Transforming the venerable B-52 bomber into a cutting-edge warplane, the US is gearing up the long arm of its strategic airpower against a near-peer fight with China in the Pacific. This month, The War Zone reported that the US is planning significant upgrades to its
After the sacking last year of the defense minister, at least nine generals and several senior executives of the military industry, the People’s Liberation Army – once the kingmaker of Chinese politics – is being purged again. President Xi Jinping has vowed to “enrich the
In an interview with CNA's Olivia Siong at a World Economic Forum conference in Dalian, China, Malaysia's Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli said the government’s belief in energy transition is not rhetoric.
A report by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center found that the total accumulated transactions for online gambling in the first quarter of 2024 reached 600 trillion rupiah (US$36.5 billion).
The 56-year-old has been sending balloons loaded with anti-regime propaganda leaflets, US dollar bills and USB drives of K-pop across the border for nearly 20 years.
Months of relentless exchanges between Israel and Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah have seen mass civilian evacuations and widespread death, injury and destruction. The violence has worsened since early June, accompanied by increasingly heated rhetoric. Both sides have
Russian President Vladimir Putin has a very short list of countries on his list of available international travel destinations these days. He made a wise choice to travel to Pyongyang, where he could be feted as a fellow dictator and share relief from sanctions-imposed