Saudi Arabia has shut down a critical oil pipeline after a drone attack by allies of Iran, opening a new and potentially consequential front in the Middle East war as fighting around
Diplomacy is often communicated as much through absence as through presence. State funerals are among the few occasions where protocol itself becomes a form of political signaling. The rank of the representative
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When one has witnessed not only a colour revolution in her own country (Macedonia, 2015–2016) but also sensed its arrival during Ukraine’s Euromaidan in 2014, every new outburst of supposedly spontaneous revolt provokes scepticism.
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Millions of people are thronging through the streets of Tehran this week as the state funeral for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei takes place; Khamenei ruled Iran for three decades and
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The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, has urged immediate global cooperation to secure the release of 44 seafarers currently being held captive by pirates and armed robbers in
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China has conducted a submarine-launched ballistic missile test, firing a nuclear-capable missile into the Pacific Ocean as part of a planned military exercise, according to state-run reporting. The missile, which carried a
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Standing before a screen displaying a goose laying golden eggs from a factory inside its stomach, Masayoshi Son delivered a message that captured both his investment philosophy and the future he believes
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visits to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand are best understood not as three separate bilateral engagements but as a carefully sequenced strategic mission across the Indo-Pacific. Coming immediately
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In the early weeks of war, one of the Persian Gulf’s most critical maritime arteries quietly became the stage for an extraordinary experiment in modern energy logistics. Just weeks into the conflict,
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Pakistan’s induction of its first advanced Chinese-built stealth attack submarine is being described as a potential shift in the naval balance of power with India, as the South Asian rival expands its
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What happens when a country wins a war but fails to resolve the reasons that produced the war in the first place? Can a military victory over an armed movement create lasting
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Taiwan’s military has restored the original framing of its patriotic education programme as an “anti-communism” training initiative, citing escalating security threats from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to statements from the
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The UK is facing renewed scrutiny over the security of its government and defence systems following two separate incidents involving the exposure of sensitive information, according to reports by The Telegraph and
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Hamas is expected to announce that it will dissolve its governing structure in the Gaza Strip, according to a report by the Saudi-owned Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, which cited two sources within the
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is employing autocratic governance tactics that analysts and historians say echo those used by Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal,
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India is planning to revive and accelerate a long-delayed 700-kilometre railway project connecting Iran’s Chabahar port to Zahedan near the Afghan border, as New Delhi seeks to deepen trade access to Central
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