MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday (Dec 28) that some in the West were suggesting that Moscow should discuss peace in Ukraine because the United States and its allies had failed to defeat Russian forces in Ukraine. Nearly two years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, MoscowContinue Reading
BEIJING: China’s defence ministry lashed out at the United States on Thursday (Dec 28), a week after their top military officials resumed high-level talks, criticising its continued meddling in the Asia Pacific region and saying it maintained a “Cold War” mindset. Both sides had pledged at the talks to workContinue Reading
BEIJING: China’s defence ministry on Thursday (Dec 28) urged the Asia-Pacific to be on high alert as the United States steps up forward military deployment in the region, after reports of a US plan to revive a Pacific airfield that launched atomic bombings of Japan. The Chinese military is payingContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: India’s government has recently targeted high-profile journalists with Pegasus spyware, Amnesty International and The Washington Post said in a joint investigation published on Thursday (Dec 28). Created by Israeli firm NSO Group and sold to governments around the world, Pegasus software can be used to access a phone’sContinue Reading
PARIS: A plane carrying 276 Indian passengers took off on Monday (Dec 25) for Mumbai, the French interior ministry’s local office said, after it was grounded for four days pending investigation into possible human trafficking. The flight, carried out by Romanian charter company Legend Airlines, had departed from Dubai andContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: A Japanese-owned chemical tanker struck on Saturday (Dec 23) off the coast of India was targeted by a drone “fired from Iran”, the Pentagon said, a sign of expanding risks to commercial shipping beyond the Red Sea. The attack came amid a flurry of drone and missile strikes byContinue Reading
“We are strengthening our defences to avoid war. I want to declare to my compatriots that Lai Ching-te and Hsiao Bi-khim advocate defending the status quo of peace in the Taiwan Strait; we will not let war break out in the Taiwan Strait.” Standing next to her on the stage,Continue Reading
“We are strengthening our defences to avoid war. I want to declare to my compatriots that Lai Ching-te and Hsiao Bi-khim advocate defending the status quo of peace in the Taiwan Strait; we will not let war break out in the Taiwan Strait.” Standing next to her on the stage,Continue Reading
TOKYO: Japanese Industry Minister Ken Saito said on Friday (Dec 22) that US-Japanese ties were “stronger than ever”, although he declined to comment directly on growing scrutiny in the United States of a proposed deal for Nippon Steel to buy US Steel. Speaking at a regularly scheduled press conference, SaitoContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Ships with the Israeli flag will not be allowed to dock in Malaysia with immediate effect, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced on Wednesday (Dec 20). Any vessels en route to Israel will also be banned from loading cargo at Malaysian ports. “These restrictions are a response to Israel’s actions thatContinue Reading