Diplomacy & International Relations

Germany’s Merz says Iran is humiliating US as talks stall

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday Iran’s leadership was humiliating the United States and getting US officials to travel to Pakistan...

Palestinians use Gaza rubble to restore streets as US rebuilding plan stalls

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Palestinians are using war rubble to repave streets destroyed during Israel’s two-year assault on Gaza, crushing concrete and metal into pavement under...

Merz suggests Ukraine may have to accept territorial loss to help pave way for EU path

(Reuters) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested on Monday that Ukraine may have to accept that parts of its territory could remain outside Kyiv’s control...

Global news (27 april 2026)

Afghanistan/Pakistan (AFP/Al Arabiya) The Pakistani military killed at least three people and wounded 45 others in an Afghan border province on Monday, the Taliban authorities...

As military ties grow closer, Japan and Australia need to reprioritise energy and economic security

(East Asia Forum) Japan's moves to revise its pacifist constitution and expand defence exports signal a more active security posture, with Australia emerging as...

The slow erosion of Japan’s arms export restraints

(Corey Wallace - East Asia Forum) Successive Japanese governments have gradually eased defence equipment export restrictions to respond to China’s military rise, capture economic...

Indonesia’s stock market plunge needs more than regulation

(Shirothi Nashuha - East Asia Forum) Indonesia’s stock market plunge following an MSCI warning in January 2026 exposed structural weaknesses in its capital markets,...

Beijing bets on embodied intelligence to secure structural power

(Leci Zhang, Yiran Xing - East Asia Forum) China is broadening its AI strategy from a focus on artificial general intelligence to an ‘AI+’...

US says three killed in boat strike as campaign toll hits at least 185

(AFP/Al Arabiya) The US military said Sunday that three men were killed when it struck a boat “engaged in narco-trafficking operations” in the Eastern...

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