Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jet

Rafale Setbacks to FCAS Deadlock: Why 2025 Turned Difficult for Dassault While Boeing and Saab Surged Ahead

If there is one defining image of 2025, it is a world gripped by overlapping wars and the roar of combat aircraft over contested skies. The year is already being described by analysts as one of the most conflict-heavy periods...
China Quietly Fields DF-27 Anti-Ship ICBM

China Quietly Fields DF-27 Anti-Ship ICBM, Extending Strike Reach Across Indo-Pacific and Raising New Risks for US Forces

China may have quietly crossed a significant threshold in long-range strike warfare, with new US assessments indicating that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has likely operationally fielded the DF-27 missile—an unprecedented system that blends intercontinental reach with anti-ship strike capability....
Russia-Ukraine war

Australian Authorities Seek Confirmation After Reports of National Killed in Ukraine

Australian officials are working to verify reports that a national was killed while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the ongoing conflict with Russia. The man, identified in social media posts as Russell Allan Wilson, is said to have died on...
Mount Everest Waste

Mount Everest Waste Crisis: Nepal Scraps Refundable Deposit Program After Climbers Continue Leaving Tents, Oxygen Bottles, and Trash at Higher Camps

Nepal is set to discontinue a long-standing waste deposit program on Mount Everest after authorities concluded it has failed to curb the growing accumulation of rubbish on the world’s highest peak. The scheme, introduced more than a decade ago, required...
Ukraine Drone Attack

Russia Claims Ukraine Carried Out Drone Attack on New Year Celebrations, Threatens ‘Consequences’ as Peace Talks Stall

Russia on Thursday accused Ukraine of carrying out a deadly drone strike on a hotel in the Moscow-controlled part of southern Kherson, killing at least 20 people celebrating the New Year. The attack comes at a delicate moment in ongoing...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his wife Ri Sol Ju and their daughter Kim Ju Ae visit the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to mark the New Year, in Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un’s Daughter Ju Ae Makes First Public Visit to State mausoleum

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter, Kim Ju Ae, made her first public visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun this week, accompanying her parents to pay respects to the country’s former leaders, in a move that has...
Donald Trump

Trump Delays Steeper Furniture Tariffs for One Year Amid Cost-of-Living Pressures

United States President Donald Trump has delayed the introduction of steeper US tariffs on selected imported furniture products for one year, issuing the order just hours before the higher duties were due to take effect on Thursday, January 1. The...
Donald Trump

US Foreign Policy: From a Special Greenland Envoy to Travel Bans, Trump’s Political and Territorial Pressure on Europe Raises Questions for Asia

United States President Donald Trump’s latest moves against Europe mark a sharp departure from long-standing international norms and have set off alarm bells across the Atlantic. Two developments in December, in particular, underscore a widening rift in US-Europe relations and...
Members of the Politburo Standing Committee from left, , Li Xi, Cai Qi, Zhao Leji, Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Wang Huning and Ding Xuexiang attend the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held from July 15 to 18 in Beijing.

China’s 2026 Test Year: Preserving Stability While Projecting Power Ahead of a Defining Political Moment

As China steers into 2026, it does so in a year of careful calibration that analysts describe as a critical passage towards 2027, when the Communist Party’s 21st Party Congress will unveil the next slate of top leaders and could...
Iran Protests

Iranian Security Force Death Marks Turning Point in Nationwide Economic Protests

Iranian state television has confirmed the first officially acknowledged death linked to nationwide protests that erupted last week over rising living costs and economic hardship. A member of Iran’s security forces was killed during unrest in western Lorestan province, according...
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