Letters obtained by The Diplomat detail a failed effort to manipulate the U.S. sanctions system that has roots in the opaque political waters of Uzbekistan. The turbulence bubbled over into public ...

The new year has brought a flurry of commentary and news about Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp – the infamous U.S.-run prison facility in Cuba that once held some 800 detainees suspected of having ...

Ponchaud’s 1977 book “Cambodge, année zero” was one of the first detailed accounts of the horrors that unfolded after the communist takeover. François Ponchaud, the French missionary who ...

A Chinese AI model is now as good as leading U.S. AI models, using only a tiny fraction of GPU resources available. This is a gamechanger for the global AI arms race. There’s a common saying in ...

But I will not vote for Lee Jae-myung if he runs again in the presidential election,” Lee Chan-sup, 59, told The Diplomat. “I think many people who voted for Yoon in 2022 will vote for a ...

But what is the reality of AL’s return to Bangladeshi politics? Jon F. Danilowicz, a retired American diplomat and former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh, told The ...

A Maple Grove church is planning the Twin Cities’ largest “sacred settlement,” a tiny-house community for people who have experienced chronic homelessness. Church of the Open Door ...

The safety of Afghan allies who stood by U.S. military and diplomatic efforts in Afghanistan is in immediate jeopardy. These individuals risked their lives to support American forces under ...

As the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge takeover approaches, Locard spoke with The Diplomat’s Luke Hunt about the differences that separated the Vietnamese and Cambodian communists ...

Dajia Jenn Lann Temple in Taichung, Taiwan. The temple is dedicated to the goddess Mazu, who is also revered in China. Similarly, China has employed various tools of economic coercion. Beijing has ...

The gunman who killed a former Cambodian opposition lawmaker in central Bangkok last week is refusing to reveal who ordered the assassination out of fear for his family’s safety, Thai police ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the 2025 national budget with a provision for the “conditional implementation” of some items, including a controversial “ayuda” (aid) progr ...