Hezbollah Affirms Right to Resist as Lebanon Sticks to Ceasefire with Israel
Hezbollah declared on Thursday that Lebanon remains bound by the current ceasefire with Israel but rejected engaging in any political negotiations with the Israeli...
Google Plans AI Data Hub on Australia’s Christmas Island Amid Strategic Defence Push
Google is planning to build a major artificial intelligence data centre on Christmas Island Australia’s remote Indian Ocean territory following a defence cloud deal...
U.S. Presses China to Let Taiwan Participate Equally in 2026 APEC Summit
The United States has urged China to allow Taiwan’s full and equal participation at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Shenzhen next year....
Timeline of Trump’s Escalating Trade War with China in 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump has reignited a full-blown trade war with China in 2025, imposing sweeping tariffs on Chinese imports to reduce the U.S....
Ukraine Drone Strikes Hit Volgograd, Kill One and Disrupt Russian Flights
Ukraine launched at least 75 drones across Russia on Thursday, igniting a fire in an industrial zone of Volgograd and killing one person, according...
Trump’s Tariff Powers Face Supreme Court Challenge, Raising Fears of Trade Turmoil
The U.S. Supreme Court’s skeptical questioning of former President Donald Trump’s global tariffs has fueled speculation that his trade measures may be struck down,...
Afghan Opium Farming Falls 20% in 2025 as Drug Market Shifts to Meth Trade
Afghanistan’s opium poppy cultivation fell by 20% in 2025, continuing a steep decline that began after the Taliban’s 2022 narcotics ban, according to a...
Leaders Gather in Amazon as Climate Unity Falters Ahead of COP30
Dozens of world leaders have convened in Belém, Brazil, for the Amazon Summit, a two-day meeting intended to set the tone for the upcoming...
Shanghai Stocks Surge Past 4,000 on Chip Self-Sufficiency Drive
China’s Shanghai Composite Index reclaimed the 4,000-point mark on Thursday for the first time in months, buoyed by investor optimism over Beijing’s latest push...
Egypt’s El-Enany Poised to Lead UNESCO Despite Heritage Controversy
Former Egyptian tourism and antiquities minister Khaled El-Enany is expected to be confirmed on Thursday as the next director-general of UNESCO, despite mounting criticism...