Toplines The PRC is using the US capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to portray the United States as a hypocritical rogue actor and elevate its own global image. PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesperson Lin Jian condemned the US operation and called it a violation of international law on January 5.[1] PRC MFA spokesperson Mao Ning echoed […]

La Chine a acquis une position dominante dans le secteur des minéraux critiques en Afrique grâce à des investissements à long terme dans les capacités d’extraction et de raffinage, ce qui rend difficile pour les pays africains de progresser dans la chaîne de valeur. La demande mondiale en minéraux critiques (nickel, graphite, manganèse, cobalt, cuivre, lithium et minéraux de terres […]

China’s Hurricane 3000 truck-mounted microwave weapon reportedly out-ranges US equivalents, targeting drones and swarms with high-power, wide-area interception. China is slowly lifting the curtain on the Hurricane 3000, a truck-mounted high-power microwave weapon designed to counter drones at ranges that allegedly exceed comparable US systems. The system made a brief but striking public appearance during China’s large-scale military parade in […]

Germany and India are slated to push forward talks on a potential $8-billion program as Berlin and New Delhi explore cooperation on building six German-designed conventional submarines for the Indian Navy. The discussions are expected to feature during German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s two-day visit to New Delhi in mid-January, where defense ties will be a central agenda, according to local […]

In just the first week of 2026, Punjab recorded four consecutive targeted killings, reflecting both continuity and escalation in the state’s entrenched patterns of complex violence, and exposing serious deficiencies in the law-and-order framework. The assailants’ evident impunity underscores the rising audacity of transnational organized crime and gangster networks interlinked with pro-Khalistan extremist elements, narcotics trafficking, and local political rivalries. […]

New Delhi: Oil seems to be the buzzword in 2026, with Donald Trump not shying away from expressing America’s desire to have maximum control over the non-renewable and scarce resource. Be it the military action in Venezuela to “capture” and arrest Nicolas Maduro or be it approving the bill that would allow the Trump regime to slap tariffs up to […]

The Taliban said its courts publicly flogged nine people in western and eastern Afghanistan this week, continuing the use of corporal punishment under the group’s rule. According to statements issued on Tuesday by the Taliban Supreme Court, a primary court in Herat province flogged eight people on Monday, January 5, on charges of producing, buying and selling alcoholic beverages. In […]

The United States’s attack on Venezuela has raised questions about domestic checks on power and signaled a challenge to international law and longstanding norms of sovereignty and the use of force. The priority given to securing U.S. access to Venezuelan oil and other resources further underscores the material interests underlying the operation. Combined with President Donald Trump’s open flirtation with […]

Tensions between local residents and the mining company have continued in northeastern Afghanistan’s Takhar province over the extraction of gold at a major mining site, with protesters saying they have been excluded from benefits while bearing the environmental and economic costs. Local sources and residents in Chah Ab district say demonstrations that began on Friday are still ongoing, driven by […]

Moscou/Téhéran. Un tournant géopolitique important au cœur du continent eurasien vient de se produire: grâce à une nouvelle liaison ferroviaire, la Russie et l’Iran comblent le dernier vide dans le corridor international de transport nord-sud (INSTC). Le tronçon Rasht-Astara, long de 162 kilomètres, relie le réseau ferroviaire iranien au Caucase du Sud et crée une route multimodale directe entre l’Inde […]