What Lai Ching-te means by Taiwan independence, and how referendum and amendment rules written by both major parties keep the ...

Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Mali claim nearly 1,100 tonnes of gold refining capacity, mine under 250, and lack the London ...

Russia’s shadow fleet, the aging tankers carrying sanctioned oil, has swapped false flags for the Russian flag and naval ...

Kyiv calls India’s truce plan the broadest of four on the table. Moscow says it covers only part of a settlement.

China defers to Russia on Black Sea security while Moscow lets Beijing reshape trade from Georgia to Kazakhstan. Why a ...

Myanmar’s Kachin State holds the heavy rare earths India wants, and a wartime road runs past them. Getting them out is another matter.

China’s navy has doubled its modern surface fleet against Japan’s since 2015. The balance at sea, 14 years after the PLA Navy's first carrier was launched.

India has approved more than ₹10 trillion in arms since Operation Sindoor, including 114 Rafale fighters. Why approvals are ...

Washington has put the USMCA on a yearly clock and Canada under tariffs. Ottawa’s autonomy push has yet to move its export figures.

As oil flows through Hormuz fell from 21.6m to 4.9m barrels a day, Bab el-Mandeb flows rose. Why Middle East maritime ...

The first island chain runs from Japan through Taiwan to the Philippines: why it matters to China and the US, the military ...

Serbia’s Student List defeats Vučić in parliamentary elections. Plus Alberta’s referendum, Ebola in Nigeria, CoreWeave’s debt ...