Diplomacy & Crisis News

The Republic of Korea Navy will operationally deploy the new aircraft by the middle of 2017.

While anti-whaling activists have focused on Japan and Iceland, Norway has outstripped both countries in whale hunting, according to a new report.

The UN human rights office today urged the Libyan authorities to undertake an effective, thorough and impartial investigation to bring perpetrators of torture to justice, after 12 people were found dead last Friday.

Prices have been low for more than two years. With demand rising and supply falling, that’s all beginning to change.

Chinese PLA Gen. Guo Boxiong and colleague Gen. Xu Caihou are most guilty of being politically incorrect.

Taiwan's former justice minister has stirred up controversy over the death penalty in Taiwan.

Islamabad is considering the purchase of 16 used F-16 from Jordan, according to Pakistan’s Defense Secretary.

Is Chinese society uniquely racist or are the issues it faces more universal?

One Afghan soldier and one Pakistani officer have been killed and 22 wounded in clashes at Torkham Border crossing.

The statement didn't contain language drastically different from recent declarations, but was issued inside China.

The Tibetan Buddhist leader on climate change, his future leadership role, and Tibetan issues.

Does India truly have the ability to target enemy satellites in war?

China's sports investments -- overseas and at home -- are booming, thanks to friendly government policies.

Does Nazarbayev’s statement on the Aktobe incident signal a move toward the illiberal?

Insights from Evelyn Goh

L'augmentation rapide du nombre de diagnostics de la maladie d'Alzheimer représente un défi inédit pour l'humanité. Misant sur un marché potentiel colossal, l'industrie pharmaceutique recherche frénétiquement — et jusqu'ici sans succès — un médicament ou un vaccin miracle. L'intérêt des personnes malades (...) / France, Industrie pharmaceutique, Protection sociale, Recherche, Santé, Médecine - 2016/02

Why is the Indonesian military again warning of an imminent communist revolution?

A vibrant array of minor parties provides a release valve for discontent in Australia.

Africa was missing from China’s “Belt and Road” roadmap, but including the continent makes good sense.

Burundi’s year-long crisis has not gone away. It started with President Pierre Nkurunziza’s determination to claim a third term, trampling over the constitutional arrangements that ended a decade-long civil war. Press freedom is a major casualty of the new strife; but the turmoil has also transformed the way in which Burundians get information. For better or worse, social media has filled the vacuum left by the shutting down of the most popular radio stations and forcing out of many of the country’s professional journalists.