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Sudan’s suffering is plain for all to see say aid teams, as brutal war continues

Aid teams working to help millions of people uprooted by the ongoing war in Sudan appealed on Friday for more internatio...

‘No Escape’ for refugees on the frontlines of the climate crisis

The climate emergency is an immediate crisis for refugees, with three in four – nearly 90 million people – living in cou...

X-energy selects Fluor for second Xe-100 project

Fluor Corporation is to provide design and engineering services to support the second-of-a-kind US project featuring X-e...

Reactor components completed for El Dabaa 1

All the key components have now been manufactured for the first unit’s reactor at Egypt's El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant.

Midterms spark calls for White House shakeups

Senior Republican lawmakers and strategists have reportedly pressed the Trump administration to fire the Pentagon chief ...

Renewed US-Iran war fears drive oil prices higher

US President Donald Trump spoke with the emir of Qatar, which has sought to mediate a truce, but Washington and Tehran h...

Paraguay crisis threatens emerging uranium ambitions

Political upheaval clouds the outlook for foreign exploration capital as the South American nation courts US investment.

Kremlin Accuses Europe of Struggling to Decide Who Will Represent It in Future Security Talks

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said messaging from officials in Brussels suggests that Europe is still unwilling to engage with...

Democrats weigh future of House China panel

One option for overhauling the committee could be broadening its focus beyond China to explore issues related to other b...

China's Return to One-Man Rule

The U.S. will be holding mid-term elections on November 3, to elect the people’s representatives to enact laws, provide ...

Ukraine and Russia Trade Volley of Strikes Against Each Other’s Energy Infrastructure

In the southern Krasnodar region, drone debris was reported to have crashed into the Afipsky oil refinery and sparked a ...

Why a road link to Russia is North Korea’s newest ‘bridge to nowhere’

For over a decade, the New Yalu River Bridge linking China and North Korea was known as the “bridge to nowhere” on accou...

The True Meaning of Power

What the godfather of realism can teach Trump.

Vietnam's top leader calls for preparations to study comprehensive constitutional amendments

Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam has called for a thorough review of the 2013 Constitution's imple...

Trump Meets Privately With Putin Envoy After White House Event Marking Oleshky Ceasefire

The U.S. president did not disclose what he discussed with envoy Kirill Dmitriev, but he predicted a deal to end the war...

Can Washington and China Build Confidence Around AI and Stability?

In the lead-up to General Secretary Xi Jinping’s September 2026 visit to the White House to discuss, among other topics,...

Thai PM urges public not to hoard food despite 72-hour emergency kit advice

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has urged residents not to panic or stockpile food, saying supplies remain suffi...

Defense Business Brief: The DIB vs. 2027’s Democrat-led Congress

Belarus’ top diplomat to North Korea makes first public appearance in Pyongyang

The interim chief of the Belarusian Embassy in North Korea made his first public appearance in Pyongyang this week after...

Three cheers for Melania Trump-led ceasefire in Ukraine

The humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, mediated by First Lady Melania Trump and Pope Leo XIV and jointly implem...

Trump must end the war today and fire all top officials connected to it

For the last eight months, the Iran war has been a topic of fierce debate: is the war in our national interest? Was Iran...

Vietnam responds to other countries advising their citizens to stock up on emergency supplies

Vietnam will consider measures suited to its circumstances after several countries advised residents to stock up on enou...

China doesn’t need to dominate the world to threaten Australia’s security

This week, former Australian Defence Force chief Chris Barrie said he did not see any evidence from China ‘of global asp...

Indonesia’s National Hero titles and the politics of unresolved violence

Indonesia keeps honouring the victims of state violence only once their killers can no longer be prosecuted.

COP31: Rebuilding the Loss and Damage Fund for speed

Faster disbursement, not a bigger fund, is the fix that loss and damage finance actually needs.

COP31 should draw on Taiwan’s Pacific climate experience

As Australia prepares to lead negotiations at the 31st UN climate conference, COP31, it should keep Pacific priorities a...

The ocean is missing from climate diplomacy. Again.

Glaciers and forests get their own session at this year’s climate summit – the sea that regulates it all does not.

Analysis: China’s quarterly CO2 falls 3% in largest drop since Covid

China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 3.1% in the third quarter of 2026, as the Hormuz crisis continued to… The...

EU launches safeguard investigation on certain PET resin chemicals

On 6 November 2026, the European Union notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it had initiated, on the same day...

Why Rasputitsa Shapes Operational and Strategic Considerations in Ukraine

As autumn sets in, Ukraine's rasputitsa mud season will constrain Russian manoeuvre on the battlefield and strain the ra...

Following Wiretapping Arrests, Indonesia Deploys Thousands of Troops for Former President’s Trial

On Tuesday, authorities announced the arrest of three senior police officers for illegally wiretapping the phones of Pre...

Ontario’s Lecce warns that Democrats offer no tariff cure

Canada shouldn’t expect the United States to lift tariffs simply because Democrats won control of Congress, Ontario Ener...

Ukraine hopes for more US support following midterm elections

Kyiv and Moscow consider how a weakened Trump could affect their respective goals for a Washington-brokered peace deal.

After the midterms – The Indo-Pacific awaits one of four different Washingtons

The result of this week’s US midterm elections does not tell Australia what Washington will do in the Indo-Pacific, but ...

Arab grouping backs Netanyahu challenger for next Israeli government

Israel’s largest Arab party grouping declared its support Thursday for Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government.

Operação de influência russa tem como alvo generalizado a América Latina

A operação, que contou com o uso de inteligência artificial, utilizou e-mails falsos, documentos governamentais falsific...

Putin suffers Balkan setbacks as Russia struggles to retain influence

Russia’s recent setbacks in the Balkans are a reminder of the foreign policy challenges facing the Kremlin as the full-s...

The war on Iran is stripping the western Pacific of US naval forces

“It’s really a big problem. It’s a problem for credibility. It’s a problem for our allies in the Far East,” one expert s...

Paraguay's Trump-aligned president resigns amid bank crisis

After being feted around Washington a mere two weeks ago, Paraguayan President Santiago Peña resigned Thursday amid ongo...

Uncertainty persists over Trump’s next move on Iran

The president, who acknowledged the war contributed to his party’s midterm rout, has kept his options open.