4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1678+ words) New Delhi, India — Late on Sunday night, Chongtham Vikram Singh was troubled by loud noises outside his home in the Indian capital, where he lived with his son and wife. He climbed down the stairs, but an argument ensued with…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (523+ words) BRICS, SCO and other organisations can offer relief from great power pressure but do not provide collective defence. Luciano Zaccara is professor of Gulf Politics at the Qatar University Gulf Studies Center. But the organisation did not offer to defend…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1339+ words) Experts say Japanese lawmakers’ visit to Beijing signals an attempt by Japan to defrost its worst China rift in decades. A delegation of Japanese politicians has travelled to Beijing this week in what observers say may be a bid to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (463+ words) A cross-party delegation lands in Beijing as Tokyo tries to defrost its worst China rift in decades. Japanese lawmakers have travelled to Beijing in a bid to soothe strained relations between the two nations. The delegation landed in China on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (498+ words) South Korea convened an emergency security meeting following the launches, as Trump seeks to sway Pyongyang. South Korea has condemned North Korea’s launch ⁠of more than 10 short-range ballistic missiles, following military drills between Seoul and Washington that US President Donald…...

4+ week, 14+ hour ago   (426+ words) Defence Minister Koizumi’s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine comes on the 81st anniversary of Japan’s surrender in WWII. Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has visited a shrine paying tribute to the country’s war dead, drawing rebukes from China and South Korea....