President Donald Trump blasted Pakistan for being a terrorist hotbed on Monday and stressed the need for stronger ties with India in remarks likely to worsen ties between the two nuclear-armed rivals. During a speech focused on U.S. military engagement in Afghanistan, Trump accused Islamabad of harboring militants and warned of consequences if the government […]
Read moreSoutheast Asian ride-hailing start-up Grab could be taking to the skies in a bid to improve urban mobility in one of the region’s most congested cities. The company is in the process of piloting a helicopter service in Indonesia, and Grab CEO and Co-Founder Anthony Tan discussed the initiative with CNBC’s “Managing Asia.” GrabHeli services, […]
Read moreThe collision at sea that left 10 U.S. Navy sailors missing on Monday was met with “applause from Chinese netizens,” according to an unsigned editorial that ran in Beijing state media. The USS John S. McCain collided with a tanker on Monday in heavily trafficked waters near Singapore. The hyper-nationalist Global Times claimed the Chinese […]
Read moreTwo North Korean shipments to a Syrian government agency responsible for the country’s chemical weapons program were intercepted in the past six months, according to a confidential United Nations report on North Korea sanctions violations. The report by a panel of independent U.N. experts, which was submitted to the U.N. Security Council earlier this month […]
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