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The United States is attempting to accelerate its naval buildup while simultaneously taking a remarkable step backward in one area of aircraft-carrier technology. President Donald Trump has ordered the US Navy to return to steam-powered catapults for future aircraft carriers, abandoning the electromagnetic launch system installed on the Navy’s newest Ford-class carriers. At the same…

China has pushed the limits of high-speed transport yet again — but this time, the headline is not simply about how fast a train can travel. It is about how violently fast it can accelerate. An experimental Chinese maglev vehicle has gone from a standstill to 800 km/h in just 5.3 seconds, breaking its own…

Pakistan is preparing to take a step that would have seemed extraordinary just a few years ago: sending its first lunar rover to the Moon. The country has officially named the rover Jinnah-1, with the mission planned for 2029 as part of China’s Chang’e-8 lunar programme. Rather than launching independently, Pakistan’s rover will travel aboard…

A startling claim about the fate of Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again pushed the country’s political crisis into dangerous territory. A Pakistani journalist, Wajahat Saeed Khan, initially suggested that Imran Khan may have died while being held at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, citing concerns expressed by three senior military sources. The…

The United States is sending a blunt message to Iran: Washington is prepared to wait. As attempts to revive a ceasefire agreement have stalled and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains severely disrupted, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the American military has enough resources to maintain its naval blockade of Iran indefinitely. Ships…

A new defence arrangement involving Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey is beginning to look more ambitious than a simple three-country military pact. Days after the three countries signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, Turkey has revealed plans for political and military mechanisms that would bring the defence ministers, foreign ministers and top military commanders of…

For much of the Trump administration’s second term, some of the most closely watched messages about India did not come directly from the people negotiating trade agreements or managing diplomacy. They came from the White House briefing room. At the centre of that communication strategy was Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump’s press secretary, who increasingly became…

The sound of digging has not stopped in Colombia, but the nature of the rescue mission is changing. Three days after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia, emergency crews are entering what authorities describe as the final phase of the search for survivors. The death toll had reached 265 people in the latest figures…

The desperate race to find survivors beneath the rubble in Colombia is entering its most painful stage. Three days after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake tore through western Colombia, rescue teams are confronting a grim reality: the window for finding people alive is rapidly narrowing, while the number of confirmed deaths continues to rise. At the…

A visit that could have been an ordinary presidential tour has instead reopened one of the most stubborn territorial disputes in East Asia. Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to Iturup Island, one of the southern Kuril Islands claimed by both Russia and Japan, on August 13. It was his first visit to the disputed island…