US foreign policy

David McCloskey’s London Station pits American and British spy agencies against each other

Author David McCloskey with a baseball bat signed by stars from the Cleveland Indians, the same bat that one of his characters, Artemis Aphrodite Procter, keeps in her office.

India slams Vance for ‘offensive’ remarks on foreign workers

Vance used a term associated with a colonial-era system in which workers were forced into labour overseas.

Flydubai flight’s startling turn has deeper meanings for West Asian region

Dubai Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum meets Indian captain Smit Machchhar who was stabbed by a colleague aboard a plane.

US deportations to Vietnam surge: Returnees struggle to rebuild lives in an unfamiliar country

Deportees in HCMC: Vietnamese deportees from the US met by Ho Chi Minh City Police personnel on Sept 16, for registration and settling-in process..

Greenland deal a boost for US naval strategy

(From left) US President Donald Trump, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland‘s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen at the signing of a trilateral security deal in New York on Sept 22.

Trump is checking out of his presidency

Confronting a midterm electoral defeat amid intractable wars, Donald Trump announced on Sept 21 that his planned Washington triumphal arch would also be a “top grade military complex”.

Left adrift by allies and events, Gulf states soften stance on Iran

Iran-aligned Houthi fighters firing at Saudi-backed forces from a video released by Houthi Military Media.

Donald Trump drops demands to own Greenland, but the harm has been done

A new Danish-US agreement may have eased fears over an American takeover of Greenland but the negative sentiments remain.

News analysis

Canada wants closer ties with Europe. But what would EU associate membership mean?

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France on Sept 17.

25 years on, living in the world 9/11 created

The Tribute in Light is tested over the Manhattan skyline in New York, New York, US, on Sept 9. Friday will mark the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.