The United Nations has been undergoing its most significant overhaul in history, the UN80 initiative, which aims to review mandates, reduce costs, and consider structural changes across the system.

Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in response to U.S. and Israeli strikes has once again highlighted one of the world’s most persistent strategic vulnerabilities. Around 80 percent of global ...

The country’s government is leading Southeast Asian efforts to regulate AI technologies, but its approach has several ...

On July 8, Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Justice approved a regulation governing registration and operations of the residents of the Besqala Mining Valley. Prospectors here won’t be mining for gold, ...

Last week, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released its latest report on transnational scam networks, ...

Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo (right) and Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati speak during a G20 press briefing during the 2022 Annual Meetings at the International Monetary Fund ...

In April 2026, a Murakami-class Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer transited the Taiwan Strait. Such passages have become more frequent amid rising tensions over Taiwan since 2025.

The Future of Investment and Trade Partnership, with 19 members and counting, is championing open and fair trade at a time ...

An asset freeze could be the first step of an acrimonious fight with the foreign oil majors developing one of the country’s ...

Besides the South China Sea, there are various waterways under contention, from open ocean to marshlands and rivers.

This is an important milestone in India’s evolving multi-layered long-range air defense architecture envisaged under Mission ...

Protesters at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, including Cockroach Janta Party founder, Abhijeet Dibke (in yellow T-shirt), celebrate the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on July ...