If you have followed American foreign policy debates over the past three decades, you will have noticed a peculiar and remarkably durable ritual: the periodic rediscovery that Iran is on the verge of doing something catastrophic to the United States. The mullahs are always, it
Kim Ju Ae is believed to have entered a phase of being designated as the next leader.
SEOUL, March 20 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's teenage daughter drove an army tank with her father sitting behind her in photos from state news agency KCNA on Friday, with analysts suggesting she may be training to succeed him.
LONDON, March 19 - Leading European nations, Japan and Canada issued a joint statement on Thursday saying they were ready to join appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz and would take steps to stabilise energy markets.
Only a tiny minority of thousands of young hopefuls make it past the audition phase.
Officials said the bilingual messages reflect expectations of a surge in overseas fans traveling to Seoul for the performance.
Beijing has stepped up pressure on Taiwan with frequent military drills.
TAIPEI, March 20 - China poses a pressing threat given its military build-up continues unabated and effective deterrence is needed to make sure any attack would be very risky for Beijing, Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Friday.
BTS fans have rallied behind hashtags such as #BTSisPurple in protest of the city’s decision.
Video images showed protesters interrupting proceedings at Lakemba Mosque.
For some, the ripple effects of the Middle East tensions are already affecting daily earnings.
Early signs point to Asian EV makers such as China’s BYD benefiting from the resulting surge in crude oil prices.
The government's response to the Israel-Gaza war and rising Islamophobia has angered many Muslim Australians.
PANAMA CITY, March 19 - Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday said accusations by a local unit of Hong Kong's CK Hutchison over setbacks in an arbitration process for disputed port contracts were \"outrageous\" and \"a lie.\"
JAKARTA, March 20 - Michael Bambang Hartono, an Indonesian billionaire who with his younger brother ran one of the country's biggest conglomerates, Djarum group, died on Thursday at the age of 86.
According to state media, North Korea's new battle tank possesses advanced mobility, firepower and defensive systems, including protection against missiles and drones.
RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook will perform together for the first time since October 2022.
OpenClaw, an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) agent formerly known as Moltbot and Clawdbot, has gone viral in China in recent weeks, partly boosted by promotional campaigns from Tencent and Alibaba. More than a chatbot, it can handle emails, schedules and payments on a
The shadow fleet of tankers carrying sanctioned Iranian oil and operating off the coasts of Singapore and Malaysia could become targets of the US and other actors as part of the Middle East war, say analysts.
US President Donald Trump’s upending of long-held alliances has made Canada realise that it must engineer new frameworks to survive the disintegration of the world order, says former foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh.
A delayed summit between the two leaders allows Beijing to better lay the groundwork on the issues it’s pressing Washington on, says Karishma Vaswani for Bloomberg Opinion.
The storm could unleash winds of up to 250kmh, strong enough to uproot trees and send debris airborne.
SYDNEY, March 20 - A severe tropical cyclone neared Australia's northeast coast on Friday as residents braced for destructive winds, heavy rain, flash floods and power outages, while authorities urged them to take immediate shelter.
It faces pressure to produce more purple yam jam amid growing demand.
BUENOS AIRES, March 19 - Stevie Young, who plays guitar for legendary Australian rock band AC/DC, has been hospitalized in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires, but is still expected to perform next week, a spokesperson for the band told Reuters on Thursday.
In a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister, US President Donald Trump was asked why he didn't inform allies about his plan to attack Iran.
LONDON, March 19 - Countries at the UN’s shipping agency agreed to work towards a safe maritime corridor to evacuate commercial ships from the Gulf to protect seafarers during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Despite years of effort by the Air Force to get rid of the A-10 fleet, the A-10 is playing a major role in the Iran war. Unlike its predecessors used in the Iraq wars, the A-10 has been reborn with new equipment and better weapons, and significantly enhanced networking
Bradley Murdoch, who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio, never revealed where his body was.
WASHINGTON, March 19 - President Donald Trump on Thursday drew a parallel between U.S. strikes on Iran and Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor decades ago, as he defended the war against Tehran at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Washington.
TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM, March 19 - Israel carried out strikes targeting the Iranian navy in the Caspian Sea for the first time on Wednesday, an Israeli military spokesperson said on Thursday, telling reporters that Iran's naval capabilities in the inland sea had been largely
The Pentagon reportedly wants Congress to approve more than $200 billion in supplemental funding for US President Donald Trump’s unauthorized and deeply unpopular war on Iran as the administration weighs deploying thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, signaling a
Fuel supply pressures have seen prices rise at the pump and government austerity measures.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. In late 2024, the federal government’s cybersecurity evaluators rendered a troubling verdict on one of Microsoft’s biggest cloud computing offerings. The tech giant’s “lack of proper detailed security documentation” left
Patience among ordinary Thais could wear thin if the country continues to face economic pressures, said analysts.
In the fifth year of Myanmar’s civil war, a curious pattern has emerged in the opinion pages of Western publications. Well-crafted essays in Forbes, The Hill, The Washington Times, and Modern Diplomacy have begun arguing, with varying degrees of sophistication, that the United
The statue “was toppled in the 14th century and shattered into more than 10,000 fragments by looters”.
Defence lawyers will be required to obtain clearances before appearing in national security cases.
HONG KONG, March 19 - Lawmakers in Macau, a city under Chinese rule, unanimously approved a bill on Thursday that allows court proceedings to be held behind closed doors when deemed necessary to protect national security interests.
Rescue missions in some areas have been restricted due to fuel shortage.
Several carriers said they have scheduled additional flights on Asia-Europe routes and demand is strong.
DUBAI, March 19 - Iran's foreign minister called for vigilance and regional coordination in separate calls with counterparts in Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan as the military warned of a tougher response to any further attacks on its energy infrastructure, state media reported on
For years Washington had pressed China to arrest sellers of chemicals used to make the deadly drug.
China may be preparing to take Taiwan, but not through a near-term invasion, as new US intelligence suggests it is prioritizing coercion, pressure and political absorption over outright war. The March report, entitled 2026 Annual Threat Assessment of US Intelligence Community,
The meeting with Sanae Takaichi comes days after Trump criticised Japan for not answering his demands for help in the Strait of Hormuz.
A Mandalay People’s Defence Force spokesman suggested the event was propaganda.
The primary danger in the escalating Iran war is no longer the risk of expansion but a complete collapse of restraint. The conflict has surged past a contained bilateral US-Israel versus Iran exchange and become a wider regional crisis fueled by a dangerous conviction that
MOSCOW, March 19 - Russian officials promised compensation to farmers in the Novosibirsk region on Thursday, where authorities have ordered thousands of cattle to be culled, sparking Russia's largest non-political protests since the start of the war in Ukraine.