Politics
China launched a sharp diplomatic counterattack on Wednesday against global backlash over its two-day military exercises encircling Taiwan, branding statements from Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, the European Union, New Zealand, and the Philippines as "extremely hypocritical." Beijing......
China has wrapped up its most expansive military exercises encircling Taiwan in years, a two-day show of force that involved rockets, warships, and dozens of aircraft. The maneuvers, codenamed "Mission Justice 2025," kicked off on Monday with coordinated operations from the People's Liberation......
Finnish authorities have detained a cargo ship following damage to two telecommunications cables linking Helsinki and Tallinn in the Gulf of Finland, the latest in a string of suspected sabotage incidents targeting critical Baltic Sea infrastructure. The Finnish Border Guard intercepted the vessel Fitburg......
The European Union has firmly dismissed Moscow's allegations that Ukraine orchestrated a large-scale drone assault on President Vladimir Putin's residence, labeling the claims as a calculated effort to undermine ongoing peace initiatives. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas described the Russian......
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed that U.S. President Donald Trump visit Ukraine by flying straight into the country, bypassing the traditional route through Poland. He argued that such a direct arrival by air would signal a firm prospect for a ceasefire amid the ongoing conflict.......
Arab Gulf nations are ramping up diplomatic pressure on President Donald Trump to hold Israel accountable for repeated violations of the Gaza ceasefire, which has entered a critical phase ahead of his administration's transition in January 2026. The six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council Qatar,......
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky publicly rebuked India and the United Arab Emirates after both countries condemned an alleged Ukrainian drone strike on the residence of Russian president Vladimir Putin while remaining silent on continued Russian attacks against Ukrainian cities. Speaking......
Protests across Iran intensified as university students joined shopkeepers and bazaar merchants in demonstrations driven by a sharp economic downturn. The unrest followed a record fall of the Iranian rial to about 1.42 million per dollar and inflation climbing above 42 percent, deepening public anger......
Taiwan’s opposition parties have again blocked a sweeping defense spending plan, intensifying political deadlock at a moment of rising military pressure from China. Lawmakers from the Kuomintang and the Taiwan People’s Party used their combined legislative majority to prevent a special defense......
Two Chinese flagged supertankers are continuing operations close to Venezuelan waters despite a blockade announced in mid December by President Donald Trump and an expanding campaign of tanker seizures, according to maritime tracking data. The situation is shaping into a key test of United States enforcement......
Japan has expressed concern over recent Chinese military exercises conducted near Taiwan, warning that the drills are contributing to rising tensions in the region. Speaking to the media on Wednesday, a spokesperson for Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the large-scale maneuvers,......
Russian president Vladimir Putin has instructed military commanders to continue expanding a buffer zone in northeastern Ukraine throughout 2026, according to an official Kremlin transcript released on December 28. The directive focuses on the Sumy and Kharkiv regions and comes at a sensitive moment as......
Earlier this month, a U.S. intelligence drone struck a port facility inside Venezuela. The operation marked the first acknowledged American attack on land since the Trump administration began an intensified military campaign in the Caribbean four months ago. President Donald Trump publicly confirmed......
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