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Is China Using Fishing Boats to Prepare for a Possible Taiwan Blockade?
China is expanding its maritime operations around Taiwan and into the western Pacific by coordinating fishing boats suspected of belonging to its maritime militia...
Could Trump Still Meet Kim Jong Un This Year as Hopes for a Summit Fade?
US and South Korean officials increasingly doubt that President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before the end of the...
France Says It Stayed Out of the Gulf War. Its Budget Didn’t
Emmanuel Macron spent Monday in Kuwait asking for diesel. Two days earlier, rioters had broken into the town hall in Limoges and set it...
Palantir Says It Cannot Switch Off NATO’s AI System as Europe Fears US Tech Dependence
US software company Palantir has reassured Europe that its military AI system used by NATO does not have a "kill switch," following concerns about...
Iran Never Lost the Arms Race
Two Verdicts on One Arsenal
Late on 9 October, Western officials told Bloomberg that Iran's missile and drone factories had survived eight months of American...
Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia Sign Defence Pact to Deepen Military Cooperation
Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan, and Indonesia signed the "Badr Memorandum of Understanding" to enhance defense cooperation on Wednesday in Doha. This agreement aims to improve...
Rubio Says Musk, Not White House, Controls Starlink Access for Ukraine
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the decision about Ukraine's access to Starlink is in the hands of SpaceX and Elon Musk,...
Could North Korea’s Border Threats Trigger a New Clash With South Korea?
North Korea has ordered its border troops to take “prompt and resolute action” if South Korean forces threaten their safety, raising the risk of...
Who Is Stephen Hubbard? What to Know About the US Citizen held by Russia
US special envoy Steve Witkoff will discuss the possible release of American citizen Stephen Hubbard from Russian detention with President Vladimir Putin this week....
Can Zelenskiy Repair Ties With Trump as US-Russia Relations Warm?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was due to meet US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo on Tuesday as Kyiv seeks to repair deteriorating relations...