Geopolitics

Explainer: Trump’s regional goals in ‘America First’ global strategy

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump attends the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2025. Trump on Thursday brings the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo together to endorse a deal that Trump has hailed as his latest peace triumph despite ongoing violence on the ground. Trump hopes the agreement will pave the way for the United States to gain access to critical minerals in the eastern DRC, a violence-torn region home to many of the key ingredients in modern technologies such as electric cars. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

New Trump strategy vows shift from global role to regional

The new strategy cast President Donald Trump as modernising the two-century-old Monroe Doctrine.

Putin authorised 2018 poisoning of ex-Russian spy, British inquiry says

Police officers stand outside the street where Dawn Sturgess lived before dying after being exposed to a Novichok nerve agent, in Salisbury, Britain, July 19, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Eurovision bosses to consider if Israel should take part amid boycott threats

FILE PHOTO: Yuval Raphael, representing Israel, performs \"New Day Will Rise\", during the Grand Final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, May 17, 2025. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Putin says Russia will take all of Ukraine’s Donbas region militarily or otherwise

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony for presenting the \"WeAreTogether\" International Award at Moscow's World Trade Centre in Moscow, Russia December 3, 2025. Sputnik/Alexander Scherbak/Pool via REUTERS

Japanese media banned from China air show as tensions flare

Visitors at Aero Asia 2025 in Zhuhai, China, on Nov 27. Kyodo reported that one of its reporters had his certification revoked to the trade show.

News analysis

Can the world move on without the US? G-20 leaders gave it a shot

The retreat by the US at the G-20 summit has allowed other nations to look past their problems with each other.

Trump’s Ukraine ‘deal’ deserves the Chamberlain Peace Prize

US President Donald Trump has said that if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky refuses to accept the terms, “then he can continue to fight his little heart out”.

In Good Company

When energy gets ‘boring’: Oil and gas guru sees into the future of energy markets

Rystad Energy's founder Jarand Rystad said Singapore could bring down power prices by being the architect of a grid connecting countries in the region.

Japan warns citizens in China about safety as diplomatic crisis deepens

Film distributors in China have suspended the screening of at least two Japanese films.

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