By Marium Ali and Hanna Duggal The decades-long military involvement of the United States in the Middle East expanded once again this week after its warplanes bombed at least three of Iran’s nuclear facilities. According to a briefing by US General Dan Caine, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, seven B-2 stealth bombers, each […]
Read MoreThe China-Central Asia News Agency Forum was held on Sunday in Astana, Kazakhstan, featuring discussions on media cooperation and the adoption of a consensus. As one of the outcomes of the recently concluded second China-Central Asia Summit, the forum was initiated and hosted by Xinhua News Agency. It was attended by heads of media outlets […]
Read MoreBangladesh High Commissioner to India, M. Riaz Hamidullah, is set to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna, the state’s administrative headquarters, on Monday afternoon. The meeting comes against the backdrop of recent tensions, particularly surrounding the vandalism of the historic Kachari House in Sirajganj — a site with deep cultural ties to […]
Read MoreBy Raissa Robles The Philippines’ Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio has called on the country to steer away from its “unbalanced” foreign policy in an implicit criticism of President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, as she offered her clearest indication yet of where she stands on China. In a speech delivered to a group of Filipinos at the Parliament […]
Read MoreA South Korean vice industry minister expressed concern on Monday over the potential impact on the country’s trade from recent US strikes on Iran. “As the Middle East situation enters a new phase due to the US airstrike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, there are concerns about the impact on our exports and imports,” first vice […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: Iran has opened its otherwise closed airspace exclusively for Indian evacuation flights. At least 1,000 Indian students stranded in conflict-hit Iranian cities are expected to land in Delhi in the next two days as part of the government’s emergency evacuation programme, Operation Sindhu. The first flight is due to land at 11:00 PM […]
Read MoreIndia is preparing to export electricity to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates through long-distance subsea power cables, according to statements by the country’s power minister, Manohar Lal Khattar. The project includes a 1,700-km subsea cable to Saudi Arabia at an estimated cost of $5.4 B (INR470 B), and a 1,400-km cable to the […]
Read MoreConstruction has begun in the Kazakh capital on Central Asia’s first Tier IV data center, led by AKASHI DATA CENTER and set for completion in early 2026. The facility will host 4,000 server racks, more than doubling Kazakhstan’s current capacity of 3,800 racks. The center is supposed to address the country’s shortage of computing power. […]
Read MoreJapan has canceled a regular high-level meeting with its key ally the United States after the Trump administration demanded it spend more on defense, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had been expected to meet Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in […]
Read MoreBy Resty Woro Yuniar On his first state visit to Singapore, Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto was strikingly candid: he had “copied with pride” his neighbour’s approach to housing and investment, he said – presenting the city state as a model for his own government’s ambitious development agenda. But chasing Singapore’s success risks overlooking the deeper […]
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