Of every 100 infections last reported around the world, about 22 were reported from countries in Asia and the Middle East. The region is currently reporting a million new infections about every 6 ...

Imagine drawing a world map on an orange ... the edges of the map conveniently run down the middle of the Atlantic. This places east Asia in a more prominent position and pushes Europe to the ...

“The Middle East has woken up to the fact that the world is changing quickly and Asia is now going to be the (economic) centerpiece of the world over the next 20 years,” Bisley said. But the ...

Map: Distribution of Muslim Population ... population (note that Iran is included in the Asia-Pacific region). Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of the world’s Shias (36 million to 44 million) live in the ...

Countries and shipping companies need reliable alternatives to keep the world ... Middle Corridor is to reach its upper projections and take advantage of its shorter route between Europe and Asia ...

The U.S. and its partners in Europe, the Middle East and Asia will on Saturday unveil plans ... spanning some of the world’s biggest economies over a total distance of more than 3,000 miles.

The emergence of an East-East trade and investment corridor, boosted by the significant and largely unexpected economic and political events of 2016, is expected to fundamentally alter the present ...

Since the end of World War II, the United States Agency ... U.S. foreign aid to the Middle East and South Asia has long played a key role in advancing U.S. foreign policy goals.

“Our new data confirms that the Middle Corridor is not only viable but can also become essential to the economies of countries along the route,” said Antonella Bassani, the World Bank’s Vice President ...