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Pegasus Zero-Click Spyware Exploit Infects Serbian Student Movement Member's iPhone
The iPhone belonging to a member of Serbia's student protest movement was infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, acc...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailLiberia: How U.S.$19.2m RIA Cocaine Case Could Collapse Before Trial
[Liberian Observer] The US$19.2 million cocaine indictment that the government hailed as one of Liberia's biggest drug b...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailNorth Korea’s new rules delay leadership track for Kim’s daughter
North Korea has raised the minimum age for joining the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) from 18 to 20, according to ...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailNorway Seizes Russian Ship to Enforce $4.2Bln Claim by Ukraine’s Naftogaz
A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the seizure of the ship amounts to an act of “piracy.”
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailSecurity Is the Key to Resolving the Thai-Cambodia Border Conflict
“The first step is security: uphold the ceasefire, reduce military risks, clear mines, strengthen law enforcement, and c...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailChina's Xi visits Egypt for the first time in a decade
Xi Jinping's visit to Egypt for the first time in a decade, and during the Iran war, comes as U.S. allies broaden their ...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailCritics question legality of Venezuela oil deals
Chevron's $7 billion Venezuela bet deepens U.S. ties to the country's oil industry. Critics say the deal poses risks to ...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailU.S.-Israel relations are on the rocks ahead of elections
Relations between the Trump administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have turned rocky since Trump c...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailGiorgia Meloni is Italy's longest-serving postwar leader. Will that stability last?
On Friday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's administration will celebrate 1,413 consecutive days in office, overt...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailRussia to close German cultural centres after Berlin blames Moscow for airport drone plot
Mr. Lavrov said that cultural centres belonging to Germany's Goethe-Institut would be closed in Moscow, St. Petersburg a...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailMyanmar vows ‘safe’ returns ahead of Malaysia repatriations
About 126,000 Rohingya live in Malaysia, alongside displaced Myanmar citizens from different ethnic groups.
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailRussia Will Close Germany’s Goethe-Institut Cultural Centers, Lavrov Says
The move comes in response to Germany’s announcement that it will close the Russian cultural center in Berlin following ...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailIran warns US against Israeli attack on south Lebanon ridge held by Hezbollah, sources say
BEIRUT, Sept 3 - Iran has warned the United States that it would respond forcefully to an Israeli offensive on a mountai...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailXi visits Egypt as China seeks deeper influence across the Mideast
China's President Xi Jinping visits Egypt this week for the first time in a decade. The trip illustrates China's growing...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailRussia’s Road to El Dorado
As a new convoy of Russian armored vehicles arrives from the port of Lomé to support Russia’s Africa Corps deployment in...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailMongolia bears brunt of Russia's fuel crunch, official says
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept 3 - Mongolia, Russia's long-term trading partner, is feeling the pinch of fuel shortages in it...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailSacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister says Cabinet revolt is imminent
Recently sacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says further resignations from Cabinet are coming.
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailThe rising sophistication of Southeast Asia’s scam factories
Southeast Asia has quietly become the world’s largest manufacturing hub for financial fraud, and it’s no longer a distan...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailRussia, North Korea to name car bridge after Soviet hero who saved Kim Il Sung
The new car bridge linking North Korea and Russia will be named after Soviet officer Yakov Novichenko, who saved DPRK fo...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailVietnam’s Doi Moi turns 40 as To Lam riskily renovates the compact
This year marks four decades since Vietnam launched Doi Moi, the economic renovation program that broke with communist c...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailSouth Korean company seeks a return to North Korea to make school uniforms
A South Korean manufacturer of school uniforms launched a task force to explore inter-Korean economic cooperation possib...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailUNHCR Says It Is Not Involved in Malaysia’s Planned Repatriation of Refugees to Myanmar
Rights groups say that the 1,476 Myanmar nationals are at high risk of torture, mistreatment, and forced conscription on...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailChina's slowdown pushes New Zealand exporters to diversify away from their top buyer, RBNZ official tells CNBC
New Zealand exporters are diverting shipments bound for China to new markets, as demand from the country's top buyer coo...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · Wedgetail‘Early Harvest’ — larger but not necessarily safer
India-China boundary talks suggest movement, but hard questions remain over strategic costs and concessions
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailHong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Joshua Wong Pleads Guilty to Collusion
The pro-democracy dissident was accused of urging Western politicians like Nancy Pelosi and Marco Rubio to pressure Hong...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailEx-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, wife seek to end drug charges case on immunity grounds
In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for Mr. Maduro said a judge was required by law to reject the indict...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailSyrians Want Justice for Assad-Era Killings and Torture
Hundreds of thousands were killed and tortured. But prosecuting everyone involved in atrocities could be impractical and...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailThe Case for a Stalemate With Iran
America can win if it stays the course.
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailSolomon Islands PM sacks minister, accuses rivals of opportunism as no-confidence vote looms
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale has come out swinging against a motion of no confidence against him and the ...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailEthnic Koreans file motion to seize North Korean warship in Japanese court
A group of ethnic Koreans in Japan that previously moved to North Korea before fleeing requested a Japanese court to sei...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailThe West Bank: the Middle East’s orphan war
Israel is methodically emptying the West Bank countryside of hamlets and farms to spur Palestinians to either flee into ...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailTrump floats renaming Strait of Hormuz as 'Trump Strait'
Many of the previous name changes, including Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America”, started off as apparently jovial r...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailIran war escalation raises concern over civilian death toll
The recent escalation of the Iran war has cast renewed attention on its civilian toll after Iran reported four killed an...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailGermany attributes Russia for Leipzig’s August 2026 drone incident
In August 2026, three drones carrying explosive devices and detonators were found at Germany’s Leipzig airport. Leipzig ...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailWest Asia conflict updates: Iran blacklists more ships trying to sail through Hormuz, govt. website shows
Iran security chief says U.S. to face new war strategy; Bessent warns 'everyone' against backing Tehran
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailPreserving freedom to govern in the face of economic coercion
Whenever I write about China’s use of economic coercion, I receive remarkably similar responses. Beijing, I am told, was...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailMohan Malik on Trump, Asia, and the Legacy of the Global War on Terror
The veteran strategist and security analyst joins Beyond The Mekong to discuss the region's ongoing security challenges.
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailUS unveils more than $150 million deal in Pacific investments and assistance
The State Department says the Trump Administration is reorienting Pacific relationships towards "championing US enterpri...
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailWhy Nepal floods should worry India
The disaster comes as a warning as climate change raises shared Himalayan risks.
No location · Sep 03, 2026 · WedgetailMaduro seeks to fend off narco-terrorism trial, arguing he has immunity
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro launched a sweeping attack on the U.S. criminal case against him, urging a judg...
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