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Taliban officials admit that at least half of the stockpile is now "unaccounted for.” Many of those weapons ended up with militant groups operating across Afghanistan’s borders.

It divides the world into spheres of influence, with one for the U.S. in the Western Hemisphere and one for China in Asia.

Peninsular-origin parties suffered a catastrophic rejection in the late November polls, while a local duopoly emerged in East Malaysia.

Myanmar's generals are counting on Western governments overlooking the sham election that they have scheduled for December 28.

Manila claims that around 20 fishing boats were hit with “water cannons and dangerous blocking maneuvers” close to Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea.

The Royal Thai Army says there will be no ceasefire “until Cambodia ceases its hostilities and attacks against Thai troops and civilians in the border area."

The promise of frictionless money has matured into something far more consequential: a liquidity system powerful enough to reorder economies, and elusive enough to escape the laws meant to govern it.

The stakes are high for Bangladesh's first election since the 2024 student-led uprising.

The plenum served as a primer for the bigger party congress that is yet to come.

China controls a staggering portion of the United States’ pharmaceutical supply chain – and that means U.S. access to medicine can be weaponized.

People in the West say they must avoid a new Cold War without realizing that they are already in one – and China is winning.

The NSS is likely to offer China short-term relief – but cause for long-term concern.

Chinese electric bus manufacturers are using their membership in the U.N. Global Compact to deflect scrutiny from European regulators. 

Far from celebrating an American retreat, Beijing’s strategists are reading the NSS as a blueprint for leaner – and potentially more dangerous – U.S. primacy.

The elections set for March 2026 will test whether the political energy unleashed by the youth uprising can truly break free from transactional politics.

With major powers like China and India asserting their ambitions in the Indian Ocean, France relies on partnerships with like-minded countries, including Mauritius, to maintain its influence.

Washington’s political message remains supportive, but its strategic priorities no longer clearly align with the long-term demands of the partnership.

How Takaichi's government addresses the implementation gap for existing laws will define whether her historic appointment translates into substantive progress for women's safety.

The real problem is not Britain’s lack of engagement with Beijing, but its shrinking leverage in a China-U.S. power dynamic that London has no power to shape.

The country's small, fragmented farms and climate pressures threaten food security and economic stability.