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As China continues to expand its nuclear capabilities, and Russia and the U.S. walk away from arms control, the future is terrifying: a new nuclear arms race, with more players, and less predictability.

Described as the "mother of all deals," this is the largest trade agreement that the EU and India have ever concluded.

Its participation in the Future Mineral Forum meeting in Saudi Arabia reflects its plans to market its mineral reserves. But people in mining areas remain unenthused.

The BNP has a new leader. Students speak more openly about their affiliations with right-wing politics, and there is more freedom to criticize the powerful intelligence agencies.

The Philippine foreign secretary nonetheless expressed optimism that "something positive" might emerge from the recent one-sided polls.

How Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines are vying for the world's mobile workforce, and what it means for the region.

António Costa, the president of the European Council, said that the upgrade “underlines the importance we attach to the region and to Vietnam’s growing role within it.”

From 2021-2026, despite massive vacancies leaving 35 empty seats in the Central Committee (due to disciplinary dismissals or deaths), none were filled by alternates.

The rights group Amnesty International says that the government is doing nothing to deal with the mounting "humanitarian crisis."

The country's growth has become increasingly expensive to maintain, and its dividends are reaching ordinary households with diminishing force.

India has secured tariff-free access to the EU’s garment market even as Bangladesh’s loss of preferential status looms.

The British prime minister’s arrival in Beijing signified a structural shift in Western policy toward China – and the end of a strategic narrative of containment.

Since the start of 2026, at least four Kazakh servicemen – mostly young conscripts – have died in accidents, some with murky circumstances and lingering questions.

Paradoxically, formally abandoning the goal of immediate unification is the only realistic means of securing long-term stability.

In the long run, India cannot hold back as a mere spectator to global conflicts, particularly in ones where its interests are at stake.

The city’s recent announcement on language sits uneasily with Beijing’s policies prioritizing Mandarin.

The debate over nuclear-powered submarines is likely to serve as a critical indicator of Japan’s strategic trajectory.

The country just broke ground on its first integrated chip plant, part of its ambition of pushing itself up the global semiconductor value chain.

The global soccer body FIFA has suspended seven foreign-born players that it claims were granted Malaysian citizenship through the use of fake documents.

The two-day Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) Retreat is the first major meeting to take place under the Philippines' chairmanship of the bloc.