By GIORGIO CUSCITO 1. The People’s Republic of China wants to use a future, stable ceasefire between the Russian Federation ...

Between discontented citizens and disputed borders, India’s northeast has long posed challenges for the government in New Delhi. The area is cut off from the rest of the country except for a narrow ...

Israel vs. Hezbollah. At a meeting with Amos Hochstein, a special adviser to the U.S. president, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant effectively ruled out the possibility of a diplomatic resolution ...

News reports tying China to Brazil are fairly rare from a military perspective. Generally speaking, Brazil holds no great interest for China other than run-of-the-mill resource acquisition and U.S.

High stakes. Israeli special forces carried out a raid this week on a facility in Syria that produced weapons for Hezbollah, The New York Times reported. According to the story, Israel seized ...

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China’s latest data show rapid export growth but weak domestic demand, resulting in poor import numbers. This highlights Beijing’s challenge: boosting overall growth without over-relying on exports ...

The Ukraine war has brought Russia and Iran closer, but the full scope of their evolving relationship is more complicated. Until last year, Tehran was the junior partner. But as Moscow’s reliance on ...

Russian advances. Russia has reportedly launched a major counteroffensive in the southwestern region of Kursk. It apparently made significant headway on the western flank of the Ukraine’s position in ...

Iran-Iraq relations. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Iraq on Wednesday for a two-day visit, his first trip abroad since taking office in July. He held ...

Trade numbers. Chinese exports rose 8.7 percent year over year in August, beating the forecast of 6.5 percent growth. It’s the largest spike in exports since March 2023. Among China’s top trade ...

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