Taiwan

Having secured the recognition of neighboring mainland Southeast Asian states, Myanmar’s military-led authorities are openly flouting ASEAN’s Five Point Consensus framework on Myanmar. Notwithstanding its lack of strong enforcement measures, the framework nonetheless represents the bloc’s two unprecedented developments: its...

A look at Krach’s track record as Berlin’s State Secretary for Science and Research from 2016 to 2021 also paints a picture entirely different from that of a down-to-earth fighter against the far right. Not only did Krach fail to...

On September 10, 2026, Algeria announced the severance of diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates. The Rupture That Was 50 Years in the Making The UAE ambassador was given 48 hours to leave the country, and as of September...

We’re at the saturation point of the latest news cycle where everyone will soon tire of hearing about artificial intelligence and probably tell themselves the whole intensifying political debate is niche, inside baseball, kind of silly, and a distraction from...

For much of the postwar era, Japan treated military restraint as part of its national identity. Its Self Defense Forces were capable, the alliance with the United States provided strategic protection and the country largely avoided the image of a...

China is constructing what may be the world’s first dedicated mothership for extra-extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles (XXLUUVs) at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai, multiple outlets reported. Satellite photos show the roughly 200-meter hull features a large internal hangar — likely...

Islam Times: Ali Al-Zahri, a Yemeni writer and analyst, emphasizing the need for the Islamic Ummah to remain vigilant in the face of divisive schemes, stated that internal cohesion and avoiding religious and ethnic conflicts are the most effective means...

Islam Times - Asaad Al-Bayrouti, a prominent Palestinian media activist, emphasized in his assessment of recent developments that, despite the extensive efforts of Israel’s propaganda apparatus to distort terminology, Arab and Islamic news media have succeeded in breaking the occupiers’...

Islam Times - Hussein Al-Deirani, a prominent Lebanese writer and analyst, emphasizing the fundamental role of unity-building strategies in thwarting plans for division and partition, stated that fatwas and practical measures aimed at bringing Islamic schools of thought closer together...

Islam Times - Mohammad Al-Moushki, a prominent Yemeni writer and media activist, emphasizing the historic role of the fatwa issued by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution prohibiting insults against Sunni sanctities, attributed the neutralization of regional partition scenarios to...

The United States is preparing to tell dozens of partner countries that they may have to choose between American and Chinese approaches to cooperation in artificial intelligence. In effect, Washington is asking its allies and partners to take a clearer...

Islam Times - Iran’s top security official says the country remains committed to its policy of non-weaponization of its nuclear program, adding that withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is possible in response to military...

Islam Times - As the war of narratives over Iran intensifies, Trump has barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from entering the White House, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed a Washington Post report on discrepancies in U.S. military casualty...

Global maritime and energy markets are currently showing two significant developments. Both indicate they should not be treated as separate market stories, but as an intertwined sector. Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC investment arm, XRG, is reportedly considering acquiring up to 50%...

Liquefied natural gas prices on the spot market are moving higher as demand picks up seasonally and Asian importers are souring on the fuel. European buyers are stepping up purchases, however, despite the price. They have no choice. Asian demand...

Over the past several months, Russia has increased hybrid warfare activities such as acts of sabotage and potential terrorist attacks across Europe. Though Moscow has engaged Europe in hybrid warfare over the past several years, the current 2026 escalation could...

The United Kingdom will need to invest heavily in expanding its electricity grid to meet rising power demand and ensure that new renewable energy projects can connect to it. The U.K. National Energy System Operator (NESO) has announced that more...

General Carsten Breuer from Germany has been chosen as the next head of NATO’s military committee, a key advisory body for the alliance’s political leaders. Military leaders from the 32-nation alliance elected him during a meeting in Copenhagen, and he...

NATO’s top Military Authority, the NATO Military Committee, held its annual conference with Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the Chair, leading discussions among 32 Allied Chiefs of Defence and two Strategic Commanders. They focused on next steps from the recent NATO...

After years of delays and plateaued development timelines, it might finally be time for the small nuclear revolution. In a brand new report, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again increased its long-term nuclear power forecast, projecting that...

We’re going to try it a little differently this week and just embed everything. Anywho, this is me sitting down with my friend and editor, Cam Edwards. In this video, we talk about the challenges of raising at least three types...

Denmark and Greenland declared on Saturday that any agreement made with the United States will not compromise Greenland’s sovereignty, following President Trump’s comments about “permanent control” over the island’s security. The U.S., Denmark, and Greenland announced a deal for the...

Yemen’s civil war has returned to the centre of a much wider regional conflict. In September, the Iran-aligned Houthis launched a rapid offensive along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, overrunning forces aligned with the internationally recognised government. They captured the port...

Good things are happening! Big Tech gets schooled, civil rights report for duty, a fossil fuel revival hits the brakes, and The Lever sits down with a teen titan of First Amendment rights. You Love To See It is a benefit...

President Xi Jinping’s visit to Cairo was not a protocol visit. It was a doctrine declaration. At a highly sensitive moment: an open war in Iran, threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, and a sharp division within the BRICS...

For most of this year I have been making an argument about a fraction of a barrel. Not the barrel itself — the flat price of crude has been a headline anyone can read — but the middle of it:...

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Le Minh Hung traveled to New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Summit, where he met bilaterally with Narendra Modi and laid out Hanoi’s vision for international cooperation. The visit drew heavy coverage at home, but it did...

The country has one of the highest femicide rates in the world, and women are yet again being asked to remove themselves from public life to counter it When I heard the authorities advising women in and around Kempton Park, the...

At any other time in American history, it would end the career of somebody like Scott Bessent, our limited-intelligence Treasury Secretary. It came out yesterday when Illinois Congressman Sean Casten was questioning him about the “billions of dollars” that Trump keeps claiming...

North Korea is sending increasing numbers of workers to Russia’s premier drone factory located at the Alabuga Special Economic Zone. Alabuga is located in the Yelabuzhsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. The Yelabuga Drone Factory produces Geran drones (Geran 1, Geran...

Islam Times - While Trump speaks of Iran’s defeat and full control of the Strait of Hormuz, global markets appear to be taking a different narrative seriously. Orders for more than $20 billion worth of VLCC tankers and shifts in...

A potential multi-billion-dollar transfer of advanced US stealth fighters to Saudi Arabia has thrust US Middle East policy into a delicate balancing act between regional deterrence, Israeli air superiority and rising geopolitical skepticism. The US State Department approved a potential...

Twenty-five years after September 11, the Twin Towers are gone from New York’s skyline, Osama bin Laden has been dead for more than fifteen years, and American troops have been out of Afghanistan since 2021. Yet the war that began...

There is a particular kind of essay that appears every few years, usually after some fresh convulsion in Jerusalem or Gaza, asking whether “liberal Zionism” can still hold together as a coherent political project. The question is not new. It...

The famous American MQ-9 Reaper drone often makes the news, and usually for rather scandalous reasons. Its appearance in the sky is always a harbinger of trouble — either immediately or shortly afterward. The Reaper is like a scavenging bird,...

Group trapped at Hotel Bamy after US removal as rights groups sound alarm over poor conditions and violence Two men that the Trump administration expelled to Equatorial Guinea were bound, fitted with bags over their heads, beaten and pushed down a...

Every export increasingly carries two products: the good itself and the evidence that makes it admissible. The cost of producing the second may determine who can sell the first. This is an overlooked consequence of selective US–China decoupling. Production costs...