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This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with kind permission. Read the original here. The effects of the Iran war on regional nonproliferation efforts are likely to lie along three axes. First, Indo-Pacific states are likely to...

The United States and Israel's war on Iran is creating the worst energy crisis ever faced by the world, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday. "This is indeed the biggest crisis in history," Birol...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Taiwanese Kuomintang Party leader Cheng Li-wun met in Beijing. This visit could mark a turning point in China’s relations with the island and ease tensions between them. A Signal in Plain Sight On 10 April...

Representatives of US President Donald Trump's " Board of Peace " have held talks with state-owned Dubai multinational DP World about managing supply chains and infrastructure projects in Gaza, the Financial Times said on Tuesday. Rehabilitation of...

The United States expressed confidence that peace talks with Iran would proceed in Pakistan, and a senior Iranian official said Tehran was considering joining, but significant hurdles and uncertainty remained as the end of the ceasefire...

A group of Lebanese Americans have announced that they will sue the US administration over the destruction of their homes due to Israel's war on southern Lebanon . At a press conference on Monday at the Bint Jbail Cultural Centre...

Brussels / PNN / Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa met on Monday with several European and international officials on the sidelines of donor meetings and the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution meeting in Brussels. The meetings were attended by...

CAIRO, (PIC) The Hamas Movement said it held numerous meetings and consultations in Cairo with mediators and Palestinian factions regarding the implementation of the first phase of the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement. In a statement released on Tuesday, Hamas added that its delegation...

While inter-Korean diplomacy stagnates despite Seoul’s recent initiatives, Southeast Asian nations are stepping in to bridge the gap. Vietnam, Indonesia and Laos are leveraging their long-standing relationswith Pyongyang to emerge as practical mediators. The shift is gaining momentum as the...

GAZA, (PIC) Seven Palestinian citizens were martyred early Tuesday morning in separate Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, amid ceasefire violations persisting for the 194th consecutive day. Local sources reported that an Israeli drone bombed a security checkpoint in al-Amal neighborhood west...

Amid another anti-North Korean moves by Seoul, the administration of Lee Jae Myung decided to make use of the ‘drone case’ to smooth things over – and ran into a tough North Korean response. New Charges and Links with Intelligence...

China recently pledged to expand military support to Somalia in its fight against al-Shabaab militants. Beijing has promised equipment, training and closer security cooperation with Mogadishu. This marks a shift from China’s traditionally cautious and small presence in the country....

The global geoeconomic volatility wrought by the second Donald Trump US presidency and hostilities in the Middle East make the shift in China’s Africa strategy even more important for China and for Africa. China’s Africa strategy started to shift in...

China’s minelaying drones point to a new way of enforcing a Taiwan blockade, using stealthy, autonomous systems to disrupt maritime access and deny entry to contested waters. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported this month that China’s People’s Liberation...

One way to pay for wildlife conservation is to allow the rich to bag a few animals for high prices. But critics see this approach as an exercise in neocolonialism You can kill almost anything if you’re willing to pay. Big...

Taliban officials are expected in Brussels in the coming weeks for talks on deporting Afghans from the EU to their home country, sources told AFP . The European Union has been working on plans to deport those...

By: Toh Han Shih - - - - China is attracting international users to its commodities pricing benchmarks, reducing although not replacing the US as the dominant arbiter of commodities prices, according to witnesses at an April 16 US-China Economic...

The US government under Donald Trump has twice used disingenuous negotiations with Iran to provide cover for attacking it, in June 2025 and again before launching the current war in February. Now it is trying to do so for a...

Last week, President Donald Trump commemorated income tax payments being due by having DoorDash deliver food from McDonald’s to the White House. The delivery was intended to highlight the first year of tax-free tips. Removing tax on tips was part...

In the Middle East, the perception of ordinary Americans has long followed a familiar script: detached, uninformed, inward-looking, and politically shallow – a society of ‘gas guzzlers’, with little grasp of global realities beyond their immediate geography. This perception did...

France is investigating allegations that two Lebanese banks transferred billions of dollars out of the country despite strict capital controls during a financial crisis, a source close to the case and lawyers said Monday. The probe is the...

Upon close examination, the global economic psyche reveals humanity as recently caught between two opposing poles. On the one hand, unprecedented technological advancement promises to colonize the Moon and Mars, eradicate diseases at their roots, and deliver an unimaginable rise...

Iraq reopened a once-bustling border crossing with Syria on Monday, more than a decade after it was closed to trade following the rise of the Islamic State group. With the al-Rabia post - known as al-Yarubiyah on the...

Pope Leo XIV and Giorgia Meloni should take comfort from the fact that the main thrust of Donald Trump’s attack on them contains a clue as to how peace can be restored between Iran and the United States. By alleging...

A high-profile paramilitary commander in Sudan has changed sides and joined the country's army in a move welcomed by army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan shortly after the war entered its fourth year. Burhan on Sunday welcomed Maj....

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) After air raid sirens sounded at 8:00 p.m. on Monday in Occupied Jerusalem and areas inside Israel, marking the start of “Memorial Day” commemorations, observed by Israelis to honor soldiers killed in their wars, the call to the...

Iran is considering attending another round of peace talks with the Trump administration in Islamabad this week, even after Iran’s top diplomat accused the US delegation of sabotaging the previous round with maximalist demands and “shifting goal posts.” The spokesperson for Iran’s...

One hears a lot recently that the United States lacks the wherewithal or the bandwidth to protect its allies, partners and interests in the Asia-Pacific owing to demands of the Iran War. This is said within the context of America...

‘Microsoft and DigitalEurope, a lobby group whose members include Amazon, Google and Meta, secured a secrecy provision in EU law to block public access to critical information on data centres’ environmental impact, Investigate Europe can reveal.’ Read the article HERE...

‘In Hungary’s election, Péter Magyar rallied urban white-collar workers, business figures excluded from state patronage networks, intellectuals, and youth. It’s much less clear that his new government can satisfy all these groups’ expectations.’ In Jacobin . Read the article...

Algeria's former industry minister, Ali Aoun, was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison after being convicted of corruption, local media reported. Prosecutors had sought a 12-year sentence, according to the reports. Algerian media said the case centred on the...