Defence`s Feeds

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Prime Minister Hun Sen had been grooming him for years. And in December 2021, he finally declared that his eldest son - the foreign-educated military general, Hun Manet - would one day succeed him as Cambodia's next prime minister.

Prime Minister Hun Sen told a Chinese television station that his eldest son could become prime

As Hun Manet, eldest son of longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen, wrapped up the ruling Cambodian People's Party's (CPP) campaign on Friday, his father hinted that his son, a West Point graduate, could become the prime minister just after Sunday's unopposed election.

The party that won Thailand's general election in May stands a good chance of being left out of the country's next government when parliament meets again next week to pick a prime minister, analysts say, raising fears of a return of mass protests.

Doctors Without Borders in Sudan warned Friday that it may end operations at a hospital in the capital, Khartoum, after 18 of its workers were "aggressively assaulted," as conflict rages in the country.

Environmental activists and experts are increasingly concerned about the impact that military activity by India, China and Pakistan is having on the unique biodiversity and pristine ecosystems of Ladakh, an Indian-administered region high in the Himalayas.

A UN-appointed independent expert expressed deep concern on Friday over the distressing treatment of children being held apparently indefinitely in prison-like conditions in northeast Syria, where they are forcibly separated from their mothers.

Myanmar's shadow National Unity Government said Thursday that it is ready to launch an online bank that uses cryptocurrency in an effort to disrupt the flow of foreign currency to banks run by the ruling military junta, including the country's central bank.

India and Sri Lanka boosted their economic partnership by signing a series of agreements on energy, trade and connectivity projects following talks between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in New Delhi on Friday.

The value of defence production has crossed the figure of Rs one lakh crore for the first time ever during financial year 2022-23

A prominent Sunni cleric in Iran voiced support Friday for women who defy rules mandating they wear a hijab in public, saying such women are expressing their discontent and "demonstrating civil disobedience."

North Korea has fired several cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea between China and the Korean Peninsula amid soaring tensions with the South and the United States.

A senior official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday condemned a meeting of the U.S.-South Korea "Nuclear Consultative Group" held on Tuesday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

Heat wave continues in the DPRK from July 19 due to the effect of the developed northwest Pacific high pressure. The daily maximum temperature is above 33 degrees centigrade and the average daily relative humidity is beyond 70 percent in some areas of the west coast and the central inland of the country.

Timely measures have been taken in different parts of the DPRK to minimize the damage by fierce heat.

While China gave its "old friend" Henry Kissinger a warm and grand reception in Beijing, a positive sign showing its sincerity to engage and stabilize relations, the White House said it "regrets" that the 100-year-old former secretary of state and national security advisor still had better access to Chinese officials than some incumbent US officials.

President Xi Jinping has stressed breaking new ground in enhancing the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) over the armed forces to provide a strong political guarantee for achieving the centenary goal of the People's Liberation Army.

Chinese policymakers, ranging from the State Council and top economic planner to the commerce ministry and the central bank, have been intensively launching stimulus measures to boost consumption and rejuvenate growth momentum over the past week, moves that are seen as a pivot for bolstering the nation's continuous economic recovery and also critical for the world as it encounters lingering headwinds.

Chinese officials on Thursday pledged greater efforts to revive the private economy, with more measures to be unveiled soon.