As the US Navy scrambles to field more missiles in Asia, a tough decision looms for aging cruisers
WASHINGTON — In the 12 years since the Pentagon canceled the next-generation cruiser, the question seemed to have no good…
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As the US Navy scrambles to field more missiles in Asia, a tough decision looms for aging cruisers
WASHINGTON — In the 12 years since the Pentagon canceled the next-generation cruiser, the question seemed to have no good…
Hypersonic and directed-energy weapons: Who has them, and who’s winning the race in the…
MELBOURNE, Australia, ISLAMABAD, NEW DELHI, and WASHINGTON — A number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region are caught up in…
Hypersonic and directed-energy weapons: Who has them, and who’s winning the race in the…
MELBOURNE, Australia, ISLAMABAD, NEW DELHI, and WASHINGTON — A number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region are caught up in…
Myanmar: Fear of crackdown as military deploys tanks, shots fired
Armoured vehicles have rolled into Myanmar cities and internet access has been largely cut off amid fears of a crackdown on…
What’s happening in Myanmar?| Start Here
Why did Myanmar’s military overthrow the government? And what does it mean for democracy?
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From Pakistan to India: Tracing my grandmother’s refugee journey
Sometime in mid-August 1947, my grandmother, Abnash Kaur, then about 12 years of age, boarded a train with her family from Lahore…
In Hong Kong, freedom of expression is shrinking fast
In 2018, the late chef, traveller and television personality, Anthony Bourdain, made a programme about Hong Kong in which he…
In Pictures: Strong quake off Japan’s Fukushima
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Japan’s Fukushima coast has injured dozens of people, nearly 10 years after the eastern region was…
Blackouts, injuries as quake hits off Japan’s Fukushima coast
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake has struck off Japan’s east coast, rattling a region hit by a powerful 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear…