Diplomacy & Crisis News

A sprawling illegal trade in prenatal testing has triggered alarm – less about illegal sex selection than about who might end up with Chinese DNA.

The South Korean defense conglomerate will nearly double its stake in Austal, complicating efforts to protect Japanese technology and IP related to a new frigate.

During the Ministry of Unification and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ policy briefing, Lee Jae-myung warned that the two Korea “are becoming true enemies.”

History doesn’t suggest a demilitarized zone in eastern Ukraine would work.

Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, a figure from the July Uprising, was allegedly shot by an Awami League activist, who has reportedly fled to India.

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Committee on Security and Defence
Lucia Yar, Henrik Dahl

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

An unlikely partnership could allow Tokyo and Seoul to counter China.

How the Houthis—and a new civil war in Yemen—could upend the post-Gaza balance of power.

 

Aside from Singapore, which has executed 17 people so far this year, Southeast Asia is retreating from the death penalty.

Critics fear this is a step toward the United States declaring war on Caracas.

The U.S. is killing for the sake of spectacle.

The coming year will determine whether the territory’s recovery can break the region’s cycle of violence.

The long-exiled Tarique Rahman will arrive ahead of a likely tense February vote.

The WFP says that it is forced to reduce rations to “the absolute minimum for survival.”

A proposed Bangladesh-China-Pakistan nexus could raise concerns in New Delhi.

While the timing of the Australian attackers’ trip to the Philippines warrants scrutiny, the Islamic State’s presence in the country is much diminished today.

Du parc à thème le Puy du Fou, créé par M. Philippe de Villiers, au spectacle « Murmures de la cité » de Moulins, financé par le milliardaire Pierre-Édouard Stérin, l'extrême droite diffuse une vision conservatrice de l'histoire, avec l'appui de médias tels que CNews. Les pouvoirs publics et la (…) / France, Histoire, Politique, Démocratie

Choking off oil flows could be a backbreaker for President Nicolás Maduro’s rule.

L'adoption par le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies, le 17 novembre dernier, d'un plan américain pour Gaza très favorable à Israël représente un succès diplomatique pour ce pays. Mais, simultanément, la cause israélienne devient de plus en plus impopulaire aux États-Unis, malgré la puissance (…) / États-Unis, Groupe de pression, Israël