Will the next round of US-Iran talks bring peace or more confrontation?
Negotiating teams from America and Iran could return to Islamabad as early as the end of this week, days after 21 hours of talks...
IMF cuts China’s GDP growth forecast to 4.4% as Iran war pressures global economy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its global economic growth forecast, including for China, citing shocks from the US-Israeli war in Iran. In...
Malaysians urged to tighten their belts as Iran war fallout starts to bite
Malaysia’s government has urged the public to be ready to tighten their belts over an extended period, with the full effects of the energy...
Who profits most from a US-Israel-Iran stalemate?
The conventional indictment runs like this: blinded by ideology and captured by special interests, the US and Israel have blundered into a region they...
Chinese Authorities Pursue 3-Year Prison Sentence for 94-Year-Old Falun Gong Practitioner
Xu Shujun, 94, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jixi City, China’s northeastern Heilongjiang Province, is being threatened by a judge who is seeking to...
French minister seeks ban of Kanye West concert in Marseille
France’s interior minister is seeking to block US rapper Kanye West from performing in the southern city of Marseille in June due to his...
Hong Kong retiree gets 1 year in jail for seditious social media comments
A Hong Kong retiree has been jailed for a year under the domestic national security law over seditious remarks on social media, after suggesting...
Should China be worried as Japan starts replacing helicopters with drones?
Japan is planning to replace some of its attack helicopters with multipurpose drones, prompting warnings from some Chinese media outlets and analysts that this...
China’s edge over US in AI world models: abundant data, faster deployment, executive says
China’s world models are benefiting from early integration with the country’s strong industrial base, which gives the domestic ecosystem greater momentum than that of...