1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (384+ words) A United States-led group of more than 40 nations called on governments to give at least 24-hour notice before testing long-range ballistic missiles or launching space rockets. The alert would reduce the risk of miscalculation and unintended response, the countries said…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (515+ words) This screengrab taken from a handout video filmed on June 17, 2024, and released by Armed Forces of the Philippines shows Chinese coast guard personnel aboard their inflatable boats blocking Philippine navy boats during a confrontation at the Second Thomas Shoal in…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (555+ words) Iran's Alternative Trade Routes: With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, Iranian imports and exports are going through border crossings with Turkey and Pakistan, as well as a freight route to China via Central Asia. It is also using its Caspian…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1583+ words) While wars and the climate crisis dominate international attention, pastoralists are quietly protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable landscapes—but shrinking grazing routes, insecure land rights and inaccessible finance are undermining their work Wars, geopolitical rivalries and the accelerating…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1327+ words) The United Nations was born 80 years ago from the ashes of the Second World War with a historic promise: that sovereign nations could come together to prevent another global catastrophe and build a rules-based international order. Eight decades later, however,…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (461+ words) Malign information campaigns by foreign actors are emerging as one of the Indo-Pacific’s most pressing security challenges. Intelligence agencies, defense ministries and multilateral coalitions across the region are countering such information warfare with increased urgency. Authoritarian regimes are “actively weaponizing…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (365+ words) By Zaid M. Belbagi Since it started attacking the region on Feb. 28, Iran has been widening the geography of its strikes across the Gulf, following a clear pattern as Tehran has steadily brought more Arab states into the conflict, raising the…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (493+ words) By Al Bawaba News (Albawaba) — The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors on Wednesday voted to refer Iran’s nuclear file to the UN Security Council, marking the first such referral in two decades and opening a new diplomatic front…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (354+ words) The first crisis is financial. Under the Trump administration, the US has withheld UN dues and dismantled USAID, arguing foreign aid is wasteful without sweeping reform. Washington views the World Bank and IMF as bloated bureaucracies in need of an…...