If China and Russia were to have a joint slogan for their “strategic partnership,” it could be “MAWA – Make America Weak Again.” And if they had a dream, it would have been that Donald Trump would have been elected president in 2016 – and then re-elected in 2024 – and would act
The father and son died in jail after being arrested on suspicion of breaching Covid lockdown rules in 2020.
The government's response reveals a widening gap between lived reality and official messaging.
Originally published by Pacific Forum, the article is republished with permission. What happens when North Korea demonstrably acquires an operational, reliable capability to strike the US mainland with a nuclear weapon? For two decades, this question has lingered at the margins
WASHINGTON, April 6 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would demand that the journalist who first reported that an airman in Iran had been rescued reveal how they got that information, and threatened to jail them if they refused.
Chinese spy cameras remain in widespread use in the United States, in Canada and Mexico and worldwide. They are sold as security and traffic cameras, but that is a cover story for their real use. Such cameras are used for social and political control turning countries into
WASHINGTON, April 6 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters that Iran could be taken out in one night, \"and that night might be tomorrow night\", warning Tehran it had to make a deal by Tuesday night or face the consequences.
WASHINGTON, April 6 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the Tuesday deadline he has set for Iran to make a deal is final, calling Iran's peace proposal significant but not good enough.
MOSCOW, April 6 - A Russian ship carrying wheat that was believed to have sunk in the Sea of Azov after a Ukrainian drone attack has been found and towed to shore, while the death toll from the attack has risen to three, state news agency TASS said on Monday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping did not directly mention the war in his remarks cited by CCTV.
At least two incidents of drone incursions across the border have occurred.
SEOUL, April 6 - North Korea said on Monday it was \"very fortunate and wise\" for South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to convey regret to Pyongyang for drone incursions in a rare conciliatory gesture toward its rival it had antagonized in recent years.
China’s AI-driven intelligence support to Iran is turning the war into a deniable, data-driven proxy conflict in which battlefield advantage increasingly depends on information rather than force. The Washington Post reported over the weekend that Chinese private technology
Iranian officials on Monday warned US President Donald Trump that his name will be “etched in history as a supreme war criminal” if he follows through with his threat to wage total war on Iran’s civilian infrastructure, including bridges and power plants. Kazem Gharibabadi,
April 6 - Israel struck Iran's largest petrochemical complex at Asaluyeh on Monday, defence minister Israel Katz said, in what he described as a severe economic blow to Tehran.
Yoon was sentenced to five years in prison after he was found guilty on four of five charges.
As the Iran war drags on into its sixth week, CNA takes a look at how some Southeast Asian states are responding to the energy crisis and skyrocketing costs.
HOUSTON, Texas April 6 - The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission entered the moon's gravitational sphere of influence early Monday morning as they cruised along a path that will soon take them over the shadowed, lunar far side to become the farthest-flying humans in
The Iran war has resulted in the highest level of regional conflict seen since America’s 1991 Operation Desert Storm against Iraq, with more than a dozen countries targeted by Iranian drone or missile barrages. Intense missile defense operations by the US, Israel and the Gulf
Mr Shizuo Aishima was denied bail repeatedly despite being diagnosed with stomach cancer.
More than 100 people, mostly children, have been killed by measles since mid-March, officials suspect.
DUBAI, April 6 - Iran has formulated its positions and demands in response to recent ceasefire proposals conveyed via intermediaries, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, adding that negotiations were \"incompatible with ultimatums and threats to commit war crimes.\"
The measures would be re-evaluated after two months.
Top leader To Lam, who was reaffirmed as the party's general secretary in January, is also widely expected to become president.
As great powers like the United States pursue frameworks that impose growing security, political, and economic burdens on smaller states, middle and small powers face mounting pressure to reassess their interests. Countries like Pakistan must draw on historical experience to
No aircraft from the mainland were spotted for 11 days in March, following five such days in February.
Mr Jamawi said such actions violated biosecurity principles and caused infections among native species.
The scandal involves members of Anwar Ibrahim's inner circle and top government officials.
It hopes to complete a civilian-led rover project by 2030.
DUBAI, April 6 - U.S. forces located on Kuwait's Bubiyan island were targeted by Iran, the spokesperson of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said in a video statement shared by state media on Monday.
With US bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries. But the bad
The five officials were released from their duties during the investigation process.
High humidity is pushing the “feels like” temperature significantly higher.
There were no reports of flames spreading to neighbouring vessels.
If you’re feeling fed up with the way things are in the world, then, no matter your politics, you are experiencing an emotion people have felt for millennia. Perhaps you feel helpless. Maybe you feel like the character in the Roman dramatist Terence’s play The Brothers (160
The complaint was filed by a Rohingya woman who fled Myanmar, and several Indonesian figures.
Classical maritime strategy has long shaped our perception of the Bay of Bengal. For decades, naval analysts measured regional influence by counting ships, tracking submarine capabilities and debating the logic of the “String of Pearls.” But a more consequential transformation
But it stressed that the demand for flights remained high.
This increase in cooking gas prices is on top of an eight per cent hike in March.
It cited a recent public display of her driving a tank that was likely intended to dispel any doubts.
SEOUL, April 6 - South Korea's spy agency now believes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's teenage daughter has been positioned as his successor, lawmakers said on Monday, citing a recent public display of her driving a tank that was likely intended to dispel any doubts.
Some experts say books are increasingly seen as an effective tool for finding a compatible match.
It was the third Japan-linked ship to transit the strait.
She also suggested that she was seeking a phone call with Mr Trump, though nothing has been finalised yet.
The year-long measures will not impact farmers, who will continue to be protected by the government.
It finally happened. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, China invested US$1.03 trillion in research and development in 2024—surpassing the United States’ $1.01 trillion for the first time in history. After two decades of double-digit annual
Dubai, April 6 - UAE official Anwar Gargash said any settlement of the U.S.-Iran war must guarantee access through the Strait of Hormuz, warning that a deal that fails to rein in Iran’s nuclear programme and its missiles and drones would pave the way for “a more dangerous, more