By GIORGIO CUSCITO 1. The People’s Republic of China wants to use a future, stable ceasefire between the Russian Federation ...

Latin American countries remain trapped in a low-growth environment, hindered by economic volatility, high inequality and ineffective ...

Between discontented citizens and disputed borders, India’s northeast has long posed challenges for the government in New Delhi. The area is cut off from the rest of the country except for a narrow ...

Russian defense. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to increase the country’s military staff from 2.2 million to roughly 2.4 million. As part of the order, the country’s total number of ...

News reports tying China to Brazil are fairly rare from a military perspective. Generally speaking, Brazil holds no great interest for China other than run-of-the-mill resource acquisition and U.S.

Israel vs. Hezbollah. At a meeting with Amos Hochstein, a special adviser to the U.S. president, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant effectively ruled out the possibility of a diplomatic resolution ...

High stakes. Israeli special forces carried out a raid this week on a facility in Syria that produced weapons for Hezbollah, The New York Times reported. According to the story, Israel seized ...

Iran-Iraq relations. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Iraq on Wednesday for a two-day visit, his first trip abroad since taking office in July. He held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister ...

Russian advances. Russia has reportedly launched a major counteroffensive in the southwestern region of Kursk. It apparently made significant headway on the western flank of the Ukraine’s position in ...

The Ukraine war has brought Russia and Iran closer, but the full scope of their evolving relationship is more complicated. Until last year, Tehran was the junior partner. But as Moscow’s reliance on ...

China’s latest data show rapid export growth but weak domestic demand, resulting in poor import numbers. This highlights Beijing’s challenge: boosting overall growth without over-relying on exports ...

Trade complications. Some Chinese banks are placing restrictions on local suppliers that work with Russian partners, according to a report by Russia’s Vedomosti newspaper. The banks are apparently ...