SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE – MAY 29: Police officers stand on patrol during the 23rd IISS Shangri-La Dialogue at the Shangri-La Hotel on May 29, 2026 in Singapore. Senior defence officials and military leaders from across the Asia-Pacific and beyond convene at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore for the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue,…
Japan’s Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on May 29, 2026. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP via Getty Images) Jam Sta Rosa | Afp | Getty Images “Japan’s door to dialog is always open” to the international community even as it increases defense spending and revises its…
The oil market might face a new reality after the Iran war in which exports through the Strait of Hormuz do not return to the levels once considered normal, as shipowners now have to weigh the risk that fighting could abruptly break out in the volatile Persian Gulf. And Western commercial ships will likely hesitate…
A ship fires a weapon during drills east of Taiwan, in this screenshot from a video released by the Eastern Theatre Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Dec. 29, 2025. Eastern Theatre Command | Via Reuters The U.S. Congress continues to have strong support for Taiwan even as it remains a focal point…
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth takes questions during a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 5, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The U.S. aims to sustain equilibrium in the Asia-Pacific region and is working toward a situation where its allies are more capable, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said,…
Bent oil posted its biggest monthly loss in six years as traders hoped that the U.S. and Iran are nearing a deal that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The international oil benchmark fell more than 19% in May, its worst month since March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic closed economies. U.S. West Texas Intermediate…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 27, 2026. Kent Nishimura | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday morning said he is meeting in the Situation Room “to make a final determination” after listing everything that Iran…
A man views the Rasool al-Adham mosque from the corniche at Sultan Qaboos port in Oman’s capital Muscat on February 5, 2026. Loic Venance | Afp | Getty Images The Trump administration’s threats against Oman, a longtime U.S. ally, have thrown a country known for cultivating a reputation as the “Switzerland of the Middle East”…
Police and forensic investigators examine the location of impact after a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, western Romania. Daniel Mihailescu | Afp | Getty Images A Russian drone collided with an apartment building in Romania, a NATO member state, early on Friday morning. Romanian President Nicușor Dan said in a post on…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts and ranking member of Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, during a hearing in Washington, April 21, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The State Department did not task the U.S. Transportation Command, or TRANSCOM, with evacuating Americans who aren’t affiliated with the federal government…
