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Tulsi Gabbard. File photo: AP

Republicans push back against claims Trump intelligence pick is ‘compromised’

Tulsi Gabbard is expected to face scrutiny for comments sympathetic to Russia and a 2017 visit to Syria where she met President Bashar al-Assad.

6 hours ago

US-China relations

Opinion | Exit America, enter China? How Beijing can benefit from an isolationist US

25 Nov 2024 - 5:57AMvideocam

Biden bolsters Ukraine before Trump’s return to White House

25 Nov 2024 - 12:21AM

China-EU relations

Could Trump’s return to power in US widen EU rifts over China?

The bloc is likely to come under increasing pressure to pick sides in the rivalry between Washington and Beijing, a panel in Shenzhen heard.

24 Nov 2024 - 11:25PMvideocam

Incoming US president Donald Trump is expected to put Brussels under more pressure over its stance on China. Photo: Reuters

Ukraine losing ground in Russia’s Kursk, senior Kyiv military official says

Ukraine has lost over 40 per cent of the territory captured in Russia’s Kursk region as Russian forced mount waves of counter assaults.

24 Nov 2024 - 6:49PM

Romania presidential vote tied after first round, partial results show

PM Marcel Ciolacu and hard-right independent Calin Georgescu each had about 22.1 per cent and could face each other in a December 8 run-off.

25 Nov 2024 - 6:10AM

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US senator says Trump would laugh at Canada’s current military spending

Jim Risch said Ottawa’s pledge to meet Nato’s target by 2032 would get a ‘large guffaw’ from the US president-elect.

23 Nov 2024 - 10:54AMvideocam

Canadian troops take part in a Nato-led military exercise in Latvia on November 14. Photo: AFP

Outside In | It’s goodbye to ‘peace dividend’, hello to wars and defence binges

Global spending on defence is rising at the expense of social needs. The ‘peace dividend’ years are over.

22 Nov 2024 - 6:07PMvideocam

Russia’s Putin hints at strikes on West in ‘global’ Ukraine war

Nato and Ukraine are to hold emergency talks after Russia used an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the conflict.

22 Nov 2024 - 10:27PM

US shuts Kyiv embassy over ‘potential significant air attack’

The Italian and Greek embassies said they had also closed their doors after the unusual US warning, while the French embassy remained open.

20 Nov 2024 - 8:51PM

The US embassy in Kyiv. Photo: Reuters

Ukraine, marking 1,000 days of Russian invasion, eyes end to war next year

Moscow and Kyiv are pushing to improve their battlefield positions ahead of any negotiations on the war.

19 Nov 2024 - 2:38PM

A memorial to fallen soldiers in Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo: AP

US-India relations

As US and India line up in a second Trump administration, China could be targeted

Trump nominees for high-level positions suggest Washington will lean more toward New Delhi and further from Beijing, analysts say.

21 Nov 2024 - 2:37AM

Opinion | For China, the end of Pax Americana under Trump will be a gift

A US pullback from Europe, Nato and Asia means less pressure and more room for China to attain its trade and security goals.

18 Nov 2024 - 7:46AMvideocam

Moscow warns US over allowing Ukraine to hit Russia with longer-range missiles

Major US policy shift – long demanded by Ukraine – comes as North Korea deploys troops to help Moscow’s war effort.

19 Nov 2024 - 3:27PM

A downed Russian Zircon hypersonic missile in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Germany’s Scholz urges Ukraine talks in first call with Putin since 2022

Zelensky warns that the conversation will open ‘a Pandora’s box’, making the Russian leader less isolated internationally.

16 Nov 2024 - 2:54AMvideocam

The call between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin was the first time the two have been in contact since December 2022. Photos: AFP

Outside In | ‘Trump-proofing’ is distracting the world from far graver challenges

From G20 and Apec to the WTO and Nato, global cooperation on climate, security and open trade and investment must be quickly restored.

15 Nov 2024 - 4:30PMvideocam

US opens missile defence base in Poland to Russia’s irritation

The base was originally intended to protect Europe from Iranian missile threats, but the Kremlin views it differently.

14 Nov 2024 - 2:51PM

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Opinion | Trump’s rise signals the end of US global leadership

Expect greater isolationism in favour of bilateral, outcome-based deals with no more free rides for allies as Trump seeks capitulation, not cooperation.

13 Nov 2024 - 10:30PMvideocam

Donald Trump takes to the stage for his last rally before the presidential election, in Van Andel Arena on November 5, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

Opinion | Trump may end the Ukraine war but no one is walking away a winner

No side remains unscathed, whether it’s Russia’s stagnation, Ukraine’s territorial loss and economic devastation, or the EU’s cost crises.

13 Nov 2024 - 8:30PM

US to boost Ukraine support ahead of Trump transition

President-elect Trump, who has questioned US military support for Ukraine, says he will quickly end Russia’s war.

13 Nov 2024 - 7:08PMvideocam

France sends its nuclear-powered carrier to Japan – and a ‘message’ to China

Analysts say the deployment aims to bolster alliances, deter adversaries and demonstrate France’s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

12 Nov 2024 - 10:37AM

Rafale and Super Etendards fighter jets are seen on board France’s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. Photo: Reuters

Kremlin dismisses reports Trump and Putin spoke in recent days as ‘pure fiction’

US reports said the two spoke in recent days, with Trump advising Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine.

12 Nov 2024 - 12:23PM

Donald Trump had promised during his presidential campaign to solve the Ukraine crisis before Inauguration Day. Photo: AFP

Trump strategist says realistic peace is priority in Ukraine: ‘Crimea is gone’

Trump’s team later distanced itself from Republican operative Bryan Lanza’s remarks, saying he did not speak for the US president-elect.

10 Nov 2024 - 3:41AM

Opinion | Trump 2.0 signals more drawing of lines between West and the rest

In an all-of-economy bid to upgrade the US defence ecosystem, all global goods and services could be subject to security scrutiny.

8 Nov 2024 - 5:20PMvideocam

Zelensky, Putin vie for edge with Trump ahead of Ukraine pivot

US commitment to Ukraine’s war aid remains uncertain following Trump’s triumph in the 2024 White House race.

8 Nov 2024 - 4:27PM

A photo made available by the press service of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’s 24th Mechanized Brigade November 1, 2024 shows servicemen of the 24th Mechanized Brigade. Photo: EPA-EFE

My Take | How North Korea’s troop deployment to Russia is changing attitudes in China

The Chinese public who once derided North Korea as a ‘neighbourhood hooligan’ is now hailing its decision to help Russia in the Ukraine war.

9 Nov 2024 - 4:04AMvideocam

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Pyongyang in June. Photo: Pool via AP

US presidential election 2024

Putin congratulates Trump on election victory, says Russia is ready for dialogue

Russian president praises ‘real man’ Trump in his first public remarks since US election win.

8 Nov 2024 - 10:10AMvideocam

US presidential election 2024

Trump’s national security jobs will go to loyalists, China hawks: analyst

Top candidates to fill secretary of state, other cabinet posts have consistently taken hard lines on Beijing, Chinese companies.

7 Nov 2024 - 8:43AM

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