Pelosi’s Asia tour set to kick off under Taiwan cloud
August 1 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
This file photo taken on 29 July, 2022 shows US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, holding her weekly press...
Russia’s Vostok 2022 has big messages
July 30 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Russia’s massive Vostok 2018 manoeuvres, held four years ago was first of its kind after 1981 during Soviet era (File...
Lavrov is on Blinken’s list of people to call
July 30 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov rounded off a tour of African states in a blaze of media publicity despite US hopes to “isolate”...
Xi and Biden double down on Taiwan positions in 'candid' t...
July 30 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The two leaders have spoken several times since Biden took office in January 2021. (Source photos by Getty Images)
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U.S. weighs deployment of multi-domain force to Asia: comm...
July 28 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Soldiers participating in a multidomain task force pilot program launch a stinger missile using an exercise in Hawaii in 2018. &...
Turkey says Ukraine grain exports could start within a wee...
July 28 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Turkey is due to open a joint operations centre with Ukraine, Russia and the UN to coordinate trade under the agreement. PHOTO:...
The US military is making plans in the Indo-Pacific in cas...
July 28 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
A possible trip by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan may well loom over a call planned between US President Joe Biden and Chine...
Ukraine grain deal is a feel-good event. But road to peace...
July 25 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Combines work on a wheat field near the village of Talniki in Siberia (File photo). For the first time since the days of the tsars, R...
Why the U.S. military thinks Pelosi's Taiwan trip is a bad...
July 25 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
President Joe Biden shakes hands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after delivering his State of the Union address on March 1. &nb...
Biden's Saudi trip signalled the West's game of war monger...
July 24 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Saudi Arabia was in the news recently when its young crown prince fist-bumped Joe Biden and met with the US president, despite the latt...
Beijing’s new highway plans near disputed territory expect...
July 24 ,2022
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By: Laura Zhou
Relations between China and India over their disputed border have barely improved since a deadly clash in June 2020. China’s pl...
Russia teaches Europe ABC of gas trade
July 22 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Gazprom’s Nord Stream gas pipeline, Lubmin, Germany.
The unthinkable is happening for the second time in five months: Russia...
China snaps up over US$2 billion of Russian LNG as energy...
July 22 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
China bought a total of 2.35 million tonnes of LNG - valued at US$2.16 billion - from Russia in the first six months of the year. Pho...
Russia-Iran relations take a quantum leap
July 21 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Iran’s Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri (L) and Commander of the Army Gen. Abdolrahim M...
Beijing warns US will ‘bear all consequences’ if House Spe...
July 21 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her delegation are reported to be planning to visit Japan, Singapore, Indonesia and Malays...
Malaysia won’t go bankrupt like Sri Lanka, finance ministe...
July 21 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Houses and the skyline of Kuala Lumpur pictured earlier this month. Photo: Bloomberg
Malaysia is stable and isn’t at ri...
It’s Time to Rethink the U.S.-Saudi Relationship
July 16 ,2022
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By: Chris Murphy
Turkish writer Hatice Cengiz, fiancée of Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi, poses next to a portrait of Khashoggi...
Could South Korea make the Quad a Quint?
July 16 ,2022
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By: Richard Javad Heydarian
South Korean Navy special forces in a military drill re-named 'East Sea territory defence training' at the easternmost islets of Dokd...
Putin’s summits next week will strengthen ties with Iran,...
July 16 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Iran’s underground base for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (popularly known as Drone) at an undisclosed location (File photo)&nbs...
EU economies are down on their knees
July 8 ,2022
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), at a meeting with Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu, revealed proposals of army commanders in Ukra...
G-20 foreign ministers gather in Bali amid Ukraine war, in...
July 8 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Foreign ministers of the Group of 20 major economies will discuss global issues face-to-face in Bali, meeting for the first time sinc...
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