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North Korea

Declassified 1994 files show how diplomats doubted North Korea’s ‘goofy’ Kim Jong-il

Newly released files show experts from the US and Russia were sceptical he could hold onto power in the wake of his father’s sudden death.

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Ukraine war

US sidelines Europe, demands ‘right of first offer’ on Ukraine investments

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Vladimir Putin

Video | Putin says Trump’s Greenland plan is ‘serious’

Ukraine war

Putin proposes putting Ukraine under temporary UN control to hold elections

The Russian president also said Trump ‘sincerely’ wanted to end the long-running war.

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to launch a nuclear-powered submarine project in Murmansk on March 27. Photo: AFP
North Korea

Is North Korea’s nuclear submarine a game changer or ‘vanity project’?

North Korea’s first SSBN is likely to lag far behind its US and South Korean submarine rivals, analysts say.

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Vladimir Putin

Trump’s plan to take over Greenland is ‘serious’, Putin says

The Russian leader is concerned that Nato countries could use the Arctic as a springboard for future conflicts.

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Ukraine war

Not all European allies agree on troops for Ukraine: Macron

France and Britain, which are driving the initiative, would forge ahead with a ‘reassurance force’ with several countries.

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Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of drone strikes on a residential area in Kharkiv on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Egypt

6 Russians die as Egyptian tourist submarine sinks

Egypt’s Hurghada is popular with tourists from Russia.

Diplomacy

Letters | An unpredictable US could inspire Europe and Asia’s democracies to unite

Readers discuss a possible response to the uncertainty sparked by the Trump administration, and US-China relations.

Donald Trump

Vance’s Greenland trip puts spotlight on US space base at the top of the world

The remote Arctic facility protects the US against threats from Russia – the shortest route for Moscow’s missiles is via the North Pole.

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Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base, with the domes of the Thule Tracking Station, is pictured in northern Greenland in October 2023. Photo: AFP
Global South

Global South must lead world economy as US retreats, Boao Forum told

At annual gathering in south China, experts call for developed world to unite and build new economic system as Trump threatens trade.

The developed world is “no longer a united whole”, according to Kirill Babaev, director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Photo: Tsinghua University
Ukraine war

Opinion | China has good reason to keep its peacekeepers out of Ukraine

Beijing’s strategic instinct is against military involvement even as its peacekeeping is bound to the UN framework and thus subject to Russia’s veto.

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Ukraine war

Ukraine and Russia agree to Black Sea ceasefire, US seeks easing of sanctions

US says both sides agree to maritime, energy ceasefires; Kremlin says deal requires lifting of some sanctions.

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Germany

Opinion | Why Germany can’t afford not to spend billions on defence

For decades, Germans took Russia’s energy, China’s market and the US’ security guarantee for granted. They can’t be so complacent any more.

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An honour guard of the German armed forces Bundeswehr marches during a ceremony in honour of soldiers deployed to Mali, in front of the German Ministry of Defence in Berlin in 2024. Germany’s incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to oversee a spending surge to boost German infrastructure and its armed forces. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

US and Russia hold talks about a potential Ukraine ceasefire

Talks in Saudi Arabia were expected to address a potential pause in Black Sea attacks to ensure safety of commercial shipping.

Ukrainians fire a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops in Kherson region, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters
Ukraine war

Zelensky accuses Russia of prolonging Ukraine war amid ceasefire talks

US-Russia talks on Ukraine war to begin in Saudi Arabia after Kyiv says meeting with Americans was ‘constructive and informative’.

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Ukraine war

Moscow strikes Kyiv with drones ahead of Saudi ceasefire talks

Russia launched 147 drones, Ukrainian air defences shot down 97 and 25 others did not reach targets due to Ukrainian countermeasures.

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Ukraine war

Trump says it would be a ‘great thing’ to be able to stop Ukraine war

The US president said his ‘good’ relationships with Putin and Zelensky was key to negotiating an end to the conflict.

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Firefighters put out a blaze following a Russian attack near Kyiv on Sunday. Photo: Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP
Ukraine war

Russian negotiators hope for progress at Saudi peace talks

Moscow has rejected a joint US-Ukraine proposal of a 30-day ceasefire, instead suggesting just to halt aerial strikes on energy facilities.

North Korea

Kim Jong-un pledges support for Russia in Ukraine war in talks with top official

Kim met with Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s Security Council secretary, just days after Moscow and Kyiv agreed in principle to a limited ceasefire in the conflict.

Celebrity Families

Who is US Vice-President J.D. Vance’s cousin, Nate – who criticised his relative?

Ukraine’s leader hoped to discuss a mineral-resources deal as part of a ceasefire with Russia that Donald Trump was to broker, but the meeting went downhill when Vance demanded gratitude.

Former US Marine Nate Vance (left) and his cousin, US Vice-President J.D. Vance. Photos: CNN/YouTube, Reuters
US-China relations

Western sanctions on China, Russia do little to change their minds: analysts

Punitive measures have neither led Beijing to slow its civilian-military integration nor convinced Moscow to roll back its war on Ukraine.

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US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Friday. It remains to be seen how US-China economic relations will unfold under the Trump administration. Photo: EPA-EFE
Ukraine war

Ukraine children executed by Russia: UN

A new report says five boys and two girls were executed in annexed regions, with millions in invaded nation affected by unimaginable suffering.

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China-Russia relations

Closer China-Iran ties could provoke US into ‘harsher’ response on nuclear issue: analysts

Beijing’s successful multilateral talks with Tehran and Moscow may lead to more pressure from Washington, experts warn.

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Ukraine war

Trump says Ukraine minerals deal imminent, people ‘dying unnecessarily’ in war

The US president said efforts to end the war going ‘pretty well’ following talks with Putin and Zelensky.

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The aftermath of a Russian air strike on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Ukraine war

China, Brazil back US-led push for ceasefire in Ukraine war

Endorsement follows meeting in New York led by two countries’ UN ambassadors amid ‘potential turning point’.

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Fu Cong, China’s ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Ukraine war

Putin will breach Ukraine peace deal unless it is defended, UK’s Starmer says

British PM told meeting of defence chiefs in London that security arrangements must be in place to ensure sovereignty for Ukraine.

United States

My Take | A ‘toxic masculinity’ explanation of Donald Trump’s foreign policy

In his relations with other nations, the US president exhibits the same pattern of abuse of power as his alleged treatment of women.

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