Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has secured her fourth consecutive term and overall fifth term, with the ruling Awami League party. obtaining almost 75% of the seats in Bangladesh's general election in Jan. Voter turnout was reported at approximately 40%. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is demanding new elections supervised by a neutral caretaker government following reduced voter turnout due to the BNP's boycott of the election.

On 27 December 2023, the media wing of the armed forces of Pakistan, ISPR, announced, “Pakistan today conducted successful flight test of Fatah-II, equipped with state of the art avionics, sophisticated navigation system and unique flight trajectory.... The weapon system is capable of engaging targets with high precision up to a range of 400 kilometres.”

Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has won reelection with more than 70% of the vote, the country’s election commission said on Sunday 31st December, as opposition candidates and their supporters questioned the validity of the results. The preliminary results of the Dec. 20 election were announced in the capital, Kinshasa, amid demands from the opposition and some civil society groups for the vote...

“Geoeconomic fragmentation is becoming increasingly real,” says IMF Senior Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath, who is considered one of the most influential scholars in international macroeconomics. Speaking to Euronews, she pointed to the "fragmentation" of global trade amid the war in Ukraine. According to the expert, the war in Ukraine has changed global trade, and the EU is in a vulnerable position.