For three decades after the Cold War, Washington operated under a dangerous assumption: that military supremacy could indefinitely compensate for diplomatic exhaustion. The United States possessed the world’s most advanced armed forces, unmatched naval reach, and a financial
Deployment of the "new-type 155-millimetre self-propelled gun-howitzer" would potentially place Seoul within striking range.
As he struggles to force Iran’s capitulation, US President Donald Trump issued what seemed to be yet another threat to commit an act of mass destruction against the country through nuclear warfare. When negotiations have faltered in recent weeks, Trump has on multiple occasions
Ravi Kant’s recent Asia Times essay argues that the next world order will not be built like the old ones. Pax Britannica rested on sea lanes and finance. Pax Americana rested on markets, media and military reach. But the next global order, Kant suggests, will be organized
Dr Dzulkefly said the infection should not be taken lightly, as its complications can potentially be fatal.
Globally, hundreds of millions of users now interact regularly with AI companions. The World Health Organization has declared loneliness a global health threat. AI companions offer an immediate, if unproven, response. In 2014, Microsoft launched Xiaoice in China, an AI
Authorities have arrested hundreds of foreign nationals in recent months as Sri Lanka intensifies a sweeping crackdown on suspected cyber scam operations.
Duterte plans to hire a replacement counsel, whose name was redacted in the document.
Amid the deepening energy crisis, leaders are urging the grouping to step up energy resilience.
Kim Jong Un also reportedly pledged North Korea's continued commitment to a bilateral pact, signed in 2024, that includes a mutual defence provision.
Authorities have deployed at least 100 rescuers, military and police personnel in the search, which is being hampered by continued eruptions.
Taiwanese President Lai said while he appreciated the funding, this was only the first step.
TAIPEI, May 9 - Further delays to Taiwan military spending are a \"concession\" to China, the U.S. State Department said, as Taipei's defence ministry detailed the impact of projects excluded from a package passed by the opposition-controlled parliament.
Search teams resumed efforts on May 9 to find three missing hikers, including two Singaporeans, stranded on Mount Dukono.
Rescuers and residents hope the hikers could still be found alive.
A former ally of Mamata Banerjee, the BJP leader will be West Bengal’s next chief minister.
It is also constructing specialised infrastructure in the Spratly archipelago: US think-tank
WASHINGTON, May 8 - Vietnam has expanded its island building in the South China Sea's disputed Spratly archipelago in the past year, adding 534 acres (216.1 hectares) of land, and has also begun to construct specialized infrastructure there, a U.S. think tank reported.
The robot pauses at the edge of the room as an engineer checks its sensors. Then, with a soft mechanical hum, this humanoid machine begins to move. It lifts a mannequin from a bed, slowly and carefully. The engineers hold their breath. I am in a robotics lab in Tokyo, Japan, as
WASHINGTON, May 8 - The U.S. Treasury on Friday announced sanctions against 10 individuals and companies, including several in China and Hong Kong, for aiding efforts by Iran's military to secure weapons and raw materials used to build Tehran's Shahed drones.
May 8 - Washington has revised its proposed U.N. resolution demanding Iran halt attacks and mining in the Strait of Hormuz but the changes are unlikely to avert Chinese and Russian vetoes, diplomats said on Friday.
“The Iran war weakens deterrence in Asia, undercuts confidence of US allies and partners, and makes conflict with China more likely.” That’s become an article of faith among those opposing the US fight with Iran. The US military – the navy in particular – is indeed smaller than
Most Australians do not want the women and children to come home, but advocates say they're in danger.
Russia’s inability to conquer Ukraine is spurring unusually harsh public complaints over both the lack of military progress and the growing economic costs of the war, a pair of failures being blamed on President Vladimir Putin’s leadership. The damage caused by bombardments by
The last record was in 2023 when 478 permits were issued in a post-pandemic rush on the mountains.
Experts say the runway and port expansions will increase readiness amid Chinese escalations in the South China Sea.
State-owned gas and oil company Pertamina said in April the price increase was necessary due to geopolitical conditions.
A panel of federal judges ruled Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s sweeping 10% tariffs on most imports are unlawful, another major legal blow to the centerpiece of the Republican president’s economic agenda – which has failed to produce the manufacturing boom he
The grouping had produced a declaration calling for the ratification of the ASEAN Petroleum Security Agreement.
While authorities have warned people not to come within 4km of Mount Dukono’s crater, the lack of an official ban means many climbers still make the trek.
Nine Singaporeans were reportedly among the 20 hikers who were climbing Mount Dukono when the volcano erupted.
SAN JOSE, May 8 - Costa Rica's Laura Fernandez is set to be inaugurated president on Friday, with the right-wing politician vowing to wage a \"war without quarter\" on crime in the small Central American nation, long recognized as a bastion of peace and prosperity.
OSLO, May 8 - A Chinese woman suspected of complicity in espionage in Norway will be held in police custody for up to four weeks while the case against her is investigated, a Norwegian court ruled on Friday.
Two months into the war in Iran, the reasons the US gave for launching this conflict – and Washington’s minimum criteria for claiming success – now appear unintelligible. So much so that US officials are now arguing the war had actually ended in America’s favor almost a month
The European Union and Japan are hardening their economic partnership against what they increasingly regard as China’s strategic manipulation of global supply chains. This sharpening convergence was on full display in early May, when the EU and Japan convened the 7th High-Level
Leaders proposed a regional fuel stockpile and a standby arrangement for food security at the 48th ASEAN Summit on Friday (May 8).
This follows the deaths of four intern doctors in just two months amid mounting scrutiny.
Their victims were mostly located in Europe and Vietnam, said the authorities.
The Mogok rubies are the most expensive in the world.
DUBAI, May 8 - Iran has seized the oil tanker Ocean Koi in the Gulf of Oman over an alleged attempt to disrupt Iran's oil exports, Iranian state media said on Friday, quoting an army statement.
MOSCOW, May 8 - Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to negotiate with \"everyone\", including the Europeans, the Kremlin said on Friday after the Financial Times reported that European Union leaders were preparing for potential talks.
The police said they obtained information indicating the suspect and victim had been on bad terms.
TOKYO – Indonesian officials are working overtime to dismiss any suggestion that Jakarta is catching a whiff of 1997 in the air. But the force of their interventions to steady the rupiah tells a very different story. Bank Indonesia is hemorrhaging currency reserves to put a
India’s poor air is driving much needed investment away from the country.
Officials had previously issued warnings on climbing the active volcano due to safety concerns.
His death comes as the authorities reopen an investigation into alleged bribery.
The result was announced by the parliamentary speaker after a final vote on the bill, which falls well short of the government's proposed budget of nearly US$40 billion.
In the uneasy politics of energy transition, few ideas are as seductive — or as risky — as compromise. Ammonia co-firing, now being advanced through Japan’s Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) at Indonesia’s Suralaya and Paiton coal plants, is one such compromise. It promises