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Japan, U.S. launch $21 bil. chip project to boost economic security

Japan has agreed with the United States on a semiconductor production project worth up to roughly $21 billion in the sta...

Thursday briefing: Thanks to an erratic Trump, peace in Ukraine is still far away

In today’s newsletter: As Russia resists a ceasefire and Trump’s shifting priorities unsettle allies, an end to the conf...

New four-lane bridge between China and North Korea opens after a decade of delay

The new bridge's opening comes about a month after North Korea and Russia opened a road bridge as part of their efforts ...

Seoul seeks to turn Trump-Kim summit into four-way peace talks: minister

South Korea aims to expand a potential summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un into...

Africa: In Mali, From the Wagner Group to Africa Corps - Will Impunity Continue?

[AI London] When Africa Corps officially began operations in Mali in June 2025, few people held out hope that it would h...

Russia turns to new tactics to destroy Ukraine’s energy grid this winter for good

Subscribe to the Newsletter Ukraine Business Roundup Subscribe Volleys of explosions deafened Kyiv in the early hours of...

Russian forces hit Izmail port infrastructure, two dry cargo ships at sea

The targets were damaged by drone strikes

Sunak Invokes Lee Kuan Yew’s ‘Poisonous Shrimp’ in Power Debate

Rishi Sunak, former UK prime minister, urged so-called middle powers to become a “poisonous shrimp” to carve out strateg...

US military weighs use of ‘mother of all bombs’ in potential future strikes on Iran, CNN says

Oct 15 (Reuters) - The US military has developed strike plans that could include using the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air...

Sunak Invokes Singapore’s 'Poisonous Shrimp' in Power Debate

Rishi Sunak, former UK prime minister, urged so-called middle powers to become a “poisonous shrimp” to carve out strateg...

North Korea and China Open Their Biggest Border Bridge

The long-delayed opening of the New Yalu River Bridge comes as the two countries expand trade despite international sanc...

APK 2026 to widen German-Korean business links

The Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business (APK) will strengthen business ties between Germany and South Korea, part...

Our information revolution is outpacing our democratic institutions

In 1997, I served in Bougainville as part of a military information support team, where rumours and an information vacuu...

By pursuing a big 'win' in Iran, Trump is destined to lose

President Donald Trump, seeing the success of the U.S. Navy’s operation in the Strait of Hormuz in blocking most of Iran...

Bosnian arms dealer gets prison time over plan to buy North Korean missiles

A U.S. court has sentenced a Bosnian arms dealer to five years in prison over his role in a scheme to procure anti-aircr...

Ukraine to resume strikes on Russian refineries, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian president expresses anger in FT interview at ‘dangerous’ withdrawal of US intelligence sharing and weakening o...

Hyundai vice chair maps out $15.5b India spending on plants, AI

PUNE, India — Hyundai Motor Group will allocate 60 percent of its planned $15.5 billion investment in India to expanding...

From six robots to 204: Inside Hyundai's reborn India plant

PUNE, India — Yellow robotic arms swing, twist and weld steel car bodies in synchronized movements at Hyundai Motor's ne...

Ukraine live: Romania probes possible drone attack on tanker

Romania on Wednesday was probing a possible fresh drone attack on a tanker off its Black Sea coast. Suspected Russian dr...

Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast kill 2, spark residential fires

Several private houses also caught fire in Pavlohrad, where emergency crews were working. Authorities were still assessi...

North Korea tests submarine-launched cruise missiles, heightening tensions with Seoul

Pyongyang test-fired two types of cruise missile from a submarine, its state news agency said on Thursday, after weeks o...

North Korea tests two submarine-launched missiles, state media reports

The tests showcase North Korea's war deterrent capabilities in the region, KCNA says.

South Korea official says shifting goalposts could block wartime command transfer from US

SEOUL, Oct 15 - South Korea's Defence Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday that continually changing the requirements ...

South Korea official says shifting goalposts could block wartime command transfer from US

South Korean media have reported that Seoul favours 2028 as the target year for the transfer.

North Korea says it tested cruise missiles designed to be fired from submarines

North Korean state media said the tests were aimed at assessing the readiness of the country's underwater combat systems...

Afghan Taliban’s ‘cheap but deadly’ drone campaign

• Islamabad reported 23 drone incursions in September alone• Afghan drones run on 55cc engines commercially available on...

Acting US Army secretary creates task force for HVAC repairs

A new, enterprise-level Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Task Force has identified more than $100 million in pr...

N. Korea could bolster drone capabilities via workers at Russian factory: think tank

WASHINGTON - North Korea could strengthen its military drone capabilities by gaining technical expertise through workers...

North Korea tested two types of sub-launched cruise missiles, state media says

Senior military officers observed the tests conducted Wednesday in the sea off North Korea's east coast, Korean Central ...

How Chinese parts are fuelling Houthi ambitions to strike Israel and Saudi Arabia

Retired US generals call on Pentagon to cancel 'barbaric' execution livestream

Livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan "will taint the honor of the military that employs it, and a nation that allo...

How North Korean missiles found their way into Houthi hands

Houthi rebels in Yemen have made their largest gains in years since last month, capturing strategic islands along the Re...

Why a memory chip glut could be Korea's weapon against China

As Samsung Electronics, SK hynix and Micron Technology race to build new chip factories, concerns are growing that expan...

New Zealand to help Fiji overhaul intelligence agencies

WELLINGTON, Oct 15 - Fiji is enlisting New Zealand's intelligence agency to help overhaul its fragmented security sector...

North Korea test-fires two types of submarine-launched strategic missiles — agency

The Korean Central News Agency reported that the launches demonstrated the high reliability, trustworthiness and ability...

CNBC Daily Open: A Singapore ship goes down as Hormuz risks rise

Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have taken a major step up after a Singapore registered ship was sunk in the critical w...

Operation Vivaldi: Ukrainian gain on a drone-filled battlefield

Russia’s drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s population and infrastructure continue to dominate coverage of the confl...

Ship catches fire in Romania’s waters amid rising attacks in the Black Sea

Authorities are investigating whether drones may have been involved in the latest incident.

Ukrainian grouping in Orekhov practically eliminated — expert

According to Andrey Marochko, new units sent by Kiev "are no longer capable of changing the situation on the battlefield...

Kim Tests Submarine-Launched Missiles After Trump Floats Meeting

North Korea said it tested submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles, as Pyongyang flexes its military muscle followi...