Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has pitched Indonesia as Russia’s “natural entry point” to Asean, calling for deeper trade, investment and transport links as Moscow increasingly turns towards Asia. Speaking at the Eastern
The US President Donald Trump is a lone ranger in international arena and a self-confessed practitioner of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s absolute maxim that ours is not an era of wars no
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Several Russian nationals sanctioned over Moscow’s war in Ukraine were able to sidestep EU travel restrictions using Maltese “golden” passports purchased through the country’s controversial citizenship-by-investment program, according to an investigation by
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In a story that reads like a Cold War thriller turned tragic, Michael Gloss — the 21-year-old son of a high-ranking CIA official — was killed earlier this month while fighting for
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Israel continues to attack Gaza, even though most parts of Gaza and nearby regions have been devastated by bombing over the last several months. Still, many people seem to think that Israel
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Newly declassified German government documents have shed fresh light on Western leaders’ private assessments during the final years of the Soviet Union, revealing that then-German Chancellor Helmut Kohl believed Ukraine would never
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I normally avoid personalizing geopolitical events, since I regard nations, not leaders, to be the agents of history. But there are moments when the focus must be on leaders, especially in the
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China has officially confirmed plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon to support a permanent lunar research station it is jointly developing with Russia, aiming to complete the base
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Vladimir Zelensky has thrown a wrench into the Trump administration’s effort to gear up peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. Just after Putin, in a major departure from Russia’s policy, announced he
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented a new peace proposal that could see Moscow halt its invasion of Ukraine along the current front lines, according to sources familiar with ongoing discussions. The
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China has firmly denied allegations made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that it is providing weapons and gunpowder to Russia, marking the first time Zelensky has openly accused Beijing of direct military
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