Is China Arming the Houthis – or Just Failing to Enforce Export Controls?

In a new memoir and interview, the Italian-born woman who married into the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty recalls her political battles and the assassinations of her husband and mother-in-law.

26 years ago Afghan women gathered in Dushanbe to declare their rights. It is a list of everything the Taliban regime has again taken from them.

The two early front-runners for the PPP’s 2028 presidential nod will seek to cement their control over the party in the 2027 chair race – but neither man can run himself.

The central question for Canberra is whether the electoral outcome creates greater certainty or simply replaces presidential unpredictability with political gridlock.

A political storm sparked by US media reports alleging American intelligence agencies suspect Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was targeted in an espionage operation – a claim Beijing has denied – threatens to intensify Washington’s tech blockade on China following a Democratic midterm victory. Analysts said the twin developments could give the US Congress the political momentum needed to plug loopholes in existing semiconductor restrictions, accelerating efforts to curb third-country chip smuggling and...

If Canada is to further cultivate its relationships in the Indo-Pacific, it needs a clearer articulation of its regional ambitions and its political limits.

Prominent climate change activist Greta Thunberg arrived Tuesday at the UN climate meeting, where she emphasised the need to protect people and the planet over profits and power. This year’s meeting – called the Conference of the Parties, or Cop31 – comes after a year of climate-induced heatwaves and other disasters. As she arrived at the meeting venue in Antalya, Turkey, Thunberg, 23, said climate change is “threatening everything” and that “everything and everyone we love is at stake”. “We...

Najib Razak, who was brought down in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, was released from prison to serve the rest of his sentence in his mansion.

China and Bhutan have no official diplomatic or economic relations. Yet trade is growing, as Bhutan’s hunger for Chinese goods grows.

From direct intimidation to institutional pressure, repression from Chinese individuals and institutions is experienced by critics in Japan.

Formulaic AI-generated microdramas risk stifling human creativity and innovation, a Beijing professor has warned at a forum in Macau. Zhang Lanshan, a professor at the School of Digital Media and Design Arts at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, said that while audiences loved such standardised content, it posed a risk to diversity and artistic endeavour. Experts, including from several Hong Kong institutions, also warned users of artificial intelligence about the cultural...