India is moving closer to undertaking its biggest military revamp since independence, with the army, navy and air force placed under commanders overseeing specific theatres of con…
Price growth has been boosted by a surge in global commodity costs, as the Middle East conflict disrupted energy and raw material flows.
India’s sharp increase in gold import tariffs is fuelling a resurgence in smuggling that could exceed 100 tonnes this year, as soaring grey market margins allow smugglers to unde…
The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD-4), with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is now in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations
KMT chair calls for more dialogue between Taipei and Beijing in FT interview ahead of her visit to Washington
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France Tuesday banned Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, as part of coordinated sanctions with other countries over settler violence a…
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The EU's 21st sanctions package includes a provision to deny entry to anyone who has served in Russia's armed forces amid the invasion of Ukraine. It will also target the so-calle…
The panic over data centers is escalating. If anti-growth activists and NIMBYs succeed in blocking the infrastructure behind artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital …
From Sunderland to Spain, Chinese manufacturers are revitalising idle factories and investing where traditional European carmakers are pulling back. Chinese carmakers are rapidly …
Tighter US sanctions on Cuba have led to a spike in infant mortality and plummeting survival rates for child cancer patients, the UN warned in one of its strongest rebukes of Wash…
Ending forced labor is a goal most countries around the world have but few actually have success, including the U.S. Can Trump's tariffs change that?
China and North Korea's leaders met at a rare summit in Pyongyang on June 8. Both sides looks to reaffirm their traditional ties at a time of growing geopolitical tension. FRANCE …
Beyond the diplomatic choreography of last month’s Xi-Trump summit, what are the structural implications of a less confrontational US-China relationship for the Asia-Pacific? The …
Southeast Asia’s extensive supply chains could be disrupted if it faces planned US tariffs over Washington’s accusations of forced labour in 60 economies, as analysts say the prop…
President Xi Jinping is on a rare visit to North Korea, where he commits to deeper cooperation with Kim Jong Un.
Xi has wrapped up a two-day visit to Pyongyang, his first official trip to North Korea since 2019.
BYD expects China's competitive electric vehicle market to continue growing, even as manufacturers and analysts anticipate domestic demand to taper further.
Chinese President Xi has been welcomed in Pyongyang for his first visit since 2019.
The threat from China is rising — and the US president is keeping one of the world’s most dangerous flashpoints in suspense