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US-Iran war reignites as NATO admits drone gap
The US-Iran ceasefire died with a bang. Trump declared the June deal 'over' after Iran struck shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, then authorized Sunday CENTCOM strikes on Iranian missile, drone, and IR
US Strikes Iran Bridges, Water Plants on Day 7
U.S. forces struck Iranian bridges and water plants overnight into Friday in a seventh consecutive day of attacks, while Iran reported retaliating against similar civilian infrastructure in Gulf count
Vietnamese gang hid 2kg meth in tamarind jars for Japan
A Vietnamese-led drug network used Thailand as a transit hub to smuggle over 2kg of crystal meth concealed in tamarind paste jars to Tokyo, busted after a courier grew suspicious of unusually heavy co
Trump Accuses China of Meddling in 2020 Election
President Trump used a primetime White House address to accuse China of interfering in the 2020 election, presenting declassified but heavily redacted intelligence files — claims that directly contrad
Philippines protests China Daily's racist monkey videos
The Philippines lodged a diplomatic protest against China after state-backed China Daily published videos it called racist depictions of Filipinos as monkeys, stoking tensions tied to the 10th anniver
Iran's Rezaee Ends Wartime Diplomacy
Senior Iranian military advisor Mohsen Rezaee declared the policy of negotiating during war is over, warning Tehran will escalate into full-scale war if the US continues bombing Iran.
Malaysia’s rare earths are prized by Washington – but at what cost to Putrajaya’s Palestine stance?
Malaysian lawmakers have demanded the government publicly clarify its position on a US$96 million Lynas-Pentagon rare earth supply deal by month's end, fearing it could entangle Malaysia in US militar
Hormuz Becomes Test of Freedom of Navigation in US-Iran War
More than 130 days into the US-Iran conflict, the Strait of Hormuz has become the central test of whether any state can use force to rewrite the rules of freedom of navigation — and the US has so far
Anwar's PH Faces Make-or-Break Negeri Sembilan Vote After Johor Rout
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's Pakatan Harapan faces a critical August 1 state election in Negeri Sembilan after defeats in Sabah and Johor, with the result likely to shape whether UMNO, DAP and PKR s
10 killed in strikes in Ukraine and Russia
Russian and Ukrainian cross-border strikes killed at least 10 people on Friday, with a Russian missile hitting a residential building in Odesa while Russia claimed it was targeting only military infra
One anti-war critic fined, another held as Russia clamps down on dissent
Russian authorities detained a former Putin-supporting blogger and convicted an anti-war politician of extremism to block him from September's parliamentary elections, as Putin's approval hits its low
US lets Hong Kong normalization order lapse as Xi visit looms
China said the U.S. confirmed it will not renew a Trump-era executive order that revoked Hong Kong's special trading status, a step China called an important fulfillment of trade-talks consensus that
Fire Point's Flamingo missile runs on $100 hobby drone autopilot
Ukraine's Fire Point has built a 6-tonne cruise missile, the FP-5 Flamingo, guided by a $100 open-source autopilot typically used in hobby drones — a vivid example of consumer electronics reshaping mo
Taiwan's US Strategy Strained by Generational Polling Shift
Taiwan's decade-long strategy of branding itself as a democratic partner of the US is under pressure as polling reveals younger Americans are less alarmed about China and Trump's transactional rhetori
Beyond LNG: Berlin’s red-carpet diplomacy signals a bigger bet on Algeria
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hosted Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Berlin with military honors, signing 30 bilateral agreements on energy and manufacturing as Algeria solidifies its ro
The Turkish toll template that Iran is replicating in Strait of Hormuz
Iran is building a new maritime authority to regulate and charge ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, copying Turkey's century-old straits model but aiming to generate $40-80 billion a year in a mov
Ukraine under interim defense chief after Zelenskyy shake-up
Ukraine is now fighting under an interim defense chief following President Zelenskyy's contested government shake-up, which triggered rare public criticism from soldiers over the removal of a popular
India Activates Integrated Battle Groups for Pakistan
India's army operationalized its first Integrated Battle Groups — mobile strike formations of 5,000–6,000 troops modeled on Soviet doctrine — designed for swift, shallow ground offensives against Paki
China, North Korea Deepen Ties, Drop Nuclear Talk
China and North Korea exchanged top-level visits within days of each other, with Chinese readouts notably omitting any mention of denuclearization — signaling Beijing's shift from peninsula mediator t
U.S. Hits Iran Bridges; Iran Strikes U.S. Bases in Gulf
The U.S. expanded strikes on Iran to bridges and power infrastructure in Hormozgan province, while Iran retaliated by launching missiles and drones at U.S. bases and allied infrastructure across Kuwai
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