India Strengthens Economic Ties to Qatar and the Muslim World
Where China was once considered a “sleeping giant” but has long since awakened, India may well be said to be the new sleeping...
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US Supports Japan’s Push for Talks With North Korea, Envoy Says
The United States supports Japan’s efforts to hold talks with North Korea and hopes any dialogue would seek to tackle issues ranging from...
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North Korea Must be Ready to “Occupy” South — Kim
Pyongyang must be prepared to seize South Korean territory in the event of an “emergency,” North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said. In...
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Taiwan Ally Guatemala Mulls Commercial Ties With China
Guatemala is contemplating reaching out to develop formal trade ties with China, the Central American country’s foreign minister told Reuters on February 5,...
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Moscow Says India Still Keen on Defense Cooperation With Russia
New Delhi is still keen on defense cooperation with Moscow, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told TASS, remarking on a Reuters report...
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“Fix Bayonets”: The Story of Operation Shiny Bayonet, the First U.S. Air Cavalry Battle of the Vietnam War, with Vietnam Veteran Bob Martin, U.S. Army, Retired
In October 1965, Bob Martin, a 19-year-old private first class, received his baptism under fire in Operation Shiny Bayonet, the first Air Cavalry...
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Philippines Eyes Bigger Military Drills With U.S., Cooperates With Vietnam in South China Sea
The Philippines and the United States hope to conduct what could be their largest military exercise in April, in a display of the...
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North Korea Fires “Several” Cruise Missiles: Seoul Military
North Korea fired another round of cruise missiles on January 30, Seoul’s military announced, extending a week-long flurry of tests that Pyongyang has...
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North Korea Touts New Underwater Nuclear Weapons System
Pyongyang is playing up the potency of a new underwater weapons system as dictator Kim Jong Un is dialing up the bellicose rhetoric....
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Pakistan Conducts Airstrikes on Militant Group on Iranian Soil, Stokes Regional Tensions
On January 18, Pakistan acknowledged that it had conducted a series of airstrikes on “terrorist hideouts” in southern Iran, maintaining that its “precision”...
Read moreTaiwan’s President-elect Lai Faces Chinese Pressure, Lack of Majority in Government
On January 13, William Lai Ching-te of Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won the presidential election, although with a plurality instead of the...
Read moreTaiwan Ruling Party DPP’s Lai Ching-te Wins Presidential Election
Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate for Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), emerged victorious after the January 13 election, which China had portrayed...
Read moreTaiwan War Would Reduce Global GDP by 10 Percent: Bloomberg
A military clash between the U.S. and China over Taiwan would strike 10.2 percent off global GDP, or roughly $10 trillion, in one...
Read moreIndia and Russia Hold Talks on Bilateral Relations
On January 8, foreign-policy specialists from Russia and India, namely from the Valdai Discussion Club and India’s Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), respectively, conducted...
Read moreChina Sanctions U.S. Defense Firms; Taiwan Prepares for Upcoming Elections
On January 7, China’s Foreign Ministry declared that Beijing has sanctioned five American defense industry firms following “gravely wrong actions taken by the...
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