The induction of INS Aridhaman, a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), marks a strategic shift in India’s undersea deterrence posture in the Indo-Pacific. This is not just another warship entering theIndianNavy’s order of battle. It signifies that India’s
BEIJING, April 20 - Chinese President Xi Jinping called for normal passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz to be maintained, in a phone call on Monday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held as Beijing steps up efforts to help end the Iran war.
Relations between Japan and China have been tense in recent months.
April 17 - As U.S. Vice President JD Vance returned to Washington last weekend after unsuccessful peace talks in Pakistan over the crisis in the Gulf, China’s Foreign Ministry was preparing for a bumper slate of visitors including Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the
ISLAMABAD, April 20 - Pakistan has put a $1.5 billion deal to supply weapons and jets to Sudan on hold after Saudi Arabia asked for the agreement to be terminated and said it would not finance the purchase, two Pakistani security sources and a diplomatic source said.
PRAGUE, April 20 - The Czech government will not make a government plane available for the Senate chief's planned trip to Taiwan and wants a more pragmatic foreign policy that does not damage business ties with China, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said.
The two countries’ goal was to double bilateral trade to $63.6 billion by 2030.
Wilson has been accused of defaming the star of her film The Deb over an incident involving a bath in Bondi.
If the conditions persist, there is an imminent risk of large-scale telecom network shutdowns.
The extent of casualties and damage was not immediately known.
Troops were fighting “remnants” of the New People’s Army rebel group.
ANTALYA, Turkey, April 20 - This year’s U.N. climate summit will seek to turn past decisions into action, with financing the main focus, Turkey’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum told Reuters, as the country prepares to host and chair COP31 in November.
Busan port is launching a major AI-driven expansion but analysts say its ambitions are unlikely to challenge Singapore.
DUBAI, April 20 - Iran executed two men convicted of cooperating with Israel’s Mossad intelligence service and planning attacks inside the country, the judiciary's news outlet Mizan reported on Sunday, a charge denied by the opposition group they were linked to.
MANILA, April 20 - Philippine and U.S. forces will carry out maritime strike drills on a remote Philippine island near Taiwan during annual exercises that started on Monday, which Manila's military chief said would test their readiness under \"real‑world conditions\".
BEIJING, April 20 - China on Monday warned against military cooperation that could undermine trust and deepen division in the region, as the United States and the Philippines begin annual military exercises with expanded participation from Japan.
The Indian government has been shielding consumers and state-run refiners have been absorbing losses.
Non-alignment once carried enormous moral prestige. For newly independent states emerging from colonial rule, it was not just a foreign policy, but a fierce declaration of identity. However, the international system has fractured. Global politics is no longer divided into Cold
I’ve long been an industrial policy enthusiast. My favorite popular nonfiction book is Joe Studwell’s “How Asia Works”, a synthesis of decades of research about the economic miracles in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. I wrote a whole series of posts examining the successes and
He had surgery at a Beijing hospital on April 20, the royal palace in Phnom Penh said.
Syringes are the latest everyday item in South Korea to be hit by spillover from the Iran war.
Twelve runners fell ill, including suffering convulsions, dizziness and hyperventilation, officials said.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky recently announced that ground robots (also known as unmanned ground vehicles) had captured a Russian position. Zelenskyy said it was the first time in the Ukraine war that an enemy position had been taken exclusively by robots. Ukraine’s
The US said earlier it fired on and seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to run its blockade of Iranian ports.
The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of a tsunami as high as 3m in Iwate prefecture and parts of Hokkaido.
The tremor was strong enough to shake large buildings as far as Tokyo.
Tsunami waves hit several coastal areas in northern Japan after a major earthquake on Monday (Apr 20).
On April 17, the first day of the Myanmar New Year, Win Myint walked out of Taungoo Prison. He had been arrested in the small hours of February 1, 2021, the morning the military seized power from the government he led. He is Myanmar’s last democratically elected president.
Critics say patients spending their final days in shared hospital wards alongside others nearing death face emotional strain.
MOSCOW, April 20 - A German citizen has been detained in Russia's Stavropol region for planning a \"terrorist attack\" at a law enforcement facility, Russian media reported on Monday.
DUBAI, April 20 - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that every rational and diplomatic path should be used to reduce tensions with the U.S., but added that vigilance and distrust in interactions with Washington were an \"undeniable necessity\", according to the
No one has been convicted since the attack, which killed 279 people.
The transit through the major sea route was in accordance with international law.
The conflict in 2025 between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan was their worst in decades.
The Iran war has delivered a profound and systemic shock to the Gulf, fundamentally challenging two assumptions that have underpinned regional stability for the better part of a century. For decades, the Gulf’s economic model thrived on a perception of stability, reinforced by
The suspect was handcuffed as he was brought in by police officers to a court complex.
It was not immediately clear whether the civilians were killed by Indonesian or rebel fire, or both.
JAKARTA, April 20 - Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission strongly criticised the military on Monday as it investigated the killing of 12 civilians last week during an operation against rebels in Papua province.
MOSCOW, April 20 - A major Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse sparked a fire and killed at least one person, Russian officials said on Monday, just hours after a blaze was doused in the wake of a similar attack on April 16.
When US President Donald Trump said, “A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight,” he hardly knew the profundity of his words. Iran, formerly Persia, has a history that goes back at least 7,000 years, and has a long list of great contributions to the world. Among these
Footage online shows vehicles submerged, trees uprooted and houses hit by landslides.
TAIPEI, April 20 - The head of one of Taiwan's top business groups said on Monday both Beijing and Taipei should leave politics out of resuming normal trade and tourism exchanges, after China unveiled new incentives for the island.
Several senior politicians are among those with the worst attendance records
But over 140 firms reported being hit by ransomware attacks but were able to restore their systems without paying.
One poll noted a bigger drop in support among people aged 60 and over compared with those from younger generations.