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US and Indonesia reach tariff deal
The US will lower its tariffs threatened on goods from Indonesia to 19% from a planned 32%.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:
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Pakistan-Afghanistan Trade Grows Amid Security Challenges
Political and security hurdles, particularly TTP-related violence, continue to prevent the two countries from realizing the full potential of bilateral trade.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Thai woman arrested for blackmailing monks with thousands of videos after sex
The woman, known as "Ms Golf", allegedly had sexual relations with monks and extorted money from them.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Myanmar’s ‘Frontline Poets’: An Interview With Joe Freeman
Confronting the junta with words and the realities of a war they started.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Thai Police Raid More Properties Linked to Cambodian Tycoon
Thailand has accused Kok An, who also serves as a senator for Cambodia's ruling party, of involvement in large-scale scamming operations.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:What Trump’s pique with Putin means for Ukraine war
At face value, Donald Trump’s announcement about his plans on Russia and Ukraine looks like a major policy change. Speaking from the Oval Office on July 14, where he had been meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, the US president said he would send “top-of-the-line-weapons” to help Kyiv and – unless a ceasefire deal […] The post What Trump’s pique with Putin means for Ukraine war appeared first on Asia Times....
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Driver held for hit-and-run death of world's 'oldest' marathon runner
Police in India arrest a man they say was driving the car that hit Fauja Singh in his village on Monday.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:The inevitable and fraught militarization of space
US President Donald Trump’s plans to build a space-based Golden Dome missile defense shield have drawn immediate criticism from China, which has framed it as arenewed American push to “weaponize space.” This program, announced in anexecutive ordersigned in January 2025, echoes former President Ronald Reagan’s 1980s Strategic Defense Initiative, or “Star Wars,” which was never […] The post The inevitable and fraught...
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Teacher and parent held for breaking into school to steal exam papers
The attempt by a high school teacher and a student's father was foiled when the security alarm went off.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Why is South Korea retrying a spy chief who assassinated a president?
Hearings began Wednesday in a retrial of Kim Jae-gyu, who was executed for killing Park Chung-hee.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Labubu firm sees profit soaring by at least 350%
Sales, branding and tight cost controls have helped Pop Mart's profits balloon in the first half of 2025.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Nvidia wins as Trump retreats on China AI chip ban
Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, received a political and commercial green light on July 15 that could be a game-changer for the global economy in more ways than one. The company secured Trump administration approval to resume selling advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips — specifically the H20 — to Chinese firms, reversing previous export […] The post Nvidia wins as Trump retreats on China AI chip ban...
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:As Deadline Approaches, Trump Announces Tariff Deal With Indonesia
The agreement bears a close similarity to the deal that the U.S. president announced with Vietnam in early July, but a lot of details remain unclear.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Fewer school-age children vaping in Australia since ban, study says
Australian officials have seized more than 10 million illegal vapes in the past year.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:Why Vietnam Will Not Balance Against China
Vietnam is different from the rest of Asia in that it does not depend on the U.S. for security and China for trade. In fact, the opposite is true.
Published on: July 16, 2025 | Source:A Microsoft project could expose the Pentagon to Chinese hackers
This article was first published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Reporting Highlights Microsoft is using engineers in China to help maintain the Defense Department’s computer systems — with minimal supervision by US personnel — leaving some of the nation’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary, a ProPublica investigation […] The post A Microsoft...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Trump claims tariff deal with Indonesia
Trump says the US will lower its tariffs threatened on goods from Indonesia to 19% from a planned 32%.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Traitor or patriot? Retrial begins for spy chief who assassinated a president
Kim Jae-gyu was executed for killing dictator Park Chung-hee. Now South Korea is revisiting his case.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:How Barack Obama Planned to Destroy North Korea’s Weapons of Mass Destruction
The North Korean arsenal grew to alarming proportions during Obama’s two terms in office, prompting Pentagon planning for a preemptive strike.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Trump Is Reshaping Southeast Asia’s Future. Does He Realize That?
Trump and his team appear to pay little attention to the region, but whether by accident or design his policies are fundamentally altering Southeast Asia’s trajectory.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Balancing Prosperity and Protection: India’s Place in a Complex Global Economy
India faces a familiar dilemma: how to protect its national security without appearing to take arbitrary action against companies or engage in economic coercion.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Japan’s Defense White Paper Sounds Alarm Over China’s ‘Gray Zone’ Activities
For the first time, the annual white paper expressed Japan’s concern over the expanding military role of the China Coast Guard.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:China’s Cultural Offensive: How Beijing Is Quietly Reshaping North Korea
China is using “cultural development” to shape “an ideologically and psychologically friendly environment in North Korea.”
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Jaishankar’s Singapore Visit: An Opportunity to Take Stock of India-Singapore Ties
Jaishankar’s visit not only provided an opportunity to follow up on the action plan developed earlier but also to deliberate upon new avenues of cooperation between the two nations.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:China’s Taiwan Message to Israel and the Limits of Pragmatism
A delayed reaction to an Israeli parliamentary visit to Taiwan undercuts Beijing’s nascent charm offensive to Israel. What’s going on?
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:‘You Need a Man’: How Sexual Harassment and Patriarchy Silence Women in Uzbekistan
When the law functions more as a threat than a safeguard, silence becomes a survival strategy. And in that silence, impunity flourishes.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:A Kashmir Diary: War Ravaged Families Await Relief as Statehood Remains Elusive
While common Kashmiris wait for statehood that will empower the Omar Abdullah government they elected, families affected by the recent India-Pakistan war languish.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Indigenous elders lose landmark climate battle against Australian government
The ruling said the government did not owe a duty of care to protect the Torres Strait islands from climate change.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Another 800 children to be tested for disease linked to alleged childcare abuser
Australia is recommending tests for children in centres that had employed an alleged child rapist.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:First Indian astronaut to visit ISS returns to Earth
The Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission with Shubhanshu Shukla splashed down off the coast of California.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:The Rise of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Tarique Rahman
The son of former President Gen. Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, Rahman is the acting chairman of the BNP.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:World's 'oldest' marathon runner dies at 114 in hit-and-run
Police say Singh was walking in his village in India's Punjab state when an unidentified vehicle hit him.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:China accelerates its maglev train to catch up with Japan
China previewed its new magnetic levitation (maglev) train, boasting a maximum speed of 600 kilometers per hour (373 miles per hour), in a recent event after completing the first phase of its engineering design. If successfully built and operated, this bullet train can catch up with Japan’s fastest maglev train: the L0 Series, which achieved […] The post China accelerates its maglev train to catch up with Japan...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Hegseth’s drone dominance policy needs offshore production help
On July 10 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stood in front of the river entrance of the Pentagon to disclose his new policy called “unleashing US military drone dominance.” His objective was to clear away the “red tape” and other obstacles and gear up US drone manufacturing. His focus was on “small” unmanned aerial vehicles, […] The post Hegseth’s drone dominance policy needs offshore production help appeared first on...
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Marcos plans US trip this month to talk tariffs, South China Sea
MANILA – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set to meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump later this month to bolster a longstanding military alliance as China increases its aggression in the South China Sea, nine years after a landmark ruling that invalidated Beijing’s expansive claims in the sea region. Marcos’s trip, from July 20-22, […] The post Marcos plans US trip this month to talk tariffs, South China Sea...
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