The debate around the Arctic is becoming hotter than ever as US President Donald Trump insists Greenland should become part of the United States. Security, shipping routes and mineral wealth are all in the mix.

In 2024, Russian and Chinese bomber planes conducted a joint patrol at the junction between the Asian and American continents, not far from the US state of Alaska.

Chinese, Russian, and Iranian warships have launched a week of naval drills off South Africa’s Cape Town coast, amid high geopolitical tensions over the United States’ intervention in Venezuela and its move to seize tankers carrying Venezuelan oil.

The US will also offer “more limited” support to US allies, according to a new national defence strategy document.

Jan 22 (Reuters) - Increased cooperation between China and Russia is a source of concern for NATO, the top commander of the trans-Atlantic alliance Alexus Grynkewich said on Thursday. "We've seen that over the last several years,

The head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office, Kyrylo Budanov, said that China has profited massively from sanctions on Russia but has not delivered a single weapon to the country at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Rogue states Russia, Iran and China joined naval drills alongside South Africa Saturday, as tensions mount between several countries in the block of nations and the US. The week‑long exercise, which began Friday off the Cape Town coast and is being led by China,

Ahead of the state visit of the European Union leaders from January 25 to 27, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas said Friday that the India-EU Free Trade Agreement is a “strategic choice” and provides a chance to reduce reliance on China, Russia and US.

Jan 20 (Reuters) - Russia's Far East was buried under metres of snow by its heaviest snowfall in 60 years on Tuesday as a winter blast swept across Asia, dusting Shanghai white and grounding flights in Japan's northwest.

Trump said on Thursday he had secured total and permanent U.S. access to Greenland after ‌talks with Rutte, while the NATO chief said allies would have to step ​up ‌efforts to ward off ‍threats from ⁠Russia and China in the high north.