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Europe nears a flashpoint as US-Russia ties fray

Subscribe nowwith a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Trump-Putin disconnect, Russian strikes bode ill for Ukraine James Davis analyzes a pivotal escalation in the Ukraine conflict marked by a faltering Trump-Putin dialogue and Russiaโ€™s largest aerial assault of the war. Kremlin sources say [โ€ฆ] The post Europe nears a flashpoint as US-Russia ties fray appeared...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

What we know so far about Air India crash investigation

The Air India passenger plane crash in Ahmedabad killed 260 people shortly after taking off on 12 June.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Thai government headed, for the moment, by former student leftist

BANGKOK โ€“ Thailandโ€™s struggle with democracy has resulted in three very different prime ministers in three days with Phumtham Wechayachai becoming the newest caretaker leader, after a court suspended former Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for alleged โ€œethical misconduct.โ€ So, who is Acting Prime Minister Phumtham (โ€œPOOM-tomโ€)? Phumtham, 72, is a veteran politician who was commerce [โ€ฆ] The post Thai government...

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

North Korea's Benidorm-style resort welcomes first Russian tourists

Details of how it was built - in a country largely closed to the outside world - are shrouded in secrecy.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

The beauty and brutality of life in the shadow of Kashmir killings

BBC visits ground zero of the April attack in Pahalgam where locals are picking up the pieces of their lives.

Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

BBC correspondent explains the role of fuel switches

The BBC's Theo Leggett explains that the two switches were moved which caused the crash

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

An Indigenous Australian community is fighting to protect sacred springs from a coal mine

One Aboriginal family has been fighting for nearly a decade to protect the Doongmabulla Springs.

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Trade trumps geopolitics as Australia PM visits China

The visit comes as countries around the world navigate the US president's "America First" policies.

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: Clipperton, Franceโ€™s Indo-Pacific Edge

Although its land area is modest โ€“ only 1.7 square kilometers โ€“ Clippertonโ€™s strategic and ecological significance is anything but small.

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Indonesia, Vietnam, and the BRICS Question

Both Jakarta and Hanoi seek to preserve strategic autonomy while navigating an increasingly polarized international environment. BRICS may offer a third path.

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

How Beijing Can Turn Washingtonโ€™s Tariff Spat with Brasรญlia into Strategic Gain

In geopolitics, fortune favors the patient opportunist. Tariffs designed to isolate one partner often bind that partner more tightly to another.

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Partners in Deterrence: China and Russiaโ€™s Deepening Military-Technical Ties

China and Russia's growing military-technical cooperation aims to preserve strategic stability, but it could have the opposite effect.

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

'I created it myself': The boy behind the viral 'aura farming' boat racing dance

Over the past few weeks, a boy dancing on the prow of a racing boat has become an internet sensation.

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Hun Sen on cyberscam criticism: โ€˜Revoke Sam Rainsyโ€™s citizenshipโ€™

Hun Senโ€™s family regime in Cambodia is accused of being complicit in cyber scams that use the victims of human trafficking to steal billions of dollars a year online. The response from Hun Sen is a constitutional amendment designed to allow opposition leader Sam Rainsy to be stripped of his Cambodian nationality. On June [โ€ฆ] The post Hun Sen on cyberscam criticism: โ€˜Revoke Sam Rainsyโ€™s citizenshipโ€™ appeared first on...

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

Trump is killing civic participation in global tech governance

Not long ago US foreign assistance, alongside European and multilateral donors, helped sustain a global ecosystem of civil society efforts to safeguard democratic oversight of public policy โ€“ and, more recently, frontier technologies. I know this work well: I served with USAID for more than a dozen years, advancing democratic governance and building civil society [โ€ฆ] The post Trump is killing civic participation in...

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

How Will New Delhi Navigate the Dalai Lama Succession Row?

The decision regarding the Dalai Lamaโ€™s reincarnation is inherently political and intricately linked with the Sino-Indian border dispute.

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

In a complex world of shiftingย alliances, Albanese heads to China

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese leaves for China on Saturday, confident most Australians back the governmentโ€™s handling of relations with the countryโ€™s most important economic partner and the leading strategic power in Asia. Albaneseโ€™s domestic critics have lambasted him for meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping before United States President Donald Trump. They are also aggrieved at [โ€ฆ] The post In a complex world of...

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

US containerized missiles: steathy firepower, high strategic cost

The US militaryโ€™s turn to containerized missile launchers reflects a push for stealthy, mobile firepower that complicates targeting and enables rapid deployment but comes with operational, legal, and political concerns โ€“ especially regarding their use on allied soil and civilian cargo vessels. This month, The War Zone identified a prototype launcher known as the palletized [โ€ฆ] The post US containerized missiles:...

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

Afghan taxi drivers beat the heat with handmade air coolers

Faced with soaring temperatures and faulty AC units, cabbies are adapting with customised vehicles.

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Asia is reeling from Trump's tariff salvo โ€“ is anyone winning?

The US president has reset the tariffs clock again, leaving Asia's export-driven economies in limbo.

Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

In the country with the world's lowest birth rate, fertility clinics are booming

Growing demand for IVF treatments is stoking some optimism in South Korea's demographic crisis.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Philippine Senators Express Doubt Over Vice President Sara Duterte Impeachment Caseย 

The audacity of some senators in their public pronouncements reflects the polarizing impact of the impeachment case.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Japan-Canada Sign Security of Information Agreement

The SIA, once ratified, will enable exchanges of national security-related data and facilitate two-way defense procurements.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Between War and Peace: Redefining the SAFโ€™s Role Beyond 60

For six decades, the Singapore Armed Forces have safeguarded the countryโ€™s sovereignty and security, but there are new challenges to confront.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Canada, Japan and Australia: Swing States or Pawns for China?

Europe should consider the recent experience of other middle powers in dealing with the Peopleโ€™s Republic of China.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Australia and New Zealand Need to be More Vocal in Opposition to Trumpian Policies

Both governments need to more explicitly link or condition the U.S. relationship to their own global and regional political, economic and security objectives.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

What Russiaโ€™s Embrace of the Taliban Means for Afghan Women and the World

Russiaโ€™s recognition of the Taliban provides much sought-after legitimacy to a regime that is enforcing the worldโ€™s most extreme version of gender apartheid.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

US Naval Revival in the Indo-Pacific Ramps Up

Recent budget legislation in the U.S. directs tens of billions toward revitalizing U.S. shipbuilding and repairing the industrial base.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

K-pop singer jailed three and a half years for rape

A district judge described the assault on a Chinese tourist as "extremely grave".

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Two arrested after school girls in India allegedly made to strip for period check

Police arrested two women after a complaint from the mother of a girl who was put through the alleged humiliation.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

'A huge explosion-like sound' - Survivors recall moment India bridge collapsed

At least 15 people were killed on Wednesday after part of a bridge collapsed into a river in India's Gujarat state.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Itโ€™s time for a US Indo-Pacific reset

As therecent struggle to pass a budget for the US governmentillustrates, yet again, the immutable reality of limited fiscal resources, itโ€™s time to reconsider Americaโ€™svital national interests in the Indo-Pacificand maintain a laser-like focus on safeguarding its territories in the Pacific. The United States is a Pacific power with significant territorial reach: the states of [โ€ฆ] The post Itโ€™s time for a US...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

Setting the pace: The future of regenerative agriculture in China

Pressure is mounting for the global fashion industry to step up on climate action and substantially reduce its emissions. While a multifaceted approach is needed, the adoption of regenerative agriculture in the early stages of sourcing natural fibres such as cotton, would be a meaningful step forward. From intercropping and drip irrigation to the use [โ€ฆ] The post Setting the pace: The future of regenerative agriculture...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

For China, Dalai Lama succession also about waterย supply control

As the 14th Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday with thousands of Tibetan Buddhists, thereโ€™s already tension over how the next spiritual leader will be selected. Controversially, the Chinese government has suggested it wants more power over who is chosen. Traditionally, Tibetan leaders and aides seek a young boy who is seen as the chosen [โ€ฆ] The post For China, Dalai Lama succession also about watersupply control...

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: Asia Times favicon Asia Times

'You need to shape up': Trump's pick for Singapore envoy grilled in Senate

Anjani Sinha was criticised by a US senator in an exchange that has gone viral in Singapore.

Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia