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The proceedings come as South Korea’s Virtual Asset User Protection Act lacks explicit sanctions provisions for hacking and computer system incidents, leaving the scope of penalties uncertain.

A new use for Russia’s old playbook in Ukraine.

Private companies are making Beijing look good in the developing world.

Nineteen weeks ago, Iran faced the combined might of the most powerful country in the world and the most advanced military in the Middle East. Today, it is dictating the terms of the peace.When the memorandum of understanding was signed last month, President Donald Trump declared, “The Deal with the

Joseph Stalin famously said that quantity has a quality of its own. Yet the course of the Russo-Ukrainian War shows both the benefits and the eventual limitations of that approach. As the quantitative advantage grew on the Russian side, its ability to employ force at scale decreased. The resulting d

Global oil markets have been spared an extreme squeeze during the first phase of the Iran war, but renewed fighting is bringing with it greater risk of a price spike in a world where supply buffers have been worn perilously thin.

Lebanon's Aoun to meet Trump at White House, hoping to generate pressure on Israel Reuters

What are the implications of a renewed closure of the Strait of Hormuz?

Israel demolishes Palestinian home in Masafer Yatta

A writer from central China once hailed as a “literary prodigy” has had her master’s degree revoked for plagiarism. Jiang Fangzhou, 36, grew up in an ordinary family in Hubei province. Her mother is a Chinese-language teacher and online writer, while her father is a railway police officer. But her p