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Denmark has strengthened its approach to companies connected to individuals or entities subject to international sanctions.  New Danish legislation introduces specific rules aimed at preventing sanctioned persons from exercising control over certain Danish companies and from receiving financial benefits from them. The measures address a difficult corporate-law problem: what happens when a company itself is…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has delivered a striking message to the rulers of the Gulf: stop allowing divisions within the Muslim world to benefit its enemies and recognize where the region’s real threat comes from. But behind that appeal for unity lies a difficult contradiction. Iran is asking Gulf Arab governments to see Tehran…

For thousands of people around the world, the journey to the United States is often measured in years. Applications are filed. Documents are collected. Medical examinations are completed. Families wait for interview dates. Then, finally, comes the moment they have been preparing for: an appointment at a US embassy or consulate. Now, for many applicants,…

The United States may have cleared the mines from the Strait of Hormuz, but it has not yet cleared the danger. President Donald Trump announced that US naval forces had removed or destroyed all mines in the international waters of the strategic waterway, delivering a blunt warning to Iran that any attempt to plant new…

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…