Politics

Amid a spike in border crossings, South Korea's military has updated its internal rules for defining the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) to prevent accidental clashes with North Korea, officials said.

South Korea's ruling Democratic Party has introduced a bill for a special insurrection tribunal targeting former President Yoon Suk Yeol, triggering a constitutional crisis with the judiciary and opposition.

A Malaysian court rejected former PM Najib Razak's legal bid to serve the remainder of his 1MDB corruption sentence under house arrest, ruling a royal order was invalid.

A new memoir by a former UK-based Confucius Institute director offers an insider's rebuttal to accusations that the centers are hubs for espionage and propaganda for Beijing.

A Kazakh woman's protest for her husband, who disappeared into China, has led to her house arrest and a crackdown on the rights group Atajurt. The case highlights Kazakhstan's difficult balance between Chinese influence and human rights.

Thailand's airstrikes on targets in Cambodia have reignited a historic border conflict. PRISM analyzes the escalation, the civilian toll, and the geopolitical implications for Southeast Asia.

Nigerian authorities have confirmed the release of the final 130 students and staff from a mass kidnapping in November, concluding one of the country's worst such incidents. Explore the details of the release and the broader context of Nigeria's ongoing security crisis.

The U.S. State Department is reviving the post of Arctic Ambassador after 8 years, a strategic move to counter growing Russian and Chinese influence and address the impacts of climate change in the High North.

U.S.-led peace talks in Miami aim to find a path to end the war in Ukraine, but intense fighting continues with casualties reported in Kharkiv and Zaporizhia. An analysis of the dual-track strategy of diplomacy and military pressure.

In the wake of a deadly mass shooting at Bondi Beach, Australia's New South Wales state is fast-tracking new laws to cap firearm ownership, ban terror symbols, and restrict protests, sparking a national debate on security and civil liberties.

As ASEAN foreign ministers meet to mediate the deadly Thailand-Cambodia border conflict, Thailand's government remains defiant, resisting foreign pressure amid domestic political calculations.

The U.S. Justice Department is defending its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein document release, explaining that an ongoing legal review is necessary to protect victims' identities and sensitive information.