South East Asia

Qari Fateh, the regional Daesh intelligence and operations chief, was killed during a raid in Kabul over the weekend, while senior leader Ijaz Amin Ahingar was killed earlier this month, according to a senior Taliban spokesman. Two senior regional members of Daesh have been killed in Afghanistan in recent weeks …

In moves that may prove more consequential than Tehran’s ongoing supply of drones to the Russian army, the Iran Marine Industrial Company is currently repairing a Russian ship that crashed into ice on the Volga River and is joining China in helping Russia to dredge the Volga-Caspian Seaway Canal (see …

In recent weeks, the prospect of disintegration of the Russian Federation has emerged as one of the major themes in international discourse. Over the last few weeks in the European press and the U.S. press, there have been many comments on the subject. It should be noted that the theme …

U.S. government officials are doing all they can to discourage China from supplying Russia with arms that could be used to subjugate Ukraine, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said Tuesday. President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Secretary of State Antony Blinken …

During the last week of February, the navies of Russia, China, and South Africa conducted maritime exercises in the Indian Ocean off the port of Durban. The exercise, named Exercise Mosi-2, was the second such instance when the navies of Russia, China, and South Africa came together in the Indian …

Beijing has released its 12-point position paper, calling for a ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow. China has released its much-anticipated position paper on the Russia-Ukraine war, in which it calls for a ceasefire and talks between the two parties.

What is clear is that, intentionally or not, China has shown America’s need to get serious about the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its expansionist global aims. As the latest provocation by the CCP plays out, it gets more disturbing. The media, and even US President …

Last month, China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang embarked on his first overseas trip since his appointment late last year with a five-nation tour of Africa. Qin’s visit to Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin and Egypt continued a decades-long tradition of Chinese foreign ministers starting the year with a trip to Africa. …

Throughout nine years of conflict in Ukraine, Russia has leaned heavily on disinformation as part of the war effort.Russian-backed/aligned disinformation campaigns and narratives have primarily sought to undermine support for Ukraine and amplify anti-US and anti-NATO sentiments on a global scale.With Chinese support for Russia showing increased strength of late …

The United States has seen evidence that the People’s Republic of China is considering sending lethal weapons to Russia for its use in the war in Ukraine, and has directly warned China of consequences, according to a senior State Department official. “We obviously have a reason to be concerned,” Deputy …