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US lawmakers flag national security risks as global firms fuel China's chip industry

Dec 29, 2025

A US House investigation found that American, Japanese and Dutch semiconductor equipment firms significantly aided China's chip industry, raising national security concerns. Lawmakers warned that sales to Chinese state and military-linked entities threaten US technological leadership and called for tighter export controls.

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Taiwan must boost defence to deter China, says President Lai

Dec 29, 2025

Taiwan President William Lai stated the island must strengthen its defence to deter China, stressing that peace depends on strength. He highlighted growing global concern over Taiwan's security and said his government is boosting defence spending and domestic capabilities to safeguard Taiwan.
US Charge d'Affaires to Bangladesh Tracey Ann Jacobson with Interim Government Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus (Photo: X@ChiefAdviserGoB)

US Charge d'Affaires to Bangladesh talks of impending Feb polls in her farewell call with Yunus

Dec 29, 2025
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev (Photo/ANI)

"Siliguri Corridor an anomaly, should have been corrected in 1971," Sadhguru

Dec 29, 2025

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (File Photo/Reuters)

Russia FM Lavrov reaffirms Taiwan as integral part of China, opposes any form of independence

Dec 29, 2025

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated Taiwan is an inseparable part of China and opposed any form of...
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Overnight Russian strikes in Donetsk region kill 1, injure 5 amid Trump-Zelenskyy talks in Florida

Dec 29, 2025

According to a statement shared on Telegram by the Head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration and Regional...
KP CM Afridi along with PTI supporters rally outside Adiala Jail (File Photo/ANI)

Pakistan: PTI will not hold talks without street protests, says KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi

Dec 29, 2025

Afridi made the remarks after spending three days in Lahore mobilising party supporters, at a time when the...
Former Nepalese Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak (Photo/ANI)

Ex-Nepal Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak appears before probe panel over Gen-Z protest atrocities

Dec 29, 2025
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Jamaat-i-Islami slams PIA privatisation, calls sale of national flag carrier a 'grave mistake'

Dec 29, 2025
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi (Photo/X@fkkundi)

Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Guv urges provincial govt to back military ops amid rising militancy

Dec 29, 2025
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Balochistan: Man reportedly missing after security operation in Panjgur

Dec 29, 2025
Acting Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Tarique Rahman(Photo: X@trahmanbnp)

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman files nomination papers for Dhaka-17 seat

Dec 29, 2025
US President Donald Trump with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Photo/X@ZelenskyyUa)

"I see that happening": Trump on a possible trilateral meeting with Putin, Zelenskyy as peace talks continue

Dec 29, 2025
Indian-origin US Congressman Shri Thanedar (Photo/ANI)

"Strained because of tariff": US Congressman Shri Thanedar on India-US relationship

Dec 29, 2025
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (File Photo/Reuters)

Pakistan: PPP Chairman urges Tehreek-e-Insaf to shun 'extremist politics', return to democratic norms

Dec 29, 2025
Body bags containing the victims from the fire in Manado, Indonesia (Photo/Reuters)

Indonesia: 16 killed in nursing home fire in Manado; victim identification underway

Dec 29, 2025
Authorities work at the site of train derailment on the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Photo/Reuters)

Mexico: 13 killed, 98 injured as passenger train derails on Isthmus of Tehuantepec Railway

Dec 29, 2025
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China launches 'Justice Mission 2025' military drills around Taiwan, asserts territorial claim

Dec 29, 2025
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One dead after two helicopters collide midair in New Jersey

Dec 29, 2025