Visitors crowd at the Japan Drone 2026 and International Advanced Air Mobility Expo in Chiba on June 5. (Reuters) TOKYO/TAIPEI–The CEO of UFORCE, a Ukrainian producer of attack drones, flew to Tokyo in April …
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima converse with an attendant at the state banquet in Amsterdam on June 17. Second from right is Princess Catharina-Amalia. (Pool) Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, …
US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian digitally signed a memorandum of understanding to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The deal includes sanctions relief, resumed Iranian oil exports, …
Even as Pakistan’s China-built Hangor-class submarine arrived in Karachi, senior naval officers spoke of using it to maintain a presence in the Bay of Bengal. The ambition is significant because Pakistan has had little …
The critical minerals conversation across Central Asia still too often begins in the wrong place: with what lies beneath the ground. It should begin with who controls the knowledge of what lies beneath it. …
‘This is unacceptable. Before you spend one more taxpayer dollar on Golden Dome, DOD must share its plans and goals for the system,’ lawmakers say Diyar Guldogan 18 June 2026•Update: 18 June 2026 WASHINGTON A …
Issue of navigation via Strait of Hormuz should be ‘properly addressed,’ Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells Iranian counterpart as Switzerland set to host US, Iranian ceremony Friday Saadet Gökce İSTANBUL China on Wednesday extended …
This photo released by Humane World for Animals Viet Nam shows cats that were seized by the police in Ho Chi Minh City on June 15. (AP) HANOI–Police in Vietnam seized more than 400 …
By RYOHEI MIYAWAKI/ Staff Writer Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with reporters in Rome on June 15. (Pool) Japan is expected to accelerate discussions on possibly dispatching the Self-Defense Forces to the Strait of …
A supermarket on Batam Island, Indonesia (Kota Kawano) Three months of fighting in the Middle East have raised energy prices in Indonesia and pushed the rupiah to historic low levels against the dollar, …