The basic salaries of many government employees have been bolstered by at least 500 yuan ($68.51) per month, according to people who asked not to be identified discussing sensitive matters.

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's parallel National Unity Government has suffered a series of setbacks in the armed campaign against the military government as other rebel groups seek dialogue with the ...

The public finances of the GCC countries witnessed a significant financial surplus in 2022 estimated at $134 billion, representing 6.1% of the gross domestic product, followed by a surplus of $2 ...

Sciences Po provides funding as a member of The Conversation FR. Is it justifiable to continue not recognising the Taliban government, which has been in power for more than three years? This ...

As the co-heads of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are promising to slash at least $2 trillion from the federal budget.

Charities, food banks and homeless shelters are to receive access to a £15m fund from the government to help use surplus farm food. Set to be launched in 2025 the scheme will give grants of £ ...

The export of agro-forestry-aquatic products has created a breakthrough this year, generating 62.5 billion USD, up 18.7% year on year, with a record trade surplus of 17.9 billion USD, marking a ...

The Humvees were initially used for patrols by the Taliban but have now become increasingly impractical due to high fuel costs and a lack of spare parts, which are difficult to obtain outside US and ...

Besmillah Taban, former general director of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) under the Ashraf Ghani government, says the fuel to run Humvees is more expensive and the spare parts to repair ...

Hundreds of American Humvees have been left to rust in scrapyards across Afghanistan, three years after the US abandoned the trucks – so emblematic of its military campaign in the country – to ...