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Soft power behind Taiwan-India ties

EDITORIAL: Xi co-opts Sun Yat-sen’s legacy

Finance and tech talent is beginning to return to Venezuela

Coast guard tracks PRC vessel after radio spat

Allies tout Taiwan at climate conference

US firms tout orbital threat detection

Global powers converge on Manila as ASEAN summit kicks off

Southeast Asian heads of state will face questions on trade, security and an ongoing energy crisis while playing host to global le...

SpaceX pulls off first-ever spaceship ‘catch’

The feat marked a milestone in the space industry's decadeslong pursuit of fully reusable rocket systems.

Kim Jong Un’s top aide heads to Moscow, days before Putin-Xi-Trump summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s right-hand man Jo Yong Won arrived in Moscow for talks with former Russian president Dmitry Medv...

Iran's navy says three tankers on fire after hitting mines in Hormuz

Nov 14 (Reuters) - Iran's navy said three oil tankers caught fire on Saturday after hitting naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz, I...

UK to extradite PIO bizman to US for cancer drugs fraud

‘A moral red line’? World on cusp of autonomous weapons revolution

A conference starting Monday at the United Nations in Geneva will discuss how to establish curbs and prohibitions on such weapons.

Iraq PM targets powerful militia stronghold in $30m oil smuggling probe

Iraq’s PM has dismissed nine senior security officials over an alleged oil smuggling network worth up to $30m monthly.

In reversal, Pentagon eyes smaller troop cuts across Europe

European allies had previously feared the U.S. might cut as many as 25,000 troops, but a smaller cut is now more likely.

U.S. floated idea of Ukraine ceding Donbas for NATO membership

This is the first time the question of linking NATO membership to territorial concessions has been raised during the talks.

SpaceX successfully catches Starship rocket in huge milestone for the space industry

The historic first gets SpaceX closer to “rapid reusability” of rockets.

Kiev troops bombard Donetsk People’s Republic 32 times over past day

A civilian was killed and four more sustained wounds

Bomb rips through Damascus suburb; killing 2, including child

The explosion took place in the southern Damascus suburb of Jaramana near a factory where batteries are produced, state TV said

Netanyahu says only a unity government can guarantee Israel’s security

Eisenkot, in charge of forming a government, dismisses the appeal as ‘tricks’ as talks and a Knesset speaker vote loom.

Explosion near Syria’s capital kills father and child

Syria’s Internal Security Forces have launched an investigation into a suspected bomb attack in a suburb of Damascus.