Category: Regions
Vietnam’s BrahMos plans spotlight India’s rising security role in Southeast Asia
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The US$700 million deal would make Vietnam the second nation in the region to acquire the supersonic cruise missiles after the Philippines. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3293325/vietnams-brahmos-plans-spotlight-indias-rising-security-role-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreOutgoing US administration plans $8 billion arms sale to Israel
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden reportedly plans to propose to the Israeli regime an $8 billion arms deal. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/04/740274/Biden-administration-arms-deal-Israeli-regime-genocidal-war-Gaza-Strip
Read MoreMyanmar releases thousands of prisoners to mark Independence Day
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The ruling junta released more than 6,000 prisoners as part of a mass amnesty marking the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3293417/myanmar-releases-thousands-prisoners-mark-independence-day?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreSouth Korea fatal crash cockpit transcript nearly complete, investigators say
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Investigators say the recording may hold clues to the final moments of Jeju Air flight 2216, as the US and Boeing join the search. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3293415/south-korea-fatal-crash-cockpit-transcript-nearly-complete-investigators-say?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreQassam Brigades targets five Israeli battle tanks in north Gaza
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has announced that its fighters targeted five Israeli army tanks in the northern Gaza Strip. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/04/740270/Qassam-Brigades-targets,-destroys-5-Israeli-battle-tanks-in-northern-Gaza
Read More‘His disguise was a facade’: How IDF revealed identities, Hamas’s plans in hospital
Jerusalem Post “It was made to look like a hospital, and patients were brought there just for appearances,” Master Sgt. (Res.) G. said. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-836040
Read MoreSouth Korean Unrest Conspiracy Theories Are Spread by Social Media
New York Times Right-wing YouTubers helped President Yoon Suk Yeol win his election. They are now his allies in the wake of his botched imposition of martial law. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/world/asia/south-korea-yoon-conspiracy-theories.html
Read More‘History war’: Japan’s far-right slams Chinese and South Korean films ahead of WWII event
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Two films, 731 and Harbin, have drawn criticism from a politician for fuelling anti-Japan sentiment before WWII’s 80th anniversary in 2025. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3293284/history-war-japans-far-right-slams-chinese-and-south-korean-films-ahead-wwii-event?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreMalaysian police hunt for suspects in abduction, robbery of 2 Chinese tourists
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Police said four men forced the visitors into a BMW vehicle and took money from one of the victims. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3293407/malaysian-police-hunt-suspects-abduction-robbery-2-chinese-tourists?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreJan. 3: ‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Amid Israeli genocide in Gaza, Palestinian and regional resistance groups continued their operations against the regime and its Western backers on Friday, January 3. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/04/740268/jan-3-axis-resistance-ops-against-israeli-occupation
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