Trump berated Netanyahu? Analysts question US-Israel feud rumours
Since Trump began his second presidency, media outlets have published anonymous accounts of rifts and “frustrating” calls between Trump and…
Month: June 2026
Hostilities flare again in Iran war, talks at a stalemate
Hostilities in the Gulf erupted anew on Wednesday with a report of missile attacks on Kuwait, while little progress was…
Rubio grilled on Iran, says US won’t swap sanctions relief for strait
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s negotiating team has not offered Iran sanctions…
UN experts warn against ‘surging Israeli settler terror’ – as it happened
A team of UN experts has issued a “stark warning about surging Israeli settler terror” in the occupied West Bank…
Fearmongering over so-called threats used to justify military buildup ‘a go-to tactic for Japanese militarism’: Chinese FM
Spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks when asked to comment on recent social media post by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae…
Details from China’s homegrown sci-fi IP Nantianmen Project revealed; concepts point to future aerospace development
Recent updates on China’s homegrown sci-fi aerospace intellectual property, the Nantianmen Project, have revealed details of multiple aerospace assets, according…
AUKUS Pillar Two lunges for an operational capability – underwater
With the ‘signature project’ on payloads for uncrewed undersea vehicles (UUVs) announced by Australia, Britain and the United States on…
China’s expanding frontiers: views in The Strategist
China appears to be playing the long game in pursuit of its interests in the Indo-Pacific. In this series of Strategist articles,…
Suddenly, we hear of Australian–Japanese ‘strategic depth’. Here’s what it may mean
A new element has just appeared in Australia–Japan defence and security cooperation: strategic depth. But the two countries, having mentioned…
AUKUS advancing deep space surveillance initiative
The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) project, an initiative under the AUKUS partnership of Australia, the United Kingdom and…