relations after more than a decade since their last meeting in 2009, and both envoys said they will continue to discuss normalization without preconditions after the meeting, Eurasianet reported Jan. 14.
