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Cambodia and China on Wednesday began their largest-ever joint military exercises, involving advanced Chinese military hardware including artillery, warships and robot battle dogs. Cambodia has long been a staunch ally of China, receiving billions of dollars in investments, and Washington has voiced concerns that Beijing is using a Cambodian naval base it renovated on Gulf […]

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The US government on Tuesday announced fresh funding cuts to Harvard, a day after the elite school’s president said it shared “common ground” with the Trump administration on many issues. Federal agencies are terminating $450 million in grants to Harvard, on top of the $2.2 billion in cuts unveiled last week, the Department of Health […]

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A radar image of a speed offender caught in central Switzerland last month revealed that the culprit was not only a duck, but likely a repeat offender, local authorities said. Police in the town of Konzig, near the capital Bern, were astounded when they went through radar images snapped on April 13 to discover that […]

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Operations at Belgium’s second largest airport were suspended on Tuesday due to a bomb alert on an aeroplane, the company running the airport said. Shortly before 11:00 am (0900 GMT) “a bomb threat was triggered” on board an aircraft that landed at Charleroi Airport, said a spokeswoman for its operator. “A security perimeter was established […]

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US officials said Monday the State Department has authorized the sale of $1.4 billion worth of military aircraft and equipment to the United Arab Emirates, ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit this week. The proposed sale to the Gulf state involves six CH-47F Chinook helicopters and other equipment for $1.32 billion that would “support the […]

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The US military has spent more than $21 million on flights to deport migrants from the United States during President Donald Trump’s second term, according to figures released Monday. Between January 20 and April 8, US Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) flew 46 flights on military aircraft in support of migrant deportation efforts, the command told Senator […]

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Pakistan stocks surged on Monday, with the benchmark index opening nine percent higher after a weekend ceasefire agreement with the country’s arch rival India. United States President Donald Trump announced the truce after four days of missile, drone and artillery attacks by India and Pakistan which killed at least 60 people and reached deep into […]

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Taiwan is seeking deeper military and economic cooperation with the United States despite tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump that have rattled business leaders on the island, a Taiwanese official said Sunday. The United States, a vital security ally for the island threatened by China, last month imposed hefty tariffs on trading partners globally […]

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Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Sunday that unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state would force Israel to take “unilateral actions”, following announcements by several countries that they plan to take such a step. “There have been talks about an initiative to unilaterally recognise a Palestinian state… any attempt to do so unilaterally will only […]

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Kyiv on Sunday said that Moscow had launched more than 100 drones into Ukraine at night, shortly after a Russian 72-hour ceasefire had ended at midnight. Kyiv had not reported any drone attacks since Thursday, when the Russian ceasefire came into effect, although it did accuse Moscow of violating the truce hundreds of times. Russia […]

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