Diplomacy & International Relations

Governance, not geopolitics, will make or break PACPOL

A new era for Pacific policing has launched. Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP) last week announced PACPOL, unifying the PICP with the Pacific...

Trump bashes Zelenskyy, defends waiving Russia sanctions

US President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his decision to waive some sanctions on Russia, while once again accusing Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy of...

Putin proposes summit with Trump and Xi to discuss Ukraine deal: Report

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a summit next month with US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to negotiate an end...

Oil tanker on fire after hitting mine in Hormuz: Iran’s IRGC

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Monday an oil tanker caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting a mine, the latest such...

France’s government under pressure after weekend of widespread violence

France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is holding a crisis cabinet meeting on Monday to assess a weekend of violence and looting across the country,...

Funding shortages force World Food Programme to cut aid to Gaza

One of the main suppliers of food aid to the Gaza Strip, the World Food Programme (WFP), says that it is being forced to...

Perché Shenzhen (vertice APEC) può essere l’ultima occasione per Trump e Kim

C'è un dettaglio che l'analisi di Gabriela Bernal per The Interpreter (16 ottobre 2026) coglie con precisione e che merita di essere portato alle...

Money, not China’s new base, is Vietnam’s real worry in Laos

A key question to arise from a new Chinese military presence in Laos is how Vietnam will see the development. The Lowy Institute’s Hunter...

China economy grows thanks to AI export boom but domestic slump remains a drag

China reported better-than-expected Q3 growth on Monday as robust exports of chips and electronics components on the back of a global artificial intelligence boom...

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