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GLOBAL HEADLINES

WORLD IN VIEW

NEWS ANALYSIS

GLOBAL HEADLINES

New attacks on shipping as Iran war talks hit fresh impasse

UN chief expresses solidarity with quake-hit Colombia

WORLD IN VIEW

Elon Musk : "China is awesome. I encourage people to visit"

Inside El Nino – Indonesia’s farmers brace for palm oil impacts

US students connect with Chinese peers through sports

NEWS ANALYSIS

Mecca agreement: Rethinking Mideast security amid a multipolar shift

05:52

Japan's Remilitarization: The Unraveling of a Pacifist Facade

GLOBAL IN-DEPTH

Imran Khalid

A triangular hedge of regional security

09-Aug-2026

Xiang Haoyu

$A fractured consensus: Beware of Japan's nuclear ambitions$

A fractured consensus: Beware of Japan's nuclear ambitions

09-Aug-2026

Saxon Zvina

Africa's new generation sees a better partner in China than US

11-Aug-2026

CGTN

28:26

China's Economy: Resilience, Innovation and Opportunities

11-Aug-2026

HOT TAKES

PRO TALK

HOT TAKES

US revokes over 175,000 visas since beginning of Trump's second term

Colombia quake death toll rises to 132

00:27

At least 132 killed after strong quake hits western Colombia

The death toll from a magnitude-7.5 earthquake that struck western Colombia on Monday has risen to 132 nationwide, with more than 570 others injured, the Colombian government said in its latest update.

Serbia battles wildfires as extreme heat, drought intensify

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

New Zealand PM wins confidence vote, retains party leadership

12-Aug-2026

Japan's corporate bankruptcies wave deepens

11-Aug-2026

Thai PM orders system-wide gun controls, purchase permits suspended

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Tuesday ordered a nationwide tightening of firearms controls, suspending gun purchase permits and cracking down on illegally held and black-market weapons through both emergency and long-term measures.

11-Aug-2026

China: Taiwan is a part of China, 'national dignity' does not apply

11-Aug-2026

Vietnam's tragedy: The man-made famine perpetrated by Japanese troops

12-Aug-2026

MIDDLE EAST

Local stories, global relevance

Israel, Venezuela agree to renew consular ties for 1st time in 17 yrs

Israel and Venezuela have agreed to renew consular ties for the first time in 17 years despite the absence of diplomatic relations, Israel's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

12-Aug-2026

US military munitions are running low

U.S. military stockpiles have been seriously depleted by the ongoing conflict with Iran, according to new data from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

12-Aug-2026

Communal clashes leave 60 dead and 50 wounded in South Sudan

37 people from the Pan-Ariik community and 11 from Apuk-Padoc were killed in the assault, adding that 15 attackers from the Nuer community of neighboring Unity State were also killed during the raid on the Ariec cattle camp.

11-Aug-2026

Qatar says Iran drafting announcement on talks with Oman

Iran is working on the wording of an announcement regarding its ongoing talks with Oman, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said Tuesday.

11-Aug-2026