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China’s sailless submarine takes warfare to the seabed

China’s newly revealed sailless submarine may be designed not only to evade detection but also to threaten the undersea infrastructure underpinning Indo-Pacific military and economic power. This month, Naval News reported that China has covertly launched a highly advanced,

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India is repeating China’s mistake in Myanmar

When Senior General Min Aung Hlaing arrived in India on May 30 for his first official overseas visit as Myanmar’s new “president,” the photo op was exactly what he wanted. The man who seized power in a coup, jailed elected leaders, crushed a nationwide uprising and drove

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Iran is losing the war but winning what comes next

Iran is losing the war against the US and Israel by most visible measures. Its air defenses have been obliterated, its senior leadership dead, and its already flagging economy is on the verge of collapse, with its crucial oil and gas exports stuck behind a blockade. Yet its

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Kyrgyzstan’s UN upset signals Eurasia’s quiet rise

On Wednesday (June 3), Kyrgyzstan secured an upset victory over the Philippines to win a seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2027-2028 term. After taking a surprising 105-85 lead in the first ballot, the Central Asian nation went on to win decisively, 142-49, in

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Indonesia’s rupiah rout is not just about the dollar

The wave of currency depreciation that battered Indonesia’s foreign exchange market throughout April and May 2026 has pushed the rupiah to record lows, dangerously close to a new psychological threshold of 18,000 against the US dollar. When the currency broke past 17,000 in

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Taiwan presses China to confront Tiananmen past

TAIPEI/BEIJING, June 4 - Taiwan has pressed China to recognise the deadly crackdown on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square 37 years ago, in commemorating the anniversary on Thursday of an event that remains taboo for Beijing.

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