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Hong Kong’s Bamboo Scaffolding: A Tradition Under Fire After Deadly Inferno
Hong Kong recently experienced its deadliest fire in three decades, raising concerns about the use of flammable bamboo scaffolding. The fire spread quickly across...
Taiwan Drops $40B Defence Bombshell as China Pressure Mounts
Taiwan has unveiled a T$1.25 trillion (US$39.9 billion) supplementary defence budget, marking one of its most significant military spending increases in recent years. The...
Taiwan Firmly Rejects China’s “Return” Claims Amid Rising Military Pressure
Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai reiterated on Tuesday that a “return” to China is not an option for the island’s 23 million people, directly countering...
Trump Moves to Tag Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Terror Groups
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order launching a process to determine whether specific chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood particularly in Egypt, Jordan,...
Pakistan and Taliban Forces: A Growing Mismatch as Tensions Rise
Fresh clashes along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border resurfaced this week after the Taliban accused Pakistani forces of a bomb attack in Khost that killed nine...
Suicide Bombers Storm Pakistan Paramilitary HQ, Killing Three
Three suicide attackers assaulted the headquarters of Pakistan’s Frontier Constabulary in Peshawar on Monday. The attackers opened fire at the entrance, forced their way...
Japan Clears Path for Restart of World’s Largest Nuclear Plant
Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, the world’s largest, has been largely offline since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, which prompted the shutdown of all 54 reactors...
Deadly Indian Cough Syrup Linked to Safety Lapses and Weak Oversight
At least 24 children have died in India after consuming Coldrif cough syrup, raising renewed concerns about the country’s pharmaceutical safety standards. Investigations indicate...
What the UN Resolution 2797 Means for Western Sahara
In October 2025, a group of powerful states attempted to do in a few days what fifty years of occupation, war and repression had...
Governor Set to Approve Restart of World’s Largest Nuclear Plant in Japan
The governor of Niigata Prefecture is expected to give approval as early as this week for the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, the...