‘Pig butchering’ cyber scam upended in Cambodia

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This article was first published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. A new type of online fraud emanating from scam sweatshops in Southeast Asia is facing its first major crackdown. Cambodian authorities have stepped up raids on compounds […]

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Battle of Kherson could be Ukraine war turning point

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A potential military catastrophe is looming for Russian forces in southern Ukraine – one deadlier and potentially more humiliating than the offensive that has scattered Russian forces in the country’s northeast. The Ukrainian offensive in Kharkiv Oblast in the northeast recaptured vast swathes of territory, as well as the key communications hub of Lyman. But […]

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Truss should rethink picking a blind fight with China

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While the campaign for the UK prime ministership was more about domestic issues than foreign policy, China still made fleeting appearances. Prime Minister Liz Truss had long pushed for a more “hawkish” approach to China, commenting in the past about the need for the United Kingdom to avoid “dependency” on the People’s Republic. She suggested […]

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US-China space race takes a turn to asteroid blasting

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In what seems like a scene from a science-fiction thriller, NASA has successfully used a spacecraft to deflect an asteroid off-course in the first-ever mission of its type. In a September 27 press release, NASA announced that day before its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully impacted the asteroid Dimorphos after ten months of flying […]

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Putin’s mobilization draws on wrong war history

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Vladimir Putin’s mobilization of 300,000 additional Russian soldiers to fight in Ukraine has gotten off to a rocky start. Nominally aimed at calling up reserve forces with prior combat experience, early reports suggest a broader dragnet and widespread resistance against the call-up. Recruitment offices have been torched, protests against the action have dotted Russian cities, […]

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Iran risks becoming a nation bereft of its best minds

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Iran’s talented, educated youth have consistently cultivated the nation’s public image as one characterized by vibrancy and motivation to push the boundaries. Whether mathematicians, computer scientists, anthropologists or artists, Iranians have carved out a universal reputation as hard-working and creative, even though the lion’s share of this brilliance is bearing fruit overseas, not at home. […]

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Beginning of the end of Megawati’s hold on Indonesia

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JAKARTA – The bad news keeps on coming for House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani, the daughter of ruling Indonesian Democrat Party for Struggle (PDI-P) leader Megawati Sukarnoputri, with poll after poll pouring cold water on her presidential aspirations in 2024. As she languishes at the bottom of the opinion surveys, her rival for the […]

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N Korea’s latest missile salvo exposes US impotence

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SEOUL – “What is to be done?” is the plaintive cry likely being sounded in the corridors of power in Seoul, Tokyo and Washington following Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile test on October 4. Given that North Korea’s missile ascended high over Japan – the first such trajectory since 2017 – the question is particularly stark. […]

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Women are fueling ISIS’ comeback

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On August 28, Syrian Kurdish security forces backed by the United States launched an operation targeting ISIS sleeper cells in the al-Hol camp, in northeastern Syria. The mission was intended to stabilize the detention facility, which holds thousands of internally displaced people and families of suspected members of Islamic State. But more than a month after the […]

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