A quick look at a map of the Arctic highlights the strategic importance of Greenland to the United States and to NATO and ...

High-level US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia over the Ukraine war have sparked concerns regarding the control of Ukraine's rare earth minerals. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had initially ...

The crisis unfolding in Afghanistan today is not just a repetition of history. It is an amplified version, with even fewer ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky finds himself shunted down Donald Trump’s call sheet in favor of Russia’s Vladimir ...

Islamabad’s bet on critical minerals could work, but only if it navigates the complex web of geopolitical and domestic ...

Afghanistan has faced decades of economic crisis ... has been trying to increase revenues is by mining its gemstone and mineral resources.

President Trump is interested in securing access to Ukraine’s vast mineral supplies as partial repayment for U.S. military and economic aid. Ukraine’s wealth is substantial, including 117 of the 120 ...

That new chapter may be written in Afghanistan's mines, where the country has an estimated $1 trillion in untapped mineral reserves. Mr. Trump has had his eye on those reserves for years ...

A U.N. aid official said on Tuesday that a U.S. funding pause would cut off millions of Afghans from sexual and reproductive health services, and the continued absence of this support could cause over ...

GOSHTA, Feb 3 — A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of the Taliban authorities’ push to capitalise on the country’s ...

Afghanistan is sitting on an estimated $1 trillion worth of untapped mineral resources, according to U.S. and UN assessments. Since the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, around 200 mining contracts ...