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October 24, 2021[ Yahoo! ] Sinovac to be included in Singapore’s national vaccination programme
October 24, 2021[ Reuters ] Turkey to expel U.S. envoy and nine others, Erdogan says
October 19, 2021[ The Jakarta Post ] Myanmar junta blames ‘foreign intervention’ for ASEAN summit exclusion
October 12, 2021[ Washington Post ] Navy nuclear engineer and his wife charged with trying to share submarine secrets with a foreign country
October 9, 2021[ Intelligencer ] U.S. Troops Have Reportedly Been in Taiwan for Over a Year
October 4, 2021[ Nikkei ] U.S. set to resume trade talks with China
September 27, 2021[ Reuters ] Canada foreign minister says eyes wide open when it comes to normalizing China ties
September 25, 2021[ SCMP ] North Korea open to closer ties with Seoul, formal end to Korean war is ‘admirable idea’: Kim Yo-jong
September 20, 2021[ The Defenstar ] Argentina to buy inferior and more expensive JF-17 over FA-50 due to UK
September 19, 2021[ ABC News ] Why World Bank is under fire over set of rankings
September 18, 2021Syrian gas pipeline sabotage, causing complete power outage across Syria
September 18, 2021[ NYT ] Furious Over Sub Deal, France Recalls Ambassadors to U.S. and Australia
September 16, 2021[ Sky News ] China says AUKUS submarine deal ‘highly irresponsible’ and ‘intensifies the arms race’
September 16, 2021AUKUS trilateral security partnership is now a thing
September 16, 2021[ The Sydney Morning Herald ] Australia, the US and UK to announce landmark new defence pact
September 15, 2021[ Business Insider ] First US Navy carrier strike group to deploy with F-35C stealth fighters sails into the South China Sea
September 14, 2021India militarises highways as emergency landing strips; 20 under construction
September 11, 2021[ RT ] The last pipe of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 has been welded, operator announces
September 9, 2021Myanmar Reports: July 21 – Sept 9 2021
September 9, 2021Fighting between RCSS (Shan Army South) and SSPP (Shan Army North) + TNLA (Ta’ang National Liberation Army) reported in Kyaukme Township, Northern Shan State
September 9, 2021Tatmadaw warn Muslim administrators in Kyauktaw township, Arakan State against Arakan Army training courses
September 9, 2021Ukraine discovered to be exporting aircraft parts to the TatmadawSeptember 7, 2021[ Qatar Tribune ] Taliban invite Qatar, Turkey, China, Russia, Iran and Pakistan to govt formation event
September 6, 2021[ The Straits Times ]Taiwan scrambles jets after 19 Chinese planes enter air defence zone
September 3, 2021[ Insider Asia ] North Korea rejects almost 3 million doses of Sinovac vaccine, saying it should be given to countries that need it more
September 2, 2021[ Reuters ] Before Afghan collapse, Biden pressed Ghani to ‘change perception’
August 30, 2021[ ABC ] North Korea appears to have reactivated Yongbyon nuclear plant, atomic watchdog IAEA says
August 30, 2021Taliban captured 85 billion dollars of military hardware – now is as strong as Tajikistan’s military… maybe
August 30, 2021[ United With Israel ] Biden ‘Not Optimistic’ About Return to Iran Nuclear Deal
August 26, 2021[ MEMO ] Israel: IDF acknowledges failure to destroy ‘Hamas metro’
August 26, 2021[ Euasianet ] Tajikistan: President demands Tajik role in running Afghanistan
August 26, 2021[ Reuters ] EXCLUSIVE-Internal UN document says Taliban threatened, beat staff
August 25, 2021[ The News Pakistan ] From battlefield to power table: Khalil Haqqani emerges as key player
August 25, 2021[ The Guardian ] Ukraine denies minister’s claims of hijacked Afghanistan evacuation flight
August 25, 2021[ Middle East Eye ] Algeria severs diplomatic ties with Morocco over ‘hostile manoeuvres’
August 24, 2021[ The Epoch Times ] New Jersey Military Base to Be Used to House Afghan Evacuees: Pentagon
August 23, 2021Failure to evacuate Afghan contractors will have dire consequences for the rest of US foreign deployments around the world
August 23, 2021Singapore’s Minister answering Malaysian military’s passive aggression on Singapore’s National Day
August 23, 2021[ Anny Bonny Pirate ] Afghanistan: The End of the Occupation
August 22, 2021[ CS Monitor ] Afghanistan: How the Taliban won over northern ethnic minorities