Pakistan and China signed a $4.8bn deal to build a 1,200 MW nuclear power plant, while the debt-laden state is in talks with the UAE for control of Karachi port in exchange for emergency funds

Yellen says the World Bank and global development banks should be reformed to become more efficient before being given more funds to help poor nations counter climate change

The US has added 43 firms – mostly Chinese – to its Entity List, banning them from receiving US exports for activities such as training army pilots and developing hypersonic missiles

The UAE has become a key trade hub for Russian gold since sanctions disrupted Russia's more traditional export routes.

The IMF is working on a bailout while Pakistan has assured its balance of payments gap will be fully funded, but $3 billion pledged by Saudi Arabia and UAE has yet to come through

Researchers in Britain say propaganda by authoritarian regimes in Russia, China and Iran have attracted more followers since Twitter dropped its labels on 'state-controlled media'

The Europe-Middle East-Asia (EMA) cable project is part of the growing tech war with the United States, and aims to create a Chinese link that rivals a similar US-backed project

Afghanistan and Myanmar are stuck in humanitarian crises created by woeful decisions by the military forces in power, but UN appeals for aid in both countries are badly underfunded

China's long-term battle to reduce the dollar's dominance in world trade took two steps forward this week, with the first LNG trade in yuan, plus Brazil agreeing to trade via local currencies

Fintech firm Riskified is moving $500 million out of the country after news that business leaders shifted $4 billion abroad amid worry over the Netanyahu regime's contentious judicial reforms

The latest additions includes units of genomics giant BGI, which was linked to repression of ethnic minorities, plus firms linked to ballistic missiles, or surveillance equipment used by Burma’s military

Abu Dhabi's state-owned International Petroleum Investment Co and its unit Aabar have agreed to pay $1.8 billion to settle a legal dispute over the 1MDB scandal, Malaysia said on Monday