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New Tigray offensive ends four year ceasefire

Tensions over who controls the contested region have been growing for months; a previous war led to hundreds of thousand...

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US-Turkey agreement to accelerate SMR deployment

The US Trade and Development Agency has signed an agreement with Turkey's state-owned nuclear development enterprise TÜN...

North Korea slams ‘unrealistic’ calls for denuclearization by US, ROK, Japan

North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui on Thursday rejected a joint call by the United States, South Korea and Japan...

Second reactor manufactured for floating nuclear plant

The second RITM-200C small modular reactor unit has been manufactured for the floating nuclear power plant destined to s...

Ukraine war speeding lethal race toward fully autonomous drones

A battlefield dominated by fully autonomous drones capable of selecting and engaging targets without human intervention ...

Trump welcomes Xi Jinping with red carpet, military honours and flyover

Xi Jinping arrives in Maryland for a US state visit, greeted by Donald Trump in a ceremony with flags, military honours ...

Pakistan says it launches air strikes on Afghanistan after drone attacks

Strikes carried out in southeastern province of Khost cause no casualties, governor's office says.

Unleashing Achilles: How the Army Can Build a Faster Learning Force

Nestor: “We need Achilles and his Myrmidons.” Agamemnon: “Achilles …. He can’t be controlled. He is as likely to fight u...

How Chinese Goods Sustain the Houthis' War Machine

The Houthis are no longer just relying on weapons from Iran. The group is now able to manufacture weapons inside Yemen, ...

Turkey's Erdogan tells Ukraine's Zelenskiy that Black Sea attacks are inexplicable

ANKARA, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy that attacks...

Australia and Canada face similar northern logistics problems

Australia and Canada are separated by half a world, but a new defence partnership is exposing an unexpected similarity. ...

Sikorski: Russia doesn’t have the forces to invade NATO

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Polish FM Radoslaw Sikorski says Russia ‘doesn’t have the force to invade NATO.

Pentagon investigates after China obtains parts from F-35 stealth fighter jet

Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles acknowledged that the jet components ended up in Hong Kong when responding to...

Pakistan Strikes Afghanistan, Accuses Kabul of Drone Attacks

Pakistan said it thwarted attacks launched from Afghanistan before retaliating with aerial and drone strikes at ten loca...

Pakistan Air Force strikes 10 drone launch, storage sites in Afghanistan — minister

Attaullah Tarar said that Afghan drones entered Pakistani airspace on Wednesday

2 N. Korean POWs arrived in S. Korea 'several days ago': lawmaker

Two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces arrived safely in South Korea a few days ago, an opposition lawma...

Grand Strategic Compatibility: The Basis of The Japan-Vietnam Partnership

The quick pace of reconciliation between Tokyo and Hanoi since the end of the Cold War has reflected the compatibility o...

Fears of return to war grow in Ethiopia's Tigray region

Fears are growing of a return to war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, just four years after a devastating conflict ended in ...

Video of US military adjusting red carpet for China’s Xi sparks online backlash

A video clip showing uniformed US military personnel on their hands and knees making last-minute adjustments to a red ca...

North Korea to keep nuclear weapons ‘forever’: foreign minister

Choe Son Hui dismissed the South Korea’s renewed calls for a denuclearised Korean Peninsula.

Taiwan upgrades maritime patrol capacity for vulnerable South China Sea outpost

The Pratas Islands, a national park with largely untouched reefs, lie roughly between southern Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Pakistan says it launched air strikes on Afghanistan over drone attacks

Sept 24 - Pakistan conducted airstrikes on 10 locations in Afghanistan that it said were being used to launch and store ...

Lifestyles of the rich & famous ‘Lords of War’

This article is co-published in partnership with The InterceptFor the first time, the Pentagon budget topped $1 trillion...

These desperate Republicans are jumping Trump's Iran war ship

“The war with Iran needs to end and end quickly.”These were the unexpected words spoken Monday by former congressman and...

‘The Dragon’ defined: How three capitals reimagined China

Few things better illustrate how charged the American debate over China has become than the reaction to Jennifer Kavanag...

The long-range drone war: Ukraine and Russia scramble for supremacy in the skies

A conflict that began with tanks and then artillery is now pivoting around a new generation of drones focused on militar...

The Price of Arctic Ambition

The Greenland deal proves self-reliance is not an option.

Lee, Trump discussed shipbuilding cooperation, other topics in N.Y.: White House

A White House official said Wednesday South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed shi...

How Putin Escalates

A new stage in Russia's confrontation with Ukraine—and the West.

The other summit season: BRICS and the SCO have spotted a gap

As authoritarian states find common cause in reforming global institutions, Australia must reckon with a changing neighb...

North Korea’s status as nuclear state to remain irreversible — news agency

Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui commented on the results of a trilateral meeting between the top diplomats of the US, Japa...

Hope fading for new Boeing deal during U.S.-China summit, sources say

The planemaker is trying to finalize a May deal for China to buy 200 planes, rather than pursue hopes of securing new co...

Trump gives Xi rare welcome at military base on eve of high-stakes summit

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping in a rare welcome at a military base near W...

US President Trump offers grand welcome to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping

In comments released by Chinese state media Xi also said that he was looking "forward to in-depth exchanges with Preside...

China's AI chip blitz arms Xi with a message for Trump: 'You can't choke us off'

A run of new chips and AI models from national champions gives Chinese President Xi Jinping a confidence boost, as the U...

Big picture or big deals? What the Xi-Trump summit holds for China and the US

With the balance of power shifting between the US and China, the success of this week’s summit hinges not on headline-gr...

South Korea has ‘pragmatic’ plan for phased denuclearisation. But will North bite?

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s proposal for a phased approach to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes is a...

Taiwan upgrades maritime patrol capacity for vulnerable South China Sea outpost

Taiwan's Coast Guard said its patrol and enforcement capacity has been “comprehensively upgraded”.

BREAKING NEWS: N. Korea says denuclearization demand hardening its stance against U.S.

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