East Asia and Pacific Region
Trump’s Executive Order to Freeze USAID Hit Hard on Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia
On the Thai-Myanmar border, sick patients are being sent home from hospital. In Laos, school meals have been interrupted. And in Cambodia, hundreds of staff at the agency responsible for clearing land mines have been […]
Europe
Thyssenkrupp awarded contract to produce DM2A5 heavyweight torpedoes for Germany and Norway.
On 19 December 2025, Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Germany’s procurement authority BAAINBw signed a framework agreement in Koblenz covering DM2A5 heavyweight torpedoes for the German Norwegian Type 212CD submarine program. The deal ties Europe’s next-generation […]
Anti-air Missiles
U.S. State Department Approves Sale Of Israeli Arrow-3 Missile Defense System To Germany
The United States approved a $3.5 billion sale of Israel’s Arrow-3 missile defence system to Germany on Thursday, clearing the way for delivery in 2025 and full operational deployment by 2030, Israeli officials said. The […]
