Infrastructure

Why Iran’s threat against undersea cables could be a bigger weapon than oil

What lies beneath these ships anchored in the Strait of Hormuz is another potential chokepoint: undersea cables vital for global internet communications.

Vietnam’s Vingroup forges ahead with ‘world’s largest stadium’ despite demand doubts

A drone view shows construction work at Hung Vuong Stadium, a planned 135,000-seat football stadium, in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 8.

Senate Democrats say they have been snubbed on election security briefings

The U.S. Capitol building on a cloudy day in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 14, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

India breaks through Himalayan tunnel to China border zone

An Indian paramilitary personnel stands guard at the Zojila tunnel, India's longest road tunnel project connecting Jammu and Kashmir state with the Ladakh region on June 9.

Russian drone hits nuclear-fuel storage facility near Chernobyl, Ukraine says

A fragment of a Russian drone that purportedly hit one of the buildings of the nuclear storage facility in the Chernobyl exclusion zone on June 7.

New Zealand capital Wellington flooded with faeces after wastewater failure

Wellington Water said the wastewater overflow in the picturesque suburb of Island Bay was the result of a blocked main.

Shangri-La Dialogue 2026

AUKUS gets a boost amid fears over vulnerability of undersea cables

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles and British Defence Secretary John Healey look on as U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during an AUKUS Defence ministers' press huddle at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore, May 30, 2026. REUTERS/Edgar Su

Ukraine’s drones hit pipeline, refinery, fuel depot in overnight strikes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video of the after-effects of what he called "Ukraine's long-range sanctions" on the social media platform X.

Ukraine’s drones strike port, oil depot in southern Russia, authorities say

Ukrainian drones closing in on a Russian oil depot, in a screenshot from a video posted online by the Ukrainian military.

India’s ‘unsinkable carrier’ near South-east Asia – and its China calculation

Workers unloading shipping containers from the Nalanda passenger vessel at Kamorta in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands on March 25.

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