Chinese Diplomat Detained Amid Signs of Party Power Struggle
BEIJING: In late July 2025, Senior Chinese diplomat Liu Jianchao, widely regarded as a frontrunner to become China’s next foreign…
Alaska summit between Putin and Trump ends with no result
ANCHORAGE: The meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska was billed as historic. It was the first time…
Corruption deepens the misery of Pakistan’s flood victims
ISLAMABAD: Over 300 people died, millions were displaced, and infrastructure worth billions of dollars was damaged in the recent floods…
Asim Munir’s Nuclear Brinkmanship Puts South Asia on the Edge
WASHINGTON DC: Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, has once again pushed South Asia closer to a dangerous…
India’s IMEC Corridor faces headwinds amid US Tariffs
NEW DELHI: Just days after diplomats from IMEC partner nations gathered in New Delhi to breathe new life into the…
China’s technology aids terrorism in Kashmir
JAMMU: The security situation in Jammu and Kashmir has undergone a fundamental transformation, moving beyond conventional insurgency tactics to embrace…
Risks of a Trump-Putin Peace deal without Ukraine
OP-ED: The war in Ukraine, a conflict that has defined the geopolitical landscape of the early 2020s, now faces a…
China expands influence, surveillance and persecution abroad
WASHINGTON DC: In recent years, China’s growing global footprint has become a defining feature of 21st-century geopolitics. While much of…
Twin insurgencies fuel the rise of chaos in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is currently witnessing a relentless deterioration of its internal security, with July 2025 already emerging as the deadliest…
China’s JD.com buys access to retail EU electronics market
BRUSSELS: The recent €2.2 billion acquisition of Ceconomy by Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com poses a serious threat to European consumers,…
