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Conflict spreads to six Thai provinces
Published on 26/07/2025
» Thailand and Cambodia pounded each other with heavy artillery fire for a third day on Saturday, as a border conflict that has killed at least 33 people and displaced more than 150,000 from their homes spread across the contested frontier.
All eyes on Trump's Aug 1 deadline
Business, Published on 26/07/2025
» As global markets continue to digest US President Donald Trump's latest trade announcements, attention now turns to the rapidly approaching Aug 1 deadline that could reshape Southeast Asia's economic landscape.
African armies turn to drones with devastating civilian impact
AFP, Published on 25/07/2025
» PARIS - The Easter period usually offers a rare respite in Gedeb, in Ethiopia's deeply troubled north, but on April 17 death rained from the skies in this sleepy town caught up in a war between rebels and the army.
Cambodia PM Hun Manet asks UN Security Council for a meeting
News, Published on 25/07/2025
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Thursday requested the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convene an "urgent meeting" as the country traded cross-border fire with Thailand.
Baht falls from highest since 2022 on conflict with Cambodia
Published on 24/07/2025
» Thailand’s baht fell after touching the highest in more than three years on the escalating conflict with its neighbour Cambodia.
Taiwan kicks off military drills in face of China threat
AFP, Published on 09/07/2025
» TAIPEI - Taiwan began its annual military drills on Wednesday with troops joined by the largest-ever mobilisation of reservists for 10 days of training aimed at defending against a Chinese invasion.
US hard power must get harder
Oped, Published on 05/06/2025
» In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harrison Ford gets his biggest laugh when a desert assassin twirls a scimitar with menacing bravado. Following this brief performance, Ford's character cracks a wry smile, takes out his pistol, and shoots the man dead. In a potential contest with China, the United States looks more like the medieval assassin, deploying young sailors and soldiers equipped with perilously outdated, vulnerable technology.
Trump, Xi have crossed wires on rare earths
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/06/2025
» NEW YORK — The United States and China appear to have different understandings of what was agreed on rare earths at last month’s trade talks in Geneva, according to an expert on critical minerals policy.
India claims Pakistan violated truce, says it is retaliating
AFP, Published on 11/05/2025
» ISLAMABAD - India accused Pakistan of violating a fragile ceasefire agreement Saturday and said it was retaliating, hours after US President Donald Trump announced that the nuclear-armed neighbours had stepped back from the brink of full-blown war.
Grand Vietnam parade 50 years after the fall of Saigon
AFP, Published on 30/04/2025
» HO CHI MINH CITY — Vietnam mounted its biggest-ever celebration of the fall of Saigon on its 50th anniversary Wednesday, including Chinese troops for the first time after Xi Jinping visited to portray Beijing as a more reliable partner than Washington.