Asia

A bill to bar Chinese-owned trucks from carrying U.S. Department of War (DOW) equipment has been introduced by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY).

North Korean state-media on Thursday published photos of dictator Kim Jong-un and his daughter test-firing handguns at a munitions factory.

North Korea on Wednesday announced its support for Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, and denounced what it called “illegal” attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel.

Huge gas lines have been reported in China, and Hong Kong residents are joining the logjams by rushing across the border to fill their tanks.

An Australian woman has taken a video of herself chasing and threatening Iranian guards as they frantically searched for five Iranian women’s soccer team members who sought asylum in Australia.

Asian nations are bracing for high costs and shortages of gas from the Iran war, as Tehran halts the flow of energy products.

The Chinese Ministry of Transportation on Tuesday summoned representatives of shipping giants Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) to discuss how “international shipping operations” have been disrupted by the Iran war and the Panama Canal legal dispute.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) told Breitbart News in a long-form exclusive on-camera interview in early February in his U.S. Senate office that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has had its plans for global domination through the Belt and Road Initiative disrupted by President Donald Trump.

Oil prices surged past $110 a barrel on Sunday evening, topping $100 for the first time in nearly four years, as the war in the Middle East entered its ninth day with no end in sight and the Strait of

Indonesian Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid said in a video statement on Friday that her government will “delay access” to social media for children under 16, following in the footsteps of Australia’s unprecedented ban on accounts for young people. On the same day, India’s southern tech-heavy state of Karnataka announced a similar ban. 

The U.N. said on Friday that over 100,000 people have been displaced by fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which has been running at a tempo close to open warfare for the past week with no end in sight.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced it would send its special envoy to the Middle East, Zhai Jun, on a tour to the region.

China’s big “Two Sessions” annual meeting of its rubber-stamp legislature produced a report on Friday that revised GDP growth projections down to a “range” of 4.5 to 5 percent, a significant downgrade from the 4.9 to 5 percent projection for 2025.

Seemingly under intense pressure from China, Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) modified its threats to close the vital Strait of Hormuz to worldwide oil shipping, claiming that it would only attack American, Israeli, and European ships.

South Korean lawmaker Kim Young-bae revealed on Thursday that seven oil tankers operated by the nation’s refiners are presently stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.

China’s state-run propaganda newspaper Global Times declared on Tuesday that First Lady Melania Trump’s leadership at a U.N. Security Council meeting the day before — an unprecedented act for a presidential spouse — drew “backlash from international society” for alleged hypocrisy amid the ongoing war with Iran.

Tom Tiffany is introducing a bill to close a massive loophole that is allowing Chinese nationals to exploit birthright citizenship in the U.S.

Pakistani officials said on Tuesday they repelled an attack from Afghanistan, killing 67 Afghan fighters in heavy fighting along the border, with only one Pakistani casualty.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) are calling for a “formal investigation” of Chinese home electronics giant Anker, arguing that its products – including the popular Eufy line of home security cameras – pose “unacceptable risks to U.S. national security.”

The Chinese Foreign Ministry deftly avoided committing to any concrete support for Iran during its press briefings on Monday and Tuesday.

The Chinese Defense Ministry on Saturday denounced the United States as a “war addict” for launching strikes on Iran, while more temperate Chinese government organs called for an immediate cease-fire.

Officials from Panama’s Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday raided the offices of Panama Ports Company (PPC), a China-linked organization that up until recently controlled two key ports at the Panama Canal.

China’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress, abruptly dismissed 19 of its deputies Thursday afternoon without explanation, including nine military officers. The move came after dictator Xi Jinping purged a series of high-ranking People’s Liberation Army (PLA) leaders, and only a week before the annual meeting of the Chinese legislature in Beijing.

Pakistani Defense Minister Kahwaja Asif declared “open war” on Afghanistan on Friday, promising “there will be chaos and a reckoning” after the Taliban junta launched drone strikes against targets in Pakistan.

OpenAI showed how a lone Chinese official accidentally exposed a worldwide network for intimidating dissidents by using ChatGPT.

A former U.S. fighter pilot known by the call sign “Runner” has been arrested for allegedly conspiring to train Chinese military pilots, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.

Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rick Scott (R-FL) are calling for a federal investigation into surrogacy centers operated by foreigners following alarming reports of Chinese nationals fathering dozens of U.S.-born children in massive surrogacy scams.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for a “reset” of his country’s ties with China after a meeting Wednesday with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping.

The New York Times praised Eileen Gu, an American-born Olympic skier who chose to compete for China, and criticized the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team, claiming they “lost the room” for visiting President Donald Trump after their gold medal win.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a two-day visit to Israel on Wednesday in what both governments billed as an opportunity to build closer relations by making common cause against terrorism – and which some observers viewed as a ticking clock on potential American action against Iran, since a strike would not be likely until Modi leaves Israel.

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address made no mention of China, except for a little teasing about Chinese military hardware.

UK gov “paused” progress on law to give away the Chagos Islands, home to a significant joint UK-U.S. military and intelligence base.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Beijing on Wednesday aiming to attain “fair” cooperation with China and deepen economic ties with the Communist dictatorship.

The government of Panama on Monday took administrative and operative control of two key Panama Canal ports following the Panamanian’s Supreme Court ruling that annulled the contracts signed with a China-linked organization.