China aggressively courts Thailand for breakthrough submarine deal
China is so eager to lure Thailand into buying Chinese submarines it has agreed to provide financing for the $1 billion project. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
Putin tell spooks Russia arrested nearly 300 Western spies in 2014
On the even of the 15th anniversary of his rise to the Russian presidency, Vladimir Putin presided over a national security and intelligence conference in Moscow on March 26 (more…)
China and Turkey locked in dispute over repatriation of Uighurs
The 17 Uighurs in the custody of Thai authorities have become a focus of a diplomatic dispute between China and Turkey as both want the Uighurs returned to their (more…)
Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia drop Nile dam hostility, sign agreement
A historic deal has been reached among the leaders of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over a highly contentious hydro-electric dam on the Nile River planned by the Ethiopian government, (more…)
Moscow essentially annexes South Ossetia year after taking Crimea
Seven years after Russia instigated and conducted a separatist war that was ostensibly for the independence of South Ossetia, Moscow has just virtually annexed the former Georgia territory. SUBSCRIBE (more…)
Indonesia shock: China has no legal claim in South China Sea
On the eve of his visit to Japan, Indonesia’s recently-elected President Joko Widodo dropped a bombshell during an interview with a Japanese newspaper. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
Russia releases its own list of Western personnel to be sanctioned
Russia has listed more than 200 prominent European, Japanese and Americans who are barred from entering Russia. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
Russia’s Northern Fleet on high alert for massive arctic exercise
On March 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin, issued a military order to 38,000 troops to launch a massive arctic exercise. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
U.S. arming Baltic states against potential Russian intrusions
More than 750 U.S.-made heavy armor fighting machines arrived in the Latvian capital of Riga on March 9. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)