South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday that Seoul would not deploy military assets to the Middle East in a way that could draw the country into war, while acknowledging
In the weeks since a ceasefire took effect, Hamas has reasserted its power in areas vacated by Israeli forces, including by executing Palestinians it accused of collaborating or committing crimes. While Washington’s
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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said large defense firms had “conned the American people and the Pentagon and the Army,” arguing that long-standing acquisition practices encouraged prime contractors to lock the military into
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Vote counting has begun in Bihar, India’s poorest yet politically pivotal state, in an election seen as a barometer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity after a year marked by economic and
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is set to arrive in Washington next week for a high-profile visit with President Donald Trump, Bloomberg reports, marking his first trip to the US
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Chinese astronauts stranded aboard the Tiangong space station are set to return to Earth on Friday, after a suspected piece of space debris damaged their spacecraft and delayed their original departure. The
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Cheng Li-wun, the newly elected chair of Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang (KMT), has ignited fierce political debate after telling Nikkei Asia that the only reliable way to ensure peace with China is for
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On the streets of Tehran, a quiet transformation appears to be taking shape. Women walk unveiled in jeans and sneakers, young couples linger in cafés playing Western music, and friends stroll hand-in-hand
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French President Emmanuel Macron is contemplating inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to the 2026 Group of Seven summit in Evian, a move that has reportedly been discussed with some European allies. The
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Thailand has extradited alleged casino kingpin She Zhijiang to China, marking a high-profile move in regional efforts to combat transnational crime. She, a Chinese-born naturalized Cambodian citizen, was handed over in Bangkok
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Iran is confronting its most severe water crisis in decades, with authorities warning that Tehran, home to more than 10 million people, could soon become uninhabitable if rainfall does not arrive before
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On the eve of U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to London, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer summoned Labour lawmakers to an emergency meeting in an effort to shore up his authority amid
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Bangladesh is on edge as the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prepares to announce today, on Thursday, November 13, the date of its verdict in the case
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The Union Cabinet on Wednesday strongly condemned the terrorist explosion near Delhi’s historic Red Fort, calling it a “dastardly and cowardly act” that claimed at least
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China has introduced a new visa aimed at attracting young foreign researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by allowing them to relocate without first securing a job, Nature reports. Previously,
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China is ramping up efforts to control local government debt by making it more difficult for certain state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to borrow funds overseas. According to people familiar with the matter, the
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