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GLOBAL HEADLINES

WORLD IN VIEW

NEWS ANALYSIS

GLOBAL HEADLINES

US CENTCOM chief acknowledges mental health concerns on USS Lincoln

Iran says agreement reached with Oman on map of new route in Hormuz

WORLD IN VIEW

00:27

Homes swept away as Tropical Storm Lala floods Hawaii

Five years of Taliban rule: security restored, progress lags

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo worsens, long transmission warned

NEWS ANALYSIS

Poll shows most US voters 'worse off under Trump'

Russian experts: Japan's militarization hardens Moscow's stance

GLOBAL IN-DEPTH

Ma Lirong

China-Iran 55 years: From ancient Silk Road to modern partnership

16-Aug-2026

First Voice

Save Japan from destroying itself and others again

15-Aug-2026

Lyu Yue , Chen Yanbing

How China's upgrading empowers the Global South

16-Aug-2026

James M. Dorsey

HOT TAKES

PRO TALK

HOT TAKES

02:45

Yasukuni's ghost: Japan's self-inflicted wound

81 years after surrender: Japan downplays wartime aggression

Japanese media warn of Takaichi's 'return to prewar era'

Seoul photo exhibition honors 13 Korean 'comfort women'

PRO TALK

Five years of GDI – from concept to practice

Wang Yichen

As Hiroshima remembers peace, Japan moves towards remilitarization

Xu Ying

Japan's 2026 Defense White Paper: Rearmament in the name of prosperity

Cao Cong

Japan's nuclear moves at odds with public opinion

GLOBAL TRADE WATCH

00:45

Economist: Diversified markets sustain China's robust foreign trade

10-Aug-2026

China's foreign trade expands 19.2% in July

07-Aug-2026

Brazil accuses US of extending trade powers on 'baseless' claims

30-Jul-2026

Global governments respond to US's new Section 301 tariff regime

24-Jul-2026

'World's supermarket' Yiwu sees double-digit trade growth in H1

29-Jul-2026

ASIA-PACIFIC

Firsthand stories shaping the region

03:39

Tokyo residents fear 'NIB' could violate right to privacy

17-Aug-2026

01:21

Anti-China videos in Japan: AI propaganda turns into business

17-Aug-2026

China urges Japanese politicians to make clean break with militarism

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday urged Japanese politicians to earnestly heed the voices of justice from within Japan and the international community, deeply reflect on its war crimes and make a clean break with militarism.

17-Aug-2026

China says peace, stability in Korean Peninsula serve interests of all

17-Aug-2026

03:32

Putin visits disputed island: Why Russia-Japan peace treaty elusive

17-Aug-2026

MIDDLE EAST

Local stories, global relevance

Kurdistan PM's office hit, Hormuz deal nears, Kushner meets Netanyahu

Israeli minister Ben-Gvir advocates killing '30 to 40' Gazans per night

17-Aug-2026

Iran pledges to use all means to clarify fate of three pilots in Qatar

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday the country will use all its bilateral, multilateral and legal capacities to clarify the situation of three Iranian pilots believed to have been held captive by Qatar since March.

17-Aug-2026

Shipping slows through Strait of Hormuz after tanker attacks

17-Aug-2026

Trump's envoys meet mediators in Egypt, Israel strikes Gaza

US President Donald Trump's envoys met with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday to advance Trump's Gaza peace plan, even as Israel pressed on with air strikes in the enclave.

17-Aug-2026