The Lee Administration's recent consideration of deploying Korean forces to the Strait of Hormuz has sparked backlash from civil society and even among Lee's supporters. As public opposition grows, questions arise about
At the BRICS summit in South Africa in the summer of 2023, the group’s five member states made a bold decision: they invited five new countries to join. The move was greeted
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Taiwan’s legislature on Friday unanimously authorised the government to sign four major U.S. arms agreements, moving swiftly to secure advanced defense systems as deadlines for acceptance approach. Officials warned that delaying the
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US President Donald J Trump’s statement on ‘ending the war’ shortly cannot be taken on its face value. Nor do the markets, stakeholders expect the war on Iran unleashed by both US
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A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker went down in western Iraq on Thursday amid ongoing operations linked to the conflict with Iran, with reports differing on the cause and number of crew
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It is hard to overstate what a complete shambles American foreign policy has become since Donald Trump launched his war against Iran on February 28. Trump clearly believed that the initial decapitation
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The ongoing U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran has caused the largest disruption in the global oil market in history, according to a report released Thursday by the International Energy Agency. The conflict has
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The Trump administration’s military campaign against Iran has left America’s Asian allies scrambling to cope with a looming energy crisis that threatens to destabilize several economies, according to reporting from Politico. Countries
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A wave of Iranian missile and drone attacks has pummeled U.S. military installations across the Middle East, inflicting widespread damage to key infrastructure and critical equipment. While operational capabilities remain intact at
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President Trump has repeatedly warned Republican lawmakers that losing control of Congress could leave him vulnerable to impeachment, highlighting the high stakes of the 2026 midterm elections. Republicans currently hold both the
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Russia is reaping a major financial windfall from the recent surge in global oil prices, earning an estimated $150 million a day in additional revenue as geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East
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The Pentagon spent an unprecedented $93.4 billion on grants and contracts in the final month of the last fiscal year, according to a new report by government spending watchdog Open the Books.
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Books written about the history of the JVP state that during the 1980 war between Iraq and Iran, the JVP received funds from Iraq and attacked Iranian ships in the seas around
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According to a report by Semafor, the Pentagon plans to recruit up to 30 finance professionals from leading Wall Street institutions, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, for a temporary three-year secondment program.
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The United States is reportedly considering a high-stakes covert mission to seize Iran’s enriched uranium, with Delta Force potentially tasked to infiltrate nuclear facilities if intelligence suggests the material has not already
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For decades, Chinese strategists have feared the “Malacca Dilemma,” the strategic vulnerability of having roughly 80 percent of the nation’s crude oil imports pass through the narrow Strait of Malacca, which could
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