An Iranian military spokesman warned that Tehran’s response to any US action would not be limited – as it was in June last year when American planes and missiles briefly joined Israel’s short air war against Iran – but would be a decisive response “delivered instantly”. Iran has threatened a decisive response to any US … Read more
Meta Antitrust Trial Begins, Potential Breakup of Instagram and WhatsApp Looms WASHINGTON – A high-stakes antitrust trial involving social media giant Meta began Monday in Washington, D.C., perhaps leading to the forced sale of its popular platforms, WhatsApp and Instagram. U.S.competition regulators and consumer advocates allege that Meta illegally stifled competition by acquiring Instagram and … Read more
THE Philippine government may be forced to increase public spending to cushion the economic blow from newly announced US tariffs, potentially derailing efforts to narrow the budget deficit, a Fitch Group unit said. “The likelihood of the government having to incur a larger fiscal deficit has risen significantly against the backdrop of heightened geopolitical uncertainty,” … Read more
New York, March 21, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the harassment of Indonesia’s leading independent news outlet, Tempo, after a severed pig’s head was delivered to its office in the capital Jakarta on March 19—weeks after President Prabowo Subianto alleged that foreign-funded media organizations are trying to “divide” the country. On the same day, protesters gathered outside Indonesia’s Press Council … Read more
Security consultants and the monitoring operation ReCAAP are warning of increased activity in the region around the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. It continues the trend which saw 62 vessels boarded and robbed while underway in the region in 2024. Since the start of the year, ReCAAP has received reports of seven incidents with … Read more
Part of Los Angeles County and much of neighbouring Ventura County were in a “particularly dangerous situation,” according to the NWS, a designation that was also declared before last week’s deadly blazes. “All the plants and vegetation is really dry and ready to burn so… fires can grow pretty fast,” meteorologist Ryan Kittell said. A … Read more