SCO Trade Push in Dushanbe: The 25th SCO meeting on foreign economic and trade affairs was held in Tajikistan, with India stressing “Security, Connectivity and Opportunity” and calling for lower trade costs, resilient supply chains, simplified customs, paperless procedures and stronger multimodal links. SCO Competition Cooperation: Heads of antimonopoly authorities met in Dushanbe, focusing on cross-border competition protection and digital-market oversight, with Uzbekistan reporting consumer and entrepreneur safeguards and a “Fair Tech” digital regulation system. Tajikistan Independence, Industrial Agenda: Tajikistan marked 35 years of independence with a clear forward plan: more industrialization and technology, energy security, modern infrastructure and workforce upgrades, with hydropower projects like Rogun in focus. OPEC Fund Financing for Resilience: The OPEC Fund approved $645m for 14 partners, including support for water and energy security, transport connectivity and business and farmer access to finance—an angle relevant to regional infrastructure and agribusiness capacity. Italy–Central Asia Business Platform: A B5+Italy platform was launched in Astana, mapping cooperation on trade, industrial partnerships, technology transfer, transport and logistics, critical minerals, green energy and deeper agricultural processing. INTERPOL AI Counter-Terror Op: INTERPOL’s “Operation Shams II” used AI to identify 126 foreign terrorist suspects from online jihadist facial images, with Tajikistan among participating countries.