US should wade carefully into the Indian Ocean
The strategic significance of the Indian Ocean region is considerable and growing.
Asian news from Iran
Understanding Iran’s non-state network
During a three-day period in January, Iranian-supported militant groups employed an anti-ship missile to attack an oil tanker in the Red Sea, launched rockets into northern Israel from Lebanon, and used a drone strike to kill three US soldiers in Jordan.
Feds accuse alleged Japanese crime boss of conspiring to traffic nuclear material
NEW YORK (AP) — A leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it to make nuclear weapons, U.S. prosecutors alleged Wednesday.
Sri Lanka settles US$20 million Iranian oil debt with tea
“So far, US$20 million worth of tea has been exported to Iran under the barter trade agreement,” Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena’s office said in a statement after talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
Singapore Airshow: Asian demand for defences on the rise following Red Sea ballistic missile attacks
The use of anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs) in the Red Sea has spurred interest in Asia about the systems used to shoot them down, experts and industry officials say – although China, with its huge ASBM arsenal, presents a tougher challenge.
U.S. charges Japanese crime leader with nuclear materials trafficking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. authorities on Wednesday charged the leader of a Japanese crime syndicate with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar for expected use by Iran in nuclear weapons, the Justice Department said.
Feds charge Japanese Yakuza leader with nuclear materials trafficking
Federal prosecutors in New York on Wednesday said they had charged a Japanese Yakuza leader with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Burma to other countries in the belief that they would be used by Iran to make a nuclear weapon.
Is Russia aiming to put nukes in space?
Fresh US intelligence circulating in Congress reportedly indicates that Russia is developing an anti-satellite weapon in space with a nuclear component.