Japan Looks Toward Drone-Mounted Stand-In Jammers
Earlier this month, it was reported that Japan’s Ministry of Defense (JMOD) is considering introducing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with stand-in jammers capable...
Trump Admin Pauses Border Project in Texas Big Bend National Park
The Trump administration said Monday it is temporarily pausing construction of a contentious border project in Texas’s Big Bend National Park. Rodney Scott, who...
Zhipu AI’s answer to Project Glasswing marks shift for Chinese cyber safety: researcher
Zhipu AI’s launch of China’s first answer to Project Glasswing signals a shift in how the country’s top artificial intelligence labs approach global cybersecurity,...
China Is Erasing a Former Premier — But Why? I China Insights
China’s former Premier Wen Jiabao has largely disappeared from China’s public sphere. Now, new signs suggest something unusual may be happening around his political...
At least 2 students killed in Philippine school shooting
Published: 10:25am, 18 Aug 2026Updated: 10:51am, 18 Aug 2026 Two people have died and another two are injured after a school shooting in a...
Bangkok gun shop trades bullets for baguettes as Thai firearm ban bites
Loaves of sourdough bread now fill the display window of Suchart and Friends Gun, a firearms shop-turned-bakery in Bangkok’s old quarter where pistols and...
Why Siberia’s warming landscape could shatter Trump’s Arctic ambitions
As the United States, Russia and China race to turn a melting Arctic into the world’s next major economic gateway, their strategic ambitions face...
Hongkong Post scraps permanent contracts for new staff amid financial strain
Published: 9:58am, 18 Aug 2026Updated: 10:26am, 18 Aug 2026 Hong Kong’s self-financing postal administration will stop offering permanent civil service contracts to new employees...
Trump’s decision to scale back South Korea drills unsettles Asian allies: ‘makes no sense’
President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea does not just slight a long-time ally but raises broader concerns...