China slams US for classifying it as a major drug ‘source country’
In a White House memorandum, US President Joe Biden identified a number of countries, including China, as major drug transit or major illicit drug producing nations.
Geopolitics
Canada has info India was behind slaying of Sikh leader: Trudeau
The announcement marks a significant worsening of bilateral ties, with India already unhappy that Canadian authorities are not cracking down on protesters who want an independent…
Old Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force high mobility vehicles turn up in Thailand
Under existing rules, retired vehicles are meant to be dismantled by contractors and the scrap iron is recycled.
Malaysia, China to keep communication channels open over South China Sea issue
PM Anwar also said that China Premier Li voiced his support for the Asean Centrality concept to tackle the issue of international security in the region and supported a free Asean…
US plans to expand scale of training of Taiwan military
According to sources close to US-Taiwan relations, it would be the first time for a Taiwan battalion, with a strength of 600 to 800 troops, to be trained by the US.
Upheavals in Xi’s world spread concern about China’s diplomacy
The latest events causing upheavals in the country’s top ranks involves the vanishing of the Foreign Minister with scant explanation, and an abrupt shake-up of the military’s…
Cold War 2.0
The US and China coexist, if somewhat uneasily, in a multipolar world in which each side is deeply suspicious of and hostile to the world view of the other.
In search of a sustainable ASEAN solution to the ongoing crisis in Myanmar
Institutions, vision and coordination are the three pillars for ASEAN to shift the needle on the Myanmar crisis.
Several ASEAN air force chiefs skip Myanmar meeting
The snub came after ASEAN accused the Myanmar junta last week of ignoring a peace plan agreed with the bloc to end violence sparked by the military regime's coup.
Kim Jong-un heads home with drone gifts from Russia
Kim's stay in Russia for five nights and six days since arriving at the border station of Khasan on Sept. 12 marks his longest foreign trip.