Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. President Trump’s war on Iran is turning out to be an even bigger calamity than it seemed just a few weeks ago. Not only has he proved unable to convert America’s vastly superior military…
Customers of Hong Kong’s CLP Power are facing higher electricity bills in June, with the company increasing its fuel cost charge by 5.4 per cent from May, its third consecutive monthly rise. CLP Power, which serves more than 80 per cent of Hong Kong’s population, announced on Tuesday that its fuel cost adjustment for June…
IF YOU ARE confused about the status of talks between America and Iran, you are in good company. Diplomats in Washington went into the long Memorial Day weekend hopeful that a deal might be imminent. Officials from Pakistan and Qatar, which are helping mediate, visited Tehran, the Iranian capital, on Friday. After a call with…
Is peace at hand between the U.S. and Iran, or is talk of an end to the war just more hype and spin? Is the potential agreement, as President Trump insists, a good deal that is much tougher than anything the Obama administration managed to negotiate? Or is it the thinly disguised surrender of a…
Taiwan reports second Chinese ‘joint combat readiness patrol’ in a week, says its forces responded to the situation. Published On 26 May 202626 May 2026 Taiwan has said it is monitoring the second Chinese “joint combat readiness patrol” near the island in a week, accusing Beijing of being the sole source of instability in the…
In the ongoing US-Iran ceasefire negotiations, Iran may consider transferring its 60% enriched uranium, which currently lies beneath the rubble of bombed nuclear facilities, but could potentially be quickly weaponized, to China. Multiple media reports have carried the same indications and China has not denied the reports, and a response from its Foreign Ministry seems…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says China and Pakistan are ‘iron brother’ countries. Published On 25 May 202625 May 2026 China’s President Xi Jinping has hailed Beijing’s “unbreakable” friendship with Pakistan as he met visiting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, seeking to deepen their “all-weather” partnership. Pakistan is among an exclusive group of countries China regards as an…
As American and Iranian negotiators inch toward a deal to end months of conflict, President Donald Trump has dramatically raised the stakes, demanding that a clutch of Muslim-majority nations formally recognise Israel by joining the Abraham Accords as part of any final settlement. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner greet each…
The United States and Iran continue to remain at odds amid peace negotiations. On Tuesday, the Iranian foreign ministry stated that while conclusions have been reached on several points, that does not mean a deal to end the war is “imminent.” In the 14-point memo exchanged between the US and Iran, one of the key…
Is that it? The American people are left to wonder as the terms of President Trump’s emerging “memorandum of understanding” with Iran leak to the press. While the U.S. can claim real achievements from 38 days of war, the job isn’t done and 47 days of cease-fire may deliver a strategic setback. President Donald Trump…