Tracking the World, One Axis at a Time
North Korea test-fired a new high-speed torpedo, which will be deployed to the country’s navy next year, state media reported. The test of the “new-type” weapon system, jointly developed by…
Uzbekistan is moving toward transforming its estimated $3 trillion in mineral wealth, including rare earth elements (REEs), into high-value-added products through a new industrial partnership modeled after Türkiye’s Organized Industrial…
US presidential envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow on Thursday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin following US-mediated trilateral peace negotiations with Russian and Ukrainian…
Iran will not allow any of its enriched uranium to be transferred out of the country, says top security official Mohsen Rezaei. – In an interview with Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen…
Saleh al-Mutairi, director of the Al-Madar Centre for Political Studies, says the Gulf states’ decision to set up a forward headquarters for their unified military command in Kuwait reflects lessons…
China will firmly support Cuba in safeguarding national sovereignty and in opposing sanctions, blockades and external interference “no matter how circumstances evolve,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Cuban…
Taiwan said on Wednesday that Stan Shih, founder of computer maker Acer, would attend next week’s APEC summit in China as the government’s envoy, and called for Beijing’s written assurance…
Russian, Ukrainian and US officials began a second day of peace talks in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, resuming meetings which Kyiv and Washington depicted on Monday as constructive but produced…
Tehran has designated Argentina’s navy and air force as “terrorist organizations,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, in a reciprocal move following Buenos Aires’ designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards…
Britain’s new Northern Navies Initiative marks a significant shift in how northern European countries intend to organise their maritime defence. Signed aboard HMS Prince of Wales in Oslo, the agreement…