A $2 billion worth deal between Vietnam and Russia in December 2009 led to six kilo-class submarines being inducted in the Vietnam People’s Navy (VPN). Additionally, the deal includes training programs from the Vietnamese naval crew in Russ...
In January 2023, the French government announced its intention to increase the legal retirement age from 62 to 64, as part of reforms to the country's pension system. President Emmanuel Macron is determined to push the changes through a div...
In contemporary warfare, tanks are an essential component for aggressive operations such as breaking through enemy lines and reclaiming occupied territory. Properly employed, they can offer mobile firepower, protection, and shock, thereby a...
The military of Ukraine has reported "bloody battles unprecedented in recent decades" in the eastern city of Bakhmut, while the death toll from a Russian strike on residential structures in adjacent Sloviansk has risen to 11, as per the rep...
After Honduras broke away from Taiwan, it established diplomatic relations with China. Taiwan is now regarded as an isolated and only 13 nations recognize it. . The foreign ministers of Honduras and China signed a joint communique following...
In 2014, the Philippines and the US signed an agreement that allowed the US to build facilities on the country's military bases. The alliance between the nations is driven by threats. As China's power has increased, the relationship between...
Even though the Taliban insisted they understood their obligation under Islamic law to educate both boys and girls, a law was issued that forbade girls older than eight from attending school. Maulvi Kalamadin stated that the ban was only te...
G7 countries finally set the highly anticipated price restriction on Russian oil at $60 per barrel on December 3, 2022. This price ceiling applies to crude oil, petroleum oils, and oils derived from bituminous materials produced in or expor...
Elon Musk, the tech billionaire successfully caught the world’s attention when he announced plans to send SpaceX’s space-based internet services Starlink in service of Ukraine in the aftermath of the Russian invasion in February 2022. The w...
The year 2021 marked two decades since the term "BRICS" was first used by former Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill in the early 2000s to refer to the four rapidly developing nations that appeared most likely to start catching up to the We...
Edward Snowden, widely regarded as the most important whistleblower in human history, was previously a US citizen. He began working for the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2006, and then in 2009 he left the CIA to join the Nat...
Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe unveiled a strategic framework for a free and open Indo-Pacific in 2016 which since 2017 has been propagated as the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy. With Southeast Asia being at the heart...
