Cyber Group Finds Surveillance Backdoors in Routers Sold in US
Cybersecurity researchers have found surveillance backdoors in Chinese carrier routers made by Zbtlink and the same software in a different Zbtlink-made router sold through...
Palau Pushes Back Against China as Taiwan Returns to Pacific Forum
KOROR, Palau—Taiwan’s participation in a regional summit in the Pacific has highlighted Palau’s determination to pursue its own diplomatic choices despite growing pressure from...
Chinese Chemicals Entered US, Went to Mexico, and Came Back as Fentanyl
Hernan Geovani Ojeda Elenes, 48, of Culiacan, Mexico, pleaded guilty on Aug. 27 to two federal drug conspiracy charges and admitted responsibility for producing...
China Accused of ‘Hostage Diplomacy’ Ahead of Trump–Xi Summit
The Chinese regime’s detention of U.S. citizen U Min Zin amounts to coercive “hostage diplomacy,” serving as a serious global warning that other authoritarian...
X Uncovers 200,000 Chinese Bot Accounts as State-Linked Influence Networks Persist
X has said it uncovered a Chinese bot farm of approximately 200,000 inauthentic accounts involved in influence operations. The platform’s safety team said in...
US Families With Relatives Missing in the Nepal-China Floods Plead for More Rescue Help
Mukti Patel has huddled with family and friends at her parents’ Richmond, Virginia, home since her dad, sister and two other relatives went missing...
Chinese Artist’s 3-Year Sentence Highlights CCP’s Expanding Limits on Political Speech: Insiders
Chinese artist Gao Zhen was recently sentenced in China to three years in prison over artworks he created nearly two decades ago, which insiders...
US Steps Up Africa Push as China Expands Economic, Security Footprint
The Trump administration says it has helped close 37 commercial deals worth $25.67 billion in Africa as Washington moves to compete with a much...
US Sanctions Another Hong Kong Firm Over Iran Shadow Banking
A group of oil tanks store imported crude oil at Qingdao Port Crude Oil Terminal in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on April 12, 2026....